Ovules 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4 ; sfamens 

 few or nrniierons, compressed, the 

 apical process of the connective 

 compressed, rot broad or truncate, 

 and not concealing the anther- 

 cells from above ... ... 22. MiJiusa. 



Petals larger than the sepals, often saccate 



at the base, subequal or the inner smaller 23. Alphonsea. 

 Ovaries solitary. 

 Outer petals valvate, inner imbricate ... 24. Kingstonia. 



All the petals valvate ... ... 25. Mezzettia. 



1. Stelechocarpds, Blurae. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers dioecious, fascicled, on the old 

 wood. (SepaZs 3, small, elliptic or orbicular, imbricate. ror«.s conical. 

 Stamens indefinite ; connective dilated, truncate. Ovaries indefinite, 

 ovoid ; stigma sessile ; ovules 6 or more. Ripe carpels large, berried, 

 globose, 4-6-seeded. — Distrib. Species 3 or 4, all Malayan. 



Leaves pellucid-punctate ... ... ... 1 S. punctatus. 



Leaves not pellucid- punctate. 



Flowers of both sexes alike ... ...2 8. nitidus. 



Male flowers smaller than the female ... 3 S. Bnrahol. 



1. Stelechocarpus punctatus, King n. sp. A tree 20 to 30 feet 

 high : young branches slender, cinereous-puberulous, becoming glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous, minutely pellucid. punctate, elliptic-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, slightly narrowed in the lower fourth to the rounded sub- 

 oblique base : upper surface shining, glabrous except the pubescent 

 impressed midrib ; lower surface shining, paler than the upper, sparsely 

 puberulous or glabrous, the reticulations minute and distinct : main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, bold and prominent on the lower, .slightly impres- 

 sed on the upper, surface : length of blade 7 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 in. ; 

 petiole '15 to "2 in., stout, pubescent, Male flowers in several-flowered 

 fascicles from woody tubercles on the trunk, pedunculate : buds turbi- 

 nate, nearly 5 in., in diam. ; peduncles 1 to 1'5 in. long, stout, thickened 

 upwards, ebracteolate, puberulous. Sepals very coriaceous, rotund, 

 concave, conjoined at the base, spreading, I'ugose, pubescent outside, 

 glabrous inside. Petals very coriaceous, rotund, concave, glabrous; 

 the outer 3 puberulous outside ; the inner three smaller than the outer, 

 quite glabrous, otherwise like them and all of a dark brownish colour. 

 Anthers sessile, flat, the cells elongate on the anterior surface, the back 

 striate : apex without any appendage from the connective. Female 

 iiowers and fruit unknown. 



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