Matei'ials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 5 



with sliort linear bracts at the base of the pedicels, polygamo-dioecions. 

 Calyx-tube short, saucei-shaped, oi* longer and subheraispheric ; teeth 

 5 (rarely 4), valvate, persistent. Petals 0. Stamens as many as the 

 calyx-teeth, inserted between them near the mouth of the calyx- 

 tube. Ovary free, 2-celled, with numerous horizontal or ascending 

 ovules attached to the axile placentas ; style long, filiform ; stigma capi- 

 tate, obscurely 2-lobed. Capsule surrounded at the base by the calyx, 

 globose, pubescent, crowned by the persistent style, 2-celled, dehiscing 

 so as to divide the style, fruit-pedicel deflexed. Seeds many, elongate- 

 ellipsoid, narrowly winged on one side. Distkib. Species 5, extending 

 from the Khasia Hills to the Philippine Islands. 



Leaves membranous, usually narrowed to the base, nerves 

 5 or 6 pairs, calyx less than '1 in. in diam. ... ... 1. C. paniculata. 



Leaves coriaceous, rounded or cordate at the base, nerves 

 7 or 8 pairs, calyx more than '1 in. in diam. ... ... 2. C. Griffi,thii, 



1. Cryptekonia paniculata, Blume Bijdr. 1151. A tree 20-40 

 feet high ; young branches glabrous oi* sometimes puberulous. Leaves 

 membranous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or more or less broadly 

 elliptic, blutitly acuminate or blunt, narrowed to the base, entire, 

 glabrous on both surfaces or slightly pubescent on the lower ; main 

 nerves 5 or 6 pairs, rather faint, curved ; length 3-6 in., breadth 1*25- 

 2-5 in. Flowers on short pedicels, very numerous, in long cylindric 

 pubescent or glabrous racemes longer than the leaves, the racemes 

 often panicled. Calyx less than "1 in. in diam., its teeth triangular or 

 triangular-lanceolate, acute. Stamens in the hermaphrodite flowers of 

 the same length as the calyx-teeth, longer in the male flowers. Capsules 

 globose-conic, puberulous or minutely velvety. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, 

 Beng. 187, Pt. ir, 86 ; For. Flora Burma, I, 519. G. puhescens, Blume 

 Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II, 123 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 

 574 ; Griff. Notul. IV, 404 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 564, fig. II. 0. glabra, 

 Blume Mus. Bot. II, 123 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 574. 

 Henslovia pubescens, Wall. Cat. 4904 ; PI. As. Rar. Ill, 14 t. 22 J ; Miq, 

 Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. I, 7J6 ; Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. IV, 

 477, t. XVI. B. Henslovia HooJceri, Wall. Cat. 8566. H. affinis, Planch. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. IV, 477 {in part). S, leptostachys, Planch. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. IV, 478. H glabra, Wall. Cat. 4093 ; PI. As. Rar. Ill, 14 ; 

 Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. IV, 478 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 Pt. I, 716. 



Penang; Porter. Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 650/2). 

 Perak ; King's Collector No. 5205. Andaman Islands ; very common ; 

 King's Collector. Distrib. Burma, Chittagong, Khasia. 



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