18 Mulerials for a Flora of the Malayan Feiiiasida. 



pubescent. Ovary broadly ovate, 5-cellecl ; the stigma capitate-discoid, 

 almost sessile. Fruit bright yellow, broadly ovoid or obovoid, apicn- 

 late, tapering also to the base, gla,brous, 1-5-2 in. long and '75-1 '35 in. 

 diam,, pulpy and smooth when vipe, boldly 3-angled when dry. 

 Perak ; Wray 3752 ; King's Collector 369i, 6936, 7118. 



This resembles both C. macrocarpa and C. Clarl-ei in several respects, but it hns 

 larger and more numerous flowers, and the fruit is broader, in proportion to its 

 length, than is the case in either of these species. The leaves are less shining 

 and reticnlate than those of C. macrocarpa, but they closely resemble those of 

 C. Clarhei. 



7. CASEARiACLARKET,King. A tree ; young branches thick, glabrous, 

 striate. Leaves coiiaceons, narrowly oblong, acute at both base and 

 apex, both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining ; main nerves 5-7 pairs, 

 slightly curved, ascending, prominent beneath; length 5-10 in., breadth 

 l'5-2'75 in., petiole •25-*4 in. long. Glomeruli very condensed, axillary, 

 many-flowered ; pedicels '25 in. long, glabrons like the buds. Hipe 

 fruit ovoid, bright yellow, 2 in. long and 1'25 in. in diam. C. albicans^ 

 Clarke in Flor. Br. Ind. II, 593 (not of Wallich). 



Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 660. Singapore; Ridley 6334. 

 This species resembles C. macrocarpa Clarke, but has smaller fruit. Its leaves 

 are moreover larger, less shining and less reticulate, and the glomeruli are much 

 more numerously flowered. 



8. Casearia macrocarpa, Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 

 593. A small tree; young branches reddish, glabrous. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base narrowed, the edges entire ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, shining, minute, reticulate when dry; main nerves 

 about 5 or 6 pairs, curved, ascending, length 4-6 in., breadth 1 to 1*5 in., 

 petiole "3-4 in. long. Glomeruli axillary, one-or few-liowered ; pedicels 

 about '15 in. long, glabrous, the buds glabrous outside, reddish ; calyx- 

 teeth 5, oblong, blunt, minutely velvety inside. Fruit obovoid or 

 ellipsoid, compi-essed, 1*5-1'75 in. long by "65 in. broad ; seeds obovoid, 

 compressed. 



Penang ; Maingay 660/2 ; Curtis 229 and 960. 



2. OsMELiA, Thwaites. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, entire 

 or obscurely serrate, epunctate ; stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers 

 small, very nearly sessile, in long simple or panicled racemes. Calyx 

 inferior, divided nearly to the base ; lobes 4 or 5, rounded, imbricate. 

 Petals 0. Stamens 8 or 10, half alternating with as many 2-lobed hairy 

 scales and half inserted in the notches of those scales. Ovary superior, 

 1-celled ; styles 3, short, with capitellate or bifid stigmas ; ovules few ; 



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