20 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



tomentose. Stamens solitary or in fascicles of 2-7, opposite the petals, 

 alternating with large glands. Ovary half-superior, 1-celled ; styles 2-5, 

 filiform, stigmas capitellate ; ovules many or several ; placentas parietal, 

 extending only down the upper free portion of the ovary. Capsule half- 

 superior, coriaceous, 2-5-valved at the apex. Seeds few, angular or 

 oblong. DiSTRiB.— Species 50, scattered over the hot regions of nearly 

 the whole globe. 



Flowers never more than '35 in. in diam. : — 



Stamens 1 opposite each petal ; leaves glabrous ... 1. H. longifolium. 



Stamens 2 in front of each petal ; calyx-tube funnel- 

 shaped : — 

 Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath ; flowers 6- 



merous ... ... ... ••• 2. H. Kunstleri, 



Leaves glabrous except on the midrib beneath, not 



glaucous ; flowers 6- or 7-merous ... ... 3. E. propinquum. 



Leaves sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, the 



midribs tomentose ; flowers 10-merous ... 4. H. Griffithianum. 



Stamens 4 in front of each petal ; flowers 6-merous, 

 calyx-tube cylindric, expanding very slightly at the 

 mouth ... ... ... ... 5. H. fridescens. 



Flowers 'G-TS in. in diam. :— 



Stamens 4 in front of each petal ; calyx-teeth 5, 



much smaller than the petals ... ... 6. H. undulatum. 



Stamens 7-9 opposite or sub-opposite to each petal ; 



calyx-teeth 7-9, larger than the petals and accrescent 7. H. grandijlormn. 



1. HOMALTITM LONGIFOLIUM, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, 35. 

 A tree 30-60 feet high; young branches slender, lenticellate, almost 

 glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 

 shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base narrowed ; the edges entire, 

 sometimes slightly undulate ; both surfaces quite glabrous, the lower 

 darkest when dry; main nerves 7-9 pairs, spreading, curved, faint; 

 length 3-4-5, in., breadth r5-l-75 in. ; petiole 3 in., stout. Racemes 

 slender, axillary, solitary, rarely branched, 4-7 in. long, covered with 

 minute white tomentum. Flowers '15 in. across, almost sessile, in 

 fascicles of 3 or 4, 6-fid. Calyx-tuhe narrow, its segments lanceolate like 

 the petals but broader Stamens one opposite to each petal alternating 

 with yellow-glands. Fruit unknown. Clarke in Flor. Br. lud. II, 

 596. Blaclcwellia macrostachya, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 1863 

 (Vol. XXXVI), 610. 



Penang; Phillips, Curtis 201. MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 

 665 ; Berry 994. Perak ; Kin(fs Collector 4444, 7855, 10230, 10763 ; 

 iScor/ec/nW 487, 2036. Selangor; Scortechini 1Q 10. 



2. HoMALiuM Kunstleri, n. spec. King. A tree 30-40 feet high ; 

 young branches glabrous, rather slender, smooth, glaucous. Leaves 

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