416 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



lobes 5, slightly twisted, overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted 

 above the middle of the tube ; anthers lanceolate, their bases rounded. 

 Disk none or obscurely annular. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels ; style 

 filiform ; stigma oblong, urceolate or capitate, pointed or somewhat 

 bifid ; ovules 2 to 6 in two series in each carpel. Fruit of 1 or 2 drupes 

 often pedicellate ; drupes 1-seeded or with 2 to 4 one-seeded joints. 

 Seeds ovoid or oblong, grooved or concave on the ventral surface at the 

 attachment to the placenta ; albumen horny, deeply ruminate, pre- 

 senting horizontal parallel lamellae ; cotyledons thin, leafy, ovate or 

 oblong, straight or curved ; radicle long, thick. — Disteib. Tropical 

 Asia, Australia, and Polynesia ; about 30 to 35 species. 



Drupes -5 in. long or under : — 



Corolla pubescent without ; leaves pubescent beneath . . 1. A. pilosa. 



Corolla glabrous without ; leaves usually glabrous beneath : — 

 Leaves coriaceous :— 



Leaves mostly over 2 in. long : — 



Main nerves 16 to 20 pairs at an angle of 60° to 70° 



with midrib .. .. .. ..2. A. lucida. 



Main nerves 25 to 40 pairs at an angle of 80° with 



midrib.. .. .. .. ..3. A. odorata. 



Leaves mostly under 2 in. long :— 



Main nerves 10 to 12 pairs at right angles to midrib . . 4^. A. oleifolia. 

 Main nerves 15 to 20 pairs at 75° to 80° with midrib . . 5. A. pumila. 

 Leaves chartaeeous, 2-5 to 5 in, long, main nerves 27 to 30 

 pairs .. .. .. .. ..6. A. Forbesii. 



Drupes over -5 in. long : — 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, 4 to 6 in. long, main nerves ex- 

 tremely numerous ; drupes 1 in. long .. ..7. A. Scortechinii. 



Leaves coriaceous, 3 to 4 in. long, main nerves 25 to 30 pairs ; 



flower not known ; drupe '75 in. long , . , . 8. ^. selangorica. 



1. Alyxia pilosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 408 (1856). A slender 

 climbing shrub ; branches stout with pale bark ; branchlets thinner 

 than a goose-quill, angled, striate, dull brown, covered, especially the 

 extremities, with dense minute grey tomentum. Leaves very coriaceous, 

 opposite or more often in whorls of 3 to 4 ; lanceolate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate or acuminately narrowed 

 at base ; upper surface shining olivaceous, lower pale yellowish-oliva- 

 ceous densely short-pubescent ; margins cartilaginous, recurved ; 3 to 

 5 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. broad ; midrib very stout, very prominent on the 

 under surface, impressed on the upper ; main nerves 15 to 20 pairs, 

 almost at right angles to the midrib, faintly depressed on the upper 

 surface when dry, broad and pale on the lower ; secondaiy nerves many, 

 very indistinct, as are the reticulations ; petiole -25 to '35 in. long, 

 thick, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Cymes axillary. 



