Flora of the Malayan Peninaula. 425 



few ; petiole -75 to 1 in. long, slightly winged by the decurrent margins 

 of the blade. Flowers in terminal compound umbels ; primar}'' peduncles 

 3 to 5, stout, 3 to 4 in. long ; secondary peduncles 6 to 8, 1 to 1"5 in. 

 long ; tertiary peduncles 3 to 5, about "5 in. long ; quaternary peduncles 

 and pedicels slender, -1 to '25 in. long, umbellules of about 4 to 6 

 flowers ; bracts subulate, recurved ; bracteoles very minute ; buds sub- 

 globose, flowers white. Calyx-\ohe?, imbricate, nearly orbicular, -05 in. 

 long on a tube of same length. Corolla-iMhe campanulate, "2 in. long ; 

 lobes rounded, recurved, "05 to •! in. long; tube tufted-pubescent 

 within at the mouth and a little below it ; lobes short, rounded, 

 •075 in. long. Anthers sagittate mucronate, -04 in. long ; filaments 

 very short. Dish thick, short, barely "025 in. long, obscurely 5-lobed. 

 Ovary 2-celled, furrowed; style slender, -1 in. long; stigma peltate; cells 

 2-ovuled. Drupe oblong-globose, smooth, -6 to '7 in. long, -5 to -6 in. 

 broad ; pjTenes two, compressed at top, enlarged below, beaked, longi- 

 tudinally furrowed and rugose, woody. Seed flattened ; testa membra- 

 nous ; albumen thin ; embryo flattened ; cotyledons ovate, "1 in. long ; 

 radicle thick, as long as cotyledons. Hook. Bot. Misc. II. 73 ; Blume 

 Bijdr. 1034 ; A. DC. Prodi-. VIII. 337 ; Hassk. Fl. Bot. Zeit. (1845) 263 ; 

 Spanoghe in Linnsea, XV. 325 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. I. 93. Cyrtosi- 

 phonia sumatra7ia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 401. 



Peeak : Scortechini 132, 1737 ; King's Collector 4755, 5700. — 

 DiSTEiB. Sumatra {Teysmann 993, 995; Forbes 2851, 2860), Java 

 {Forbes 1051). 



Jack says that the wood is very light, and is used by the Sumatrans for the 

 scabbards of swords and krises. 



7. HuNTEEiA, Eoxb. 

 Glabrous trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, shining, with many 

 slender neives. Flowers in short close axillary or subterminal cymes. 

 Calyx small, 5-lobed, eglandular. Corolla salver-shaped ; the tube 

 cylindric, somewhat dilated near the mouth, throat annulate ; lobes 

 much overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted in the dilated portion 

 of the tube ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, cells rounded at the base ; 

 filaments short. Disk none. Carpels 2, distinct ; style filiform, 

 thickened at top ; stigma bifid ; ovules 2 to 4 in each carpel. Fruit of 

 two stalked berries, distinct or connate at base, ovoid or subfusiform, 

 obhque or recur\'ed, 1-seeded or 2-celled by the intruded placenta, not 

 pulpy. Seeds ovoid or oblong ; testa membranous ; albumen smooth, 

 fleshy ; cotyledons ovate, leafy ; radicle straight. — Distelb. Three 

 species — one of India, Ceylon, and Malay Peninsula, another of Java, 

 and a third of tropical Africa. 



