622 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



reaching the sinuses of the loops of the inner basal ribs ; secondary 

 nerves very many, similar to main nerves ; reticulations prominent, 

 irregular ; petiole -2 to -3 in. long, cm-ved. Cymes axillary, corymbose, 

 usually sessile, reaching 1 in. in length and 1-25 in. in breadth, few- 

 (12- to 18-) flowered ; peduncles short ; branches of rachis very slender, 

 3-chotomous ; bracts linear, short ; bracteoles minute, rounded, 2 to 

 each pedicel below the calyx ; pedicels puberulous, -1 to -25 in. long ; 

 flower-buds clavate, top rounded ; flowers white, sweet-scented. Calyx 

 very small ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, "05 in. long. Corolla infundi- 

 buliform ; tube slender, -2 to -25 in. long, minutely puberulous without, 

 glabrous within; lobes oblong, -1 in. long, glabrous. Stamens inserted 

 at the top of the tube ; filaments very short, but decurrent in lines 

 down the interior of the tube ; anthers oblong, -05 in. long, apiculate, 

 glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, alternated into a "25 in. long style ; 

 stigma capitate, obtuse. Berry globose, many-seeded, 1-5 to 2*5 in. in 

 diameter ; pericarp thick, woody, shining, smooth, yellowish at first, 

 afterwards red. Seeds immersed in pulp, rounded, ovoid or oblong, 

 more or less flattened, usually -75 in. long, and about -25 in. broad ; 

 testa thin, silvery ; albumen horny ; cotyledons cordate, acute, 3- to 5- 

 nerved, "15 in. long ; radicle stout, cylindric, as long as cotyledons. 

 Bl. Eumph. I. 67, t. 24 ; A. DC. Prodr. IX. 13 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 380. S. Maingayi var. ? fj-uctuosa, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 88. 



Penang : Curtis 709, 14:90; Bidley 9B58. Peeak: King's Collector 

 5348, 10595. Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 1038; Corporal Ali and 

 Corporal Hasan. Singapgee : Bidley. — Disteib. Java [Horsfield, 

 Zollinger), Borneo [Beccari 1580). 



King's Collector, No. 10311, from Perak, agrees fairly well with S. Horsfieldiana, 

 Miq., but the specimens are too incomplete to warrant description. 



7. Gaeetneea, Lamk. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely ternate, entire, coriaceous, 

 penninerved; stipules connate into a cylindrical sheath. Cymes axillary 

 or terminal, many- or 3- to 1-flowered. Calyx small, funnel-shaped or 

 campanulate. Corolla-t\xhe longer than the calyx ; its limb with 4 or 5 

 lobes ; valvate in bud. Stamens adnate to the corolla-tube by short 

 filaments. Ovary 2-celled ; style short or long ; stigmas 2, linear or 

 clavate ; ovule solitary in each cell, erect. Berry didymous, sub- 

 globose, crustaceous. Seeds often compressed ; albumen horny or fleshy ; 

 embryo small. — Disteib. About 40 species, in the tropics of Asia and 

 Africa. 



