72 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
middle flowers of which are the largest and most fertile. Perianth-tube 
short, funnel-shaped. enlarged in fruit ; lobes 6, subequal, persistent or 
partly truncate or deciduous in fruit, Stamens 9 perfect or by abor- 
tion fewer, anthers 4 or occasionally 2-celled ; those of the Ist row 
opposite the outer perianth-lobes, introrse, eglandular ; those of the 
2nd row similar, opposite the inner perianth lobes; those of the 
3rd row opposite those of the 1st row, extrorse or with lateral anther- 
cells, the filaments bearing two glands which are sessile or stipitate and 
usually near the middle, but sometimes at the base and nearly free; 
staminodes of the 4th row opposite the 2nd row stamens cuneiform 
cordate or sagittate, stipitate. Ovary sessile at the bottom of the 
perianth-tube and free from it, narrowed into the style; stigma discoid 
or obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit a berry seated on the usually cup-shaped 
enlarged perianth-tube, the lobes persistent, deciduous or sometimes 
truncate near their middle. Seed conform to the fruit; testa mem- 
branous; cotyledons fleshy.—Distris. About 140 species, of tropical 
and subtropical Hastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific. 
Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, with 3 or more ribs; 
inflorescence buds naked or with small scales; 
stamens rather large with ovoid or oblong anthers 
and elliptic cells. perianth-lobes persistent or tube 
truncate after flowering (Sect. I. MaLABaTHRUM). 
Midrib without main nerves, but with transverse 
nervules between it and the side ribs. 
Leaves glabrous, at any rate when mature. 
Flower-panicles very short, slender, glab- 
rous; leaves caudate at apex .. IL. C. gracilflorum. 
llower-panicles elongate, puberulous. 
Leaves ovate, acute at apex, side ribs 
searcely reaching ?ths of the length 
of the blade; fruiting perianth large, 
ribbed, with persistent lobes .. 2. C. zeylanicum. 
Leaves oblong, side ribs reaching to 
near the apex. 
Side ribs reaching the apex and 
there joining the midrib, ieaves 
often very large; fruiting peri- 
anth small, with persistent lobes 3. C. ers. 
Side ribs reaching the base of the 
acumen only. 
Acumen attenuately long, very 
obtuse at tip; inflorescence 
sparsely puberulous; sta- 
mens stout, nearly glabrous 4. C. Ridleyz. 
Acumen prominent, abrupt. 
