236 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
4. Kwnema, Lour. 
Dicecious trees with coriaceous or chartaceous leaves usualiv 
glaucous beneath, often covered with ferruginous tomentum; main 
nerves confluent near the margin; transverse nervules parallel, prom- 
inent. Inflorescence of unbranched densely racemose or subumbel- 
late clusters usually on thick tubercular peduncles from the axils of 
the leaves or of fallen leaves; bracts caducous; flowers rather large, 
subglobose patelliform or urceolate, pedicellate; bracteoles persistent 
about the middle of the pedicels or above it; perianth 3-toothed. 
Andrecium usually stalked; filaments connate in a peltate disk: 
anthers 8—20 free, attached by thin bases stellately to the margin of 
the disk, never erect, dehiscing downwards. Style short, thick ; 
stigmas connate in a bilobed disk often dentate or laciniate at the 
margin. rut ovoid or oblong; pericarp thick, fleshy, tomentose; 
arillus jlaciniate at the apex only. Seed conform to the fruit; 
albumen ruminate; cotyledons scarcely connate at the base, divar- 
cate or suberect.—Distris. 8S. Asia from India to the Philippines 
and New Guinea, species about 38. 
¢ flowers very large, about 1 cm. in diam. ; leaves very 
long, 25—65 em.; fruit large, with very thick wool; 
disk of andrcecium subconcave with 18—20 anthers 1. K. HooxeriAna. 
@ flowers moderate-sized, 5—S mm. in diam.; leaves 
18—40 cm. long; fruit medium-sized, rufous-tomen- 
tose; disk of andreecium convex with 13—15 anthers 2. K. CANTLEYTI. 
¢ flowers small, under 5 mm. in diam. 
Disk of androecium convex-mammillate at top; 
leaves narrow with parallel nerves 10—32 cm. 
long, 2—9 em. broad ss ss .. 3. K. INTERMEDIA. 
Disk of andreecium not mammuillate. 
Pedicel of ~ flower more than double as long as 
the perianth. 
Anthers 40—45, sessile, disc concave; leaves 
small, 6—14 cm. long, 3—6 ecm. broad, 
nervules and reticulation scarcely visible .. 4. K. Cunrisi. 
Anthers less than 20, mostly 8—13; dise flat, 
anthers horizontal on short filaments on its 
margin. 
Pedicel of # flower 44—6 times longer than 
perianth ; anthers 9—12. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous with 7—14 pairs 
of main nerves; reticulation prominent 5. K, KuNsTLERt 
Leaves membranous with 13—18 pairs of 
main nerves; reticulation obscure .. 6. K. MALAYANA 
