488 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
pyrenes subhemispherical, with flat or slightly coneave ventral and 
convex carinate dorsal surface. Mull. Arg., 501; Hook. f., 271; J. 
J. Smith, 320; Gehrm, in Bot. Jahrbuch. XLI, Beibl. No. 95, 32; 
Jabl. in Pflanzenreich IV, 147. VIII, 58.—8B. Loureirit Hook. and Arn. 
Bot. Beech. Voy. 211. ?8B. lanceaefolia Roxb. Fl. Ind. III, 737. 
B. rhamnoides Griff. Notul. IV, 480. 8B. lanceolata Kurz in Nat. 
Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XXVII, 45. Amanoa tomentosa Baill. Adans. 
VI, 336. Cleistanthus lanceolatus Mull. Arg. 507. 
Kepau: Langkawi, C.!. Prenane: Wallich!, Deschamps ! 
Government Hill, C. 112!, 146!. Weturstey: Jasek Gelugur, R. 
6967!. Perak: S.!; Larut, K.C. 2492!, 2676!, 53884!; Waterfall 
Rh. 2977! ; Pankor, Rk. 7923!. SpeLtaneor: Klang, Fox!; Gua Batu 
R.8202!. Mauacea : Griffith 4885 !, Maingay 1370!, 1575 !, Hervey! ; 
Sungei Udang, Holmberg 864!, Goodenough 1679!; Panchor, Good- 
enough 1741!; Ayer Panas, R.1572!. Jononr: Bukit Muar, Feilding}. 
SInGAPORE; Hullett 105!, K.C. 991!, 1260!; Garden jungle, AR. 
9116!. 
Distris. India, Indo-China, Malayan Archipelago, Philip- 
pines, Australia. 
3. BRIDELIA OVATA, Dene. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. III, 484 (1834). 
A small tree, entirely glabrous except on lower surface of young 
leaves. Branches terete, 3—4 mm. thick, pale brown-cinereous to 
black ; flowering twigs terete, 1—2 mm. thick, lenticellate, black 
internodes -5—1:'5 cm. long. Lamine ovate, with acute or sub- 
acute apex, rounded or subcuneate base and entire margin, coria- 
ceous, 2—10 cm. long, 1—5 cm. broad; upper surface glossy, green 
or brown-olivaceous, finely reticulate; lower surface dull, brown 
sparsely pubescent when young; midrib and nerves slender, reddish 
and prominent on both surfaces; nerves 8—12, connected by 
numerous subparallel primary nervules and the latter by numerous 
rather irregular secondary nervules; reticulation . subquadrate ; 
petiole subterete, slender, 4—6 mm. long; stipules subfalcately 
lanceolate-acuminate, ciliolately margined, 2 mm. long. Flower- 
clusters axillary and strung at intervals of ‘5—1°5 cm. along the 
flowering twigs, of only a few flowers, ¢ and 2 mixed but usually 
one sex predominant, encircled at their bases with minute broadly 
ovate scarious bracteoles. ¢ flowers sessile, subconically ovoid in 
bud, 2 mm. long, 1°5 mm. across the closed and 4 mm. across the 
open flower; calyx divided halfway down into deltoid-lanceolate 
