1893. Gr. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan "Peninsula. 261 



The short rusty-tomentose panicles, and almost glabrous flowers on 

 slender pedicels distinguish this from 8. fasciculata, to which it is 

 closely allied. The leaves also give diagnostic marks, those of this 

 species having more nerves and being pubescent beneath. 



12. Santiria conferta, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl Br. Incl. I, 



.">37. A tree : young shoots rather stout ("35 in. in diam.), rusty-puber- 



nlous, afterwards glabrous and striate. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long; 



stipules (if any) deciduous, the rachis rufous-puberulous when young. 



Leaflets coriaceous, 9 to 13, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering 



to the acuminate apex, the base rounded : upper surface glabrous. 



shining, minutely reticulate, olivaceous when dry ■ the lower brown 



when dry, minutely rusty-puberulous when young ; main nerves about 



10 pairs, spreading, curving, slightly prominent on the lower surface : 



length 3*5 to 6 in., breadth I - 6 to 2 in., petiolules "6 to "7 in. Panicles 



3 to 4 in. long, several from an axil and much shorter than the leaves, 



rufous-pubescent, densely crowded, bracteoles minute ; pedicels slightly 



shorter than the flowers. Flowers '1 to '15 in. long. Calyx cupular, 



with 3 shallow broad teeth, rusty-tomentose outside. Petals imbricate, 



rotund, concave, puberulous. Stamens 6, inflexed, the anthers ovate, 



about as long as the flat filaments which are inserted on the edge of the 



fleshy ring-like disc ; rudimentary ovary small, glabrous, ovoid. Female 



flowers not seen. Ripe drupes obliquely ovoid, dark-coloured, glabrous, 



rather less than '5 in. long, the scar of the stigma near the base, pericarp 



stoutly coriaceous. Engler in De Candolle Monogr. Phanerog. IV, 160. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 306, Griffith No. 1150. 

 This is readily distinguished by its crowded condensed rufous- 

 tomentose panicles and small glabrous fruit. 



13. Santiria multiflora, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 538. A tree, 60 to 100 feet high : young branches rather stout ('35 to 

 '5 in. in diam.), densely and minutely rusty-tomentose like the 

 rachises and under surfaces of the leaves and the inflorescence. Leaves 9 

 to 15 in. long ; the rachises terete in the upper part, but channelled near 

 the base. Leaflets 5 to 7, coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, tapering 

 slightly to the shortly acuminate apex ; the base cuneate or obliquely 

 rounded ; upper surface glabrescent except the tomentose midrib and 

 15 to 20 pairs of sub-horizontal main nerves which are bold and pro- 

 minent on the lower surface; length 45 to 10 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., 

 petiolules "4 to *5 in. Pa.nicles axillary or terminal, solitary, shorter 

 than the leaves, ebracteolate, (? bracteoles cadncous) spreading. Flowers 

 crowded at the extremities, T in. long, slightly longer than their tomen- 

 tose pedicels. Calyx a shallow cup, the mouth almost entire or with 3 

 shallow wavy teeth, tomentose outside. Petals much longer than the 



