Smntonia.} XLVi. anacabdiaceji. (J. D. Hooker.) 27 



Seng. 1870, ii. 76. Anauxanopetalum SchwenHi, Teysm. ^ Bvnnmd. in 

 Miquel Jom-n. i. 368. Astropetalvun 2, Chiffith, Notvl. iv. 415. 



Malacca, Griffith; Maingay. — ^Disteib. Sumatra. 



A tall tree ; tranchlets rather slender. Leaves 3-5 in., usually obtusely acuminate, 

 rather thin ; margins hardly undulate ; neryesahout 15-pairs; petiole very slender, 2-2| 

 in. Fanicles numerous from the upper axils, branched, peduncles and branches and. 

 pedicels excessively slender and spreading. Flowers the smallest of the genus, when 

 first expanded, ^ in. diam., shortly pedioelled. Calyx-lobes orbiculaor, glabrous. Petals 

 oblong on expansion, very rapidly enlarging, finally 2| in. long, linear, obtuse 

 coriaceous, veined. Drwpe f in long, oblong, smooth. Cotyledons oblong, amygda- 

 loid ; radicle lateral, minute. — Kurz refers to this Astropetalum 1 of Griffith's- 

 Notulse, ■which, as it appears to me from Griffith's notes and specimens, is his original 

 Smntonia, to -which he attached the MS. name of 8. floribunda, but for which I have 

 adopted Kurz's 8. Grriffithii. The reference to " Cat. Hort. Begor." is taken from 

 Kurz. I do not find the name in the edition of that work at Kew. 



4. S. spicifera, Hook.f. ; leayes obovate or elliptic-obovate tip rounded 

 base cuneate, panicles longer than the leaves brandies strict, flowers forining' 

 pubescent spikelets at the tips of the brancMets. 



Penang ? Maingay . 



A lofty thick-stemmed tree (Maingay). Leaves 3|-7 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, upper 

 surface shining with very obscure nerves, under glaucous with 12-15 pairs of very 

 slender nerves, reticulation very indistinct ; petiole f-1 in. Panides subcorymbose, 

 sometimes leafy, repeatedly trichotomously forked; branches angular, strict, suberect, 

 glabrous, articulate, ultimate divisions | in., stout, dothed with imbricating small 

 bracts and flowers ; rachis with close-set deep scars ; bracts orbicular, concave, 

 pubescent. Flowers 1 in. diam. when first expanded, apparently polygamous, most of 

 them males and caducous ; pedicel very short. Calyx hemispheric, 6-lobed, lobes 

 orbicular, pubescent. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse, hoary, eventually 1-2| in., refiexed, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous in fruit. Stamens 5, filaments subulate ; anthers 

 oblong. IHsi confluent with the thickened base of the filament in the male. Driipe 

 f in. long, obliquely ovoid, smooth ; pericarp thin. Cotyledons amygdaloid. — I 

 assume this to be a Penang plant from the tickets and writing being of the same kind. 

 as is attached to Mainga/s other Penang plants. A very different species from the 

 rest, the imbricating flowers on the thick tips of the branchlets of the panicle is a 

 curious character. 



9. SOIiENOCAXtPUS, Wt. & Am. 



A tree. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, odd-pinnate ; leaflets 

 opposite, glabrous, crenulate. Pnm'eZes terminal. J^Vower* small, hermaphrodite. 

 Ccdyx small, 6-toothed, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 6, ovate, valvate. Dish 

 broad, annular. Stamens 10, inserted at the base of the disk. Ovary sessile, 

 1-celled, style clavate, stigma obliquely truncate ; ovule 1, pendulous from 

 the top of the cell. Drupe small, obliquely oblong, truncate, compressed; 

 pericarp cellular, fuU of oil. iStone hard. Seed linear, compressed ; cotyledons 

 linear, plano-convex ; radicle very short, superior. 



.1. S. Indica, Wi. 8r Am. Prodr.i. 171 ; Beddame Fl. Sylv. t. 233 ; Anal. 

 Gen. 79. 



Westeen PENmsTTiA; Malabar and Travancor, ascending to 2500 ft. on the 

 Anamally bills, Beddome. 



Leaves 6-12 in.; petiole angled, slender, pubescent; leaflets 4-6-pairs, 2-4 in., 

 subopposite, sessile, except the terminal, which is long-petiolulate, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate ; base obliquely cordate, quite entire or remotely crenate, rather 

 coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 8-1 0-pairs, faint. Panicto much branched ; branches erect, j 



