4 G-. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula. [No. 1, 



outer sometimes very small like the sepals. Sta- 

 mens often definite, loosely imbricate ; anther- 

 cells (except in Phceanthus) not concealed by 

 the connectives. Ovaries solitary or indefinite. 

 Ovaries indefinite. 



Sepals and outer petals similar and minute ; 

 inner petals very large, often cohering by 

 their edges. 



Ovules 1 or 2 : stamens numerous, 

 quadrate, with broad truncate 

 apical processes concealing the 

 anther-cells from above ... 21. Phceanthus. 



Ovules 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4 ; stamens 

 few or numerous, compressed, the 

 apical process of the connective 

 compressed, rot broad or truncate, 

 and not concealing the anther- 

 cells from above ... ... 22. Miliusa. 



Petals larger than the sepals, often saccate 



at the base, subequal or the inner smaller 23. Alphonsea. 

 Ovaries solitary. 



Outer petals valvate, inner imbricate ... 24. Kingstonia. 



All the petals valvate ... ... 25. Mezzettia. 



1. Stelechocari'US, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers dioecious, fascicled, on the old 

 wood. Sepals 3, small, elliptic or orbicular, imbricate. Torus conical. 

 Stamens indefinite ; connective dilated, truncate. Ovaries indefinite, 

 ovoid ; stigma sessile ; ovules 6 or more. Ripe carpels large, berried, 

 globose, 4-6-seeded. — Distrib. Species 3 or 4, all Malayan. 



Leaves pellucid-punctate ... ... ... 1 S. punctatus. 



Leaves not pellucid-punctate. 



Flowers of both sexes alike ... ... 2 S. niticlus. 



Male flowers smaller than the female ... 3 S. Burahol. 



1. Stelechocarpus rcxCTATUS, King n. sp. A tree 20 to 30 feet 

 high : young branches slender, cinereous-pnberulous, becoming glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous, minutely pellucid-punctate, elliptic-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, slightly narrowed in the lower fourth to the rounded sub- 

 oblique base : upper surface shining, glabrous except the pubescent 

 impressed midrib ; lower surface shining, paler than the uppter, sparsely 

 puberulous or glabrous, the reticulations minute and distinct : main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, bold and prominent on the lower, slightly impres- 



