1890.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. Ii7 



3. Cratoxtlon formosum, Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. PL I, 166 A 

 shrub or tree 20 to 6 feet high, all parts quite glabrous, young branches 

 pale. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute or 

 rounded, the base slightly narrowed ; upper surface shining ; lower dull 

 pale, glaucescent and with numerous minute black dots ; main nerves 6 

 to 8 pairs, little more prominent than the secondary ; length 3 to 4 in., 

 breadth 1'75 to 2'25 in. ; petiole - 25 in., thin. Gijm.es axillary, or from 

 above the scars of fallen leaves, 2-3 flowered Flowers "75 in. long, their 

 pedicels *5 in. Sepals elliptic, pointed, faintly veined, -2 in. long, nearly 

 equal, not accrescent. Petals thin, prominently veined, elliptic, with a 

 narrow scale above the slender claw ; Hypogynous glands small, oblong 

 or quadrate, ciurnson. Tubes of staminal bundles long, slender, exserted- 

 Capsules cylindric, acute, '6 in. long. Seeds "3 in. long, with an obtuse 

 obovate unilateral wing. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258 ; Kurz Fl. 

 Burm. I, 84. Tridesmis formosa, Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 179, t. 

 37 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 517. T. ochnoides, Spach Suit. Buff. 

 V, 359. Flodea formosa, Jack in Hook. Journ. Bot. I, 374. 



In all the Provinces. Disti'ib. Siam, Philippines, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



4. Cratoxtlon Maingati, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258. A 

 tree 30 feet high; all parts glabrous : young branches with pale brown, 

 ridged, bark. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate at apex and base 5 

 both surfaces shining, the lower paler ; main nerves obscure, about 6 

 pairs ; length 2 to 35 in., breadth 1 to 1'5 in., petiole - 25 in. Cymes 

 axillary, or from above the scars of fallen leaves, few-flowered. Floivers 

 about '5 in. long, their pedicels '25 in. Sepals oblong, unequal. Petals 

 elliptic, clawed, veined, the basal scale acute. Capsule - 5 in. long, 

 narrowly cylindric. Seeds - 25 in. long, with oblong unilateral wing. 



Penang ; Maingay. 



Apparently an uncommon tree, since only Maingay has as yefc 

 collected it. 



Order XIV. GUTTIFER^E. 



Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish juice. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous or membranous, rarely whorled or stipulate. Flowers axil- 

 lary or terminal, solitary, fascicled, subracemose or panicled, white, yellow 

 or red, regular, dioecious, polygamous or hermaphrodite. Sepals 2-6, 

 imbricate or in decussate pairs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), usually 

 much imbricated or contorted. Male fl. : Stamens usually indefinite, 

 hypogynous ; filaments free or variously connate, monadelphous or in as 

 many bundles as there are petals ; anthers various. Female fl. : 

 Staminodes various. Ovary l-2-oo -celled ; style slender, short or 0; stigmas 

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