340 G. King^MateriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 
centre and circumference j ovary bnried 
in the disc ... ... .,.5. Lopbopktaium 
Frnit dehiscent j leaves alternate j ovuks 2 in 
each cell, erect ; seeds aril late. 
Disc free from the ovary^ the stamens inflert- 
ed on its margio, capsule 3*ceUed ,., 6. Celastrcts. 
Disc confluent with the ovary, stamens insert- 
ed nndeiTieath it, capsule 3-celled ... 7, GtuNOSPOEU. 
Ovary free from the disc, and crowned by a 
tuft of hairs ; styles 2, capsnle entire or 2- 
lohed ... ... „. 8. Kdsrimia. 
Fruit a dry or pnlpy iedehiscent drupe ... 9. Elaeodendrok. 
Tribe II, Hippocrates. Stamens 3, rarely 2, 4 or 5 ; the filam^ts 
broad, flattened, recurved so that the anthers dehisce outwardly, inserted 
on the diBG ; seeds exalburainous ; leaves usually opposite. 
Fra it flattened, dehiscent, seeds winged 10. Hippockatea* 
Fruit globular or ovoid, pnlpy and itidehis- 
cent, seeds not winged ... IL Salacia. 
1. ■ MiCROTROPrs, Wall. 
Glabrons trees or slirubs^ Leaves opposite, petioled or subaessile,, 
exfltipulate, entire. Flowers in sessile clusters or in pednncled cymes, 
axillary or snpra-axillary, sometimes unisexuab Sepals 4 or 5, imbri- 
cate, petals 4s or 5, rarely 0, connate at the base, erect. Stamens 5, 
inserted ou the disc or on the tnbe of the corolla. Disc 0, or small. 
Ovary free, ovoid, perfectly or imperfectly 2-3 -eel led ; style very short 
or absent i stigma minutely 2^-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral 
a*i the inner angle. Capsule ovoid, coriaceous, I-celled, 2-vaIved, I- 
seeded, snrrounded at the base by the persistent calyx. Seed erect, 
fltipitate ; aril 0. — Distrib. Species abont 12 ; mountains of India, 
Ceylon, the Malayan Peninsula and Java. 
Cymes sessile, very condensed, abont as long as the 
petioles, axillary, under "5 in. long ... ... 1. M. eUiptica 
Cymes and their peduncles "5 to *75 in. long ... 2. M. discolor. 
Cymes extra- axillary, on long thin peduncles. ^ 
Cymes 3- to 5-flowered, their peduncles *5 to 
*75 in. long ; petals ovate-rotund ... ... 3. M, hivalvis. 
Cymes many-flowered, their peduncles, 1 '25 to 
3 in. long ; petals oblong ... ... 4, M.Jilifomiis. 
1. MiCROTBOPiS ELLfPTiCA, n. sp. King. A slimb or small tree ; 
young branches terete, pale when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly 
