424 G. King — Materiah for a floi'a of tJis Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 
3. DiTTELASMA, Hook. fil, 
A tree* Leaves alternate, pinnate^ exsHpnlate ; hafiets fiubopposite 
or nlfemato, entire. Panicles t.Dnninai, bractejate. Flmmrs polygaiuo- 
Tuoiicecious. Bf^pah 5, oblong, ronmdcd at the apex, iineqiial. Petals 4, 
erect, oblongj concavej tomentoae outside, the place of the fifth vacant ; 
scale large obovate-oblong^ densely shaggy- crested, incurved at the apex« 
Disc semilnnate-annular, mttch wider at one side, glabrous. Stamens 
8, inserted around the base of th© ovary, unequal ; jjlamejits vitlonSj 
slender at the tip ; antJiers small, sliortly exsei tcd. Ovary siib-globose, 
glabrous, 3-]obet3, 3-celIed, conti-ac^d iit the apex into a eliort erect style, 
stigma shortly 3-lobed ; ovule solitary in ench cell. Frtiif> l-3-coccou8, 
2 segments usnally smaHer or obsolete, rather fleshy, indeliiscent. 8eed 
globoBe, exarillate, exalbnminous ; testa thick, bonj ; embryo curved ; 
cotyhdons large, ujaequal, incmrved j radicU short, incumbent. — Dibtkib. 
A single species. 
DJTTEJ.ASMA Earae, Hook. fil. in Benth. and Hook, fii Gen. 
Plantai'. J, 396- A tree 60 or 60 feet high ; young branches stout, with 
pale pnbemloue bark. Leaves 10 iol% in. long; leafiets 6 to 12 pairs, 
usually oblong- lanceolate, rarely oblong-oblanoeolate, often slightly ob- 
lique, the apex acute, the base cnneate, quite glabrous ; main nerves 
numerous, faint ; length 3 to 4 in,, breadth ■7.'> to 1%5 in., petiolule 'I in. 
or less. Panicles terminal, erect, many-branched, pnberiilous^ usnallj 
shorter than the leaves. Flowers '2 in, long, pale yellow or white. 
Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl, Br. Ind, I, 672 ; Kurz For. Flora Bunna, I, 297. 
8api7idns Marak, DC. Prodr. I, 608 ; Blnme Earaph. III. 93, t, 107. 
P S, pinnatust Mill, Gard. Diet. IsTo. 3. S, saponaria^ Lom\ Fl, 
Cochinch. 238 {not of Linn.) — itumph. Herb. Amboin. II, 134. 
Malacca : Griffith, Maingay,— -DiSTftie. Bui*ma, Oochin-China, Java. 
4 ERiOGLOEStTM, Bkme. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves unequally-pinnate, exstipulate, alternate. 
Leaflets opposite or* snbopposit^, entire. Fanides terminal, erect, with 
elongated racemose branches. Flotoers polygamo-dicecioiis, irregular, 
white. Sepah 5, unequal, orbicular, concave, imbricated, the two outer 
ones smaller. Petals 4, unequal, obovate, clawed, the place of the 5th 
vacant ; scale hairy, hooded, with an apical iobed appendage. Disc one- 
sided, lobed. Stam^is 8, turned to one side ; filaments unequal, hairy, 
anthers sub-exserted. Ovary stipitate, obcordate, 3-lobed, 3-celled ; style 
slender, stigma obscnrely 3-lobed ; ovules solitary in the cells of the 
ovai'y, ascending. Fruit l~3-lobed to the base ; the lobes oblong, inde- 
hiscent, diverging. Seeds oblong, exarillate, exalbiamiuous, teata mem- 
