454 6. King— Mater-iaU for a Flora of the Malmjan Penlnsttta. [No. 3, 
Stamens 4— 5, all perfect and equal ... 1. .Sabu* 
Sfeamena &, veiy imequal ... , ««. 2. Hjuliosma, 
1. SabtAj Coleb. 
CHmbIng or aannentoBe shnibs j brandies with tte bud-scaTes per- 
iistent at fcbeir bases. Leaves quite entire. Flowers axillary, solitaiy, 
cjmoBo or panicled, usually bermapbrodite, 2-bracieate ; bracts, caljx, 
corolla, Btamens aod c?arpels all opposite. Calyx 4-5-partite.. Petah 
4-5, witb tiniMparent lines, green, purplish or yellow. Disc annular, 
4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted at tbe base of the diso ; aniherg 
extrorse or introree. Garpeh 2, i-arely 3, cobering- sligbtly j styles 2f 
evec^'j terminal, coberiog sligbtly ovuhs 2 in each carpel, collateral w 
fiopei'posed, borizontal. Mipe-carpels 1 or 2, gibbous, with a sub-basal 
style, dry or drupaceous. Seed resiform, testa coriaceous, dotted; 
embryo curFed, cotyledons stmigbt or incurFod, flat, rugoso or undulate, 
radielo cylindric. — Dis^rKiB. About 16 species, natires of tropical and 
temperate India. 
JB^'lowers solitary, axillary ,„ 1. S, sumafrana;. 
Flowers ill lacemes or paTiicles ... ... 2, j9, b'wonacett- 
1- SiBiA suMATiCANA, Blumo Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 370, A 
woody climber : young shoots with cinereous hark, sub-glabroua. 
Leaves ovate-lauceolate to elliptic, acumiuate, entire, the base cuueato ; 
upper surface glabrous, the lower minutely pubernloiis and sub- 
lepidote ; main nerves about 5 pairs, much curved, the reticulations 
wide ; length 3*5 to 7 iu,, breadth 1-25 to in,, petiole '35 to '76 in, 
Pet?«nc?e solitary, axillary, '35 in. long (longer in fruit). Sepals broadly 
triangular, pubescent at the edges. Fetuls much longer than the sepals, 
lanceolate, glabrous. Stanicns nearly as long as the petals, but shoi-ter 
than the cyliudric glabroma style. Fruit compi-essed, obliquely ovoid, 
glabrous, when rip© bright blue with dark spots, Miq. Fl. lad. Bat. 
Vol, I, pt. 2, 619. 
Perak; Scortechini ; King's Collector, Nos. IToa. 2117, 5053, 8205. 
DiSTRiB. Sumatra. 
2. Sauia limonaceAj Wall. Cat. lOOO. A lofty climber; young 
bmncbea slender, glabrous- Leaves coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, entire; the base cuneate, rai-ely rounded; both 
suirfuces glabrous, the upper ehiaing and reticulate, the lower paler and 
tefiRolate-retienlafee f main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, curved, faint; length 
2"5 to 6 in., bi-eadtb 1 to 1-75 in.; petiole in. Flowers '15 in. in diam., 
iu axillary ov slightly supra-axillary racemes or racemoid panicleB 
usnallj'' shorter than the leaves, glabrous ; pedicels longer than the 
flowers- . Sepals 5, green, oblong, blupt, Petak 5, lai-ger than the sepiils. 
