1897.] King — MatenaU for a Flot'a of Malayan Feninsuin, 307 
nearly epigynous. Stamens 4-co, perigyiions, or rarely Itypogy no ua ; 
ttjithers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, separate 
and uHlniately diTaiicate^ usually persfsfcent ; ovules 1-co , axfle, pendu- 
lous. Oapsuh woody, ifs segments often bifid ; endocarp often horny 
and separating from the exocarp. Seeds I, ov m^ny and then tiaually 
only the lowest in each cell perfect- Distrih. Species 35; Eas'ceru 
Asia, the Himalaya, Khasia Hills, Malaya, China and Japan ; also 
io North America and in South Af rica, 
Ovnles Bolibary in each cell 
Stipules arautl and deciduous ; heads ebracteAte ; stamens 5, 
with flhorfc filaments, the connective prodaced into a horn ; 
tlowers hermaphrodite ... „. 1. Munoata. 
OruleB 6 or more in enoh cell 
Stipalea large, coriaceoiiB ; heacJa ebracteate ; stametia 10-14j 
withoRt appendages ; flowers polyi^iimouH ... ... 2. BllCKLAKOlA. 
Btipralea 'absent; heads with nunaerons coloured bracts ; 
etumeni 7-10 without apiieodagea ; flowers berinaplirodite... 3, Euodoleia, 
1, MAiNaATA, Oliver, 
A tree. Leaves alternate^ tindivided, petioled, persistent ; stipules 
small^ deciduous. Heads peduncled, quasi- fcerniijial^ ebracteate, of about 
15 flowers. Culyx-iuhe adherent to the ovary ; the limb closed, splitting 
up on one side a little way from the base and then circumscissile 
and deciduous. Petals 5, perigyaous, linear, circinate in aj&tivatioii. 
Sfamens 5, perigynous, filaments very short, connective produced m a 
liorn. StarAinodes about 10, horned. Ovary half-inferior, 2-ceUed; 
styles 2» diatinct, short; ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous. Capsule woody ^ 
ovoid ; endocarp horny, sepS^rating from the exocarp. Seed narrowly 
ellipsoid, and with pale thick iridescent t^sta. 
MAiNfiAYA MALAYAHA, Oliver lu Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVIII, 517, t. 
44. A tree 50 or 60 feet high ; young bratiches rather slender, glab- 
rous, pale-colonred when dry, lenticeliate. Leaves membranous, oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate ; the base broad, rounded or minutely 
cordate, sometimes alightly peltate ; both surfaces glabroii.'s, shining, the 
lower of a bright brown tint wlien dry ; main nerves 7-10 pairs, cui'viog 
upwards, slightly prominent on the lower surface only ; lengtli 6*5^9 in., 
hreadtli 2-4*5 in., petiole '75-1 in-, slender ; etipnles small^ tomentose, 
caducous. Capituks from -75-1 in. in diam., solitary, or two or three 
from a short peduncle. Flmvers "5 in. long, sessile; buds oblong or 
oboYoid- oblong. Oalyx thin, puberulous, not opening but separating in 
an irregular circumscissile manner. Feiah lim^ar, obtuse, glabrous, four 
or five times as long jia the calyx. Cttpside woody, ovoid, tapering into 
the thick pedicel, with truncate compreased apex, more than half enve- 
