20 G. King— Materiah for a Flora of the Malayan Fentnsula. [N"o. 1, 
tomentose. Stamens solitary or in fascicles of 2-7^ opposite tlio petals, 
alternating with large glaode. Ovary halE-snperior, l-celled ; styles 2-5, 
filiform, stigmas capitellate ; ovules many or seveiral ; placentas parietal, 
extending only dowa tb© npper free portion of the ovary. Capsule half- 
superior, coriaceoos, 2-5-valired at the apex. Seed^ few, angular or 
oblong. DrsTR[B. — Specie 50, scattered over the hot regions of nearly 
the whole globe. 
Flowers never more than '36 in, in diam. 
Stamens 1 opposite eiich petal ; leaves glabwras ... 1. R. longifolmm. 
Stamens 2 iu front of each pecal \ calyx >tnb6 fannel"' 
shaped 1 — 
Ijeaves glabrous', glancous beneath ; flowers 6- 
merouiH ... ... ... 2. H. K%in$tleri. 
Leaves glabrous except on the midrib beneath, not 
glaiicoad ; flowers 6- or T-merouB .„ ... 3. H. firoj««5««m. 
Leaves eparBely pabescsent on both surfaces, tha 
mil! ri bs tomentoee ; flowers 10-merons ... 4 H. ffriJE(Atrtitw>v 
Stamena 4 in front of each petal ; flowers G-merons, 
Cftlyx-tube cylindric, expanding very ilightly at the 
mouth ,„ ... ... ,„ 5. F./r«fesc«ns. 
Flowers '6~'7S in. in diam, : — ( 
Stamens 4 in front of eaoh petal ; calyz-bseth 
mnoh smaller than tbo petals ... ,„ Q. R. undutaiv^m. 
Sfcaraeng 7-9 oppoisit© or sub-opposito to oaoh petal ; 
calyx-teeth 7-9, larger than the petals and accrestsotit 7. H. grmdiftonim. 
1, HOMALIDM LONGiPOLTUM» Betith, in Jonro. Linn. Soc lY, 35* 
A tree feet high young branches slender, leuticellate, almost 
glabrous. Lmve» coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 
fihortly and bluntly acuminate, the base narrowed j the edges entire, 
sometimes slightly undnLate ; both surfaces quite glabrous, the lower 
darkest when dry ; main nerves 7-9 paiis, spi^eading, curved, faintj 
length 3-4-5, in,, breadth r5-l'75 in. j petiole "3 in., stout. Uacenios 
slender, axillary, solitary, imrely branched, 4^7 in. long, covered with 
minute white tomentum. Flowers 'Ih id. across, almost sessile, in 
fascicles of 3 or 4, 6'fid. Calyx-tuhe nairow, its segments lanceolate like 
the petals but broader Stamem one opposite to each petal alternating 
with yellow-glands. Frtdt unknown. Clarke in Flor. Br, lad. II, 
596. Blackwellia mncrodachya, Turcz. in Bull. Sac. Imp. Mosc, 1863 
(Vol. XXXVI), 610. 
PiNANGi Phillips, Curtis 201. Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 
665; JDerry 994, Pesak; King's Collector 4444, 7855, 10230, 10763 ; 
jSeoWecAiflit 487, 2036. Selanoob; ScariecHni 1910. 
2. HoMALiUM KuNsTLESi, D. spec King. A tree 30-40 feet high ; 
young branches glabrous, ratber slender, smooth, glaucous. Lcqves 
