76 G. King — Matm-ials fm- a Flora of the Malayan Fenhmda. [No 1, 
(d). Two fip^imena collected by Mr, Wray at an eleT»tion of 6,700 feet in 
Perak, These are in frnit; their leaves resemble thote of Jf. gracilis^ Kiog* but 
ha?© tLe main-nerTea fewer but bolder. 
2. AlakgiuMj Lamk. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, persistent. 
Fhwsrs in axillary fascicles or short cjmes, hermaphrodite, haiiy, 
jointed on their pedicels ; bracts small or 0. Oalyx-iiihe aduate to 'the 
ovarj, the limb toothed or trnncato. Petals 5 or 6 (rarely more), 
linear- ohlong, valvate, sometimes beooming refiered. Stavie^u equal 
in number to or twice as many as the petals or more; the anthers, long, 
linear; the filaments short compressed, often hairy. Ovar^ inferior, 
1- to 3-celled, or 1-celled at the apei and 2- to 3-celIed at the base, 
Burmonnted by a fleshy disc ; style very long often clavate ; digma 
large, capitate or pyramidal; omle pendulous. Ffuit a berry, often 
with very scanty pulp, crowned by the slightly enlarged calyx. Seed 
oblong, compressed; albumen fleshy, sometimes ruminate; cotyledons 
leafy, flat or crumpled : radicle long or short. ^ — Distbib. About 16 
species, in tropical and snb-tropical Asia and Africa, Australia, Poly- 
uesia. 
StameuB (iu Malayan Bpecimena) more tbau 6 {usually 
16 to 20) : fruit only sliglitly compressed ... ... A. Lamarckii. 
StemeuH S or 6 ; fruit much compressed : — 
LeBTea oblique, membranous : — 
GymeB on ootnparatively long peduncles, tnncb-braiicb- 
many- flowered ... „. ... 2, A, untloeulare, 
LeiiTes not oblique, coriaceO'iiB i — 
Cymea on abort pednncles ; floweti 6 to 12, abortly 
pedicelled and '1 in. in diam. ; leavea glabroos above 
and minutely flcaly nndemeatb ,., . 3* A, ebeaaceum, 
QymeB seasilo, S* to 5-Sowered; flowera '25 in« lo 
diatn.; SeaToa glabroua on both snrfacea ... 4. A. BidUvi* 
Cymea on yery sborb peduoolea, 4- to S-flowered : 
fiowera '1 in. in diam. ; teavea tomentoae or pubetoemt 
on lower surface ... ... .... ... &. A^nobiU. 
1. Alanoium Lamargkii, Thwaites Enum. PL Ceyl, 133 A shrnb 
or snrall tree. Leaves variable in form and size, those of the Malayau 
specimens oblong- elliptic, elliptic to elliptic-ovate or ovate-rotund, the 
base itmnded or slightly cordate, the apex with a short blunt apiculns ; 
npper sarf ace glabrous or nearly so, the lower with a few scattered hairs ; 
main-nerves 4 or 5 pairs, I'eticulations distinct ; length 3 to 6 in. ; 
breadth 2 to 3'5 in. ; petiole '2 to '3 in. Flowers in short dense fascicles 
of 4 to 8, about '75 in. long; peduncles, pedicels and outside of calyx 
rusty -tomentose, Calyas cnpular, slightly 6'toothed. Petals lanceolate, 
