1902.] G. Kin^—MatenaU for a Flora of the Malayan Feninsula, 79 
5. AhAmwM NOBiLEj Harms. A tree 60 to 100 feet high : joung 
branches and petioles velvety rasty-fcomentoae. Leaves coriaceotta, 
elliptic to ovate-el lipticj, rarely sligbtly obovate, entire^ tlie base sligbtly 
cordate rarely sub-acute, tbe apex blunt or very eliortly and bluntly 
acuminate; uppdr surface almost glabrous, tbe midrib and nerves min- 
ntely tomenioae : lower surface densely and minutely tomentos© or 
pubescent ; main-nerves S to JO pairs, Bpreading» slightly curved, very 
bold on the lower surface when diy, tlie secondary nerves transverse 
and bold ; length 4 5 to 12 in. ; breadth 3 to 6-5 in. ; petiole '8 to J -75 
in. Cyrms on very short peduncles, 4- to 8-flowered, shorter or slightly 
longer than the petioles. Floivers "5 or "6 in- long and 'J in. in diam, j 
their pedicels very short and thick. Calyx narrowly campanulate; 
deeply 6 -grooved ; the mouth with 6 deep lauceolate spreading teeth. 
Fetals thick, narrowly oblong, sub-acate, tomentose, especially outside, 
sub-glabrous inside. Stamens 6j shorter than the petals, filaments 
short villous inside ; anthers linear. Sttfle cylindric, ad pressed villous ; 
stigmas linear, ^isc glabrous^ deeply 6-lobed. Fruit compressed, 
ridged, ellipsoid in outline, slightly contracted at both ends, tomentose, 
about 1 in- long and '65 in. broad. Marlea nohilist Clai'ke in Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. II, 743. 
MALiCCi; Qri0h (K.D.) 3384, 3385, Maingay (K.D.); 705, 707. 
PiBAK: King's Collector 6047, 6116, 10892. Sikgapobb; Maingay- 
Midley 5077, 
Beccari collected in Borneo speoimtsna (Ilorb, Becc. P.B. 3611) of a specieB 
doaoly allied to thiB^ the flowera ot which are Low oTcr longer ("85 in, J with the 
calyx-tttbe mach leas pTomiaently grooTed, 
3. NYssi, Linn. 
Trees (or shrubs), innovations eilky. Leaves alternate, petioled, 
entire. Flowers capitate, on axillary peduooles, polygamo-dioecioua, 1 
or few females and many males in a head, each 3-4-bracteolate, or the 
males irregularly coalescing. Male : calyx short, cup-shaped, 5-7- 
tpotlied; petals 5-7, imbricate, hairy; stamens usually 10 (in the 
Indian species) around a largo circular disc ; rudiment of the ovary 0 
or small. Female: calyx-tube campanulate; limb 5 -too the d ; petals 
0 or minute ; rudimentary stamens tiODe ■ ovaiy l-celled ; style cylin- 
dric, simple or shortly 2-fid ; orule solitary, pendulous. Berry oblong 
or ovoid. Albumen {^opionB cotyledons flat, leafy, nearly as broad as 
/ the seeds.— DlSTBlE. Species 5-6, in N, America, and from Sikkim to Java. 
Nysba 8ES8ILIPL0RA, Hook. 01- tu Gen, Plantar. 1, 952. A tree. 
Leavss Biib*coriac6ous, oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate tapering to 
each end, length 4 to 8 in. ; breadth 1-5 to 2 5 in. ; petiole '6 to "8 in. ; 
both surfaces minutely punctate j main-nerves 6 to 8 paii's» spreading. 
