1895.] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 117 
Ultimate branches of the inflorescence scor- 
poid cymules 1*5 in. or more in length ... 1. L. secundiflora. 
Ultimate branches of the inflorescence about 
*25 in. long. 
Leaves cuneate-obovate ... ... 2. L. umbellata. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or elliptic-acu¬ 
minate ... ... ... 3. L. malaccensis. 
1. Lasianthera secundiflora, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. T, 792; 
Suppl. 342, t. 2, pp. 43 and 403. A glabrous tree 40 to 60 feet high ; 
young branches stout, dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or 
ovate-elliptic, very shortly and bluntly acuminate or obtuse, the base 
rounded or narrowed; the midrib prominent on the lower surface, de¬ 
pressed on the upper; main nerves about 10 pairs, ascending, curving 
slightly, not much more prominent when dry than the secondary nerves 
and wide reticulations; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 2*25 to 4 in. ; petiole 
5 to ‘75 in., stout. Peduncles solitary, longer than the petioles, woody, 
each bearing at its apex an umbel of 6- to 9-flowered secund sub- 
scorpoid cymes. Flowers sessile, ebracteate, ‘25 in. long. Calyx short, 
puberulous. Petals glabrous, four or five times as long as the calyx, 
oblong, sub-acute, each bearing a fleshy conical inflected process slightly 
below the apex. Filaments flattened, tapering to the base; the con¬ 
nective thick, bearing a dense tuft of white hairs as long as the stamen. 
Ovary furrowed, shorter than the stamens but longer than the style. 
Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 2‘5 in. long, and 1 in. in diam., tapering to 
each end, glabrous, vertically grooved ; epicarp thin, mesocarp fibrous, 
endocarp thin and bony ; embryo half as large as the albumen, cotyledons 
foliaceous, cordate, radicle superior. Stemonurus secundiflorus, Blume 
Bijdr. 649; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, t. XLV ; Beccari, Malesia, Yol. I, 
t. IV, figs. 16 and 17; Valeton, Olacinse 234. 
Singapore, Johore: Ridley. Perak: King’s Collector, Wray. 
Distrib. —Java, Sumatra. 
2. Lasianthera umbellata, King. A glabrous tree 50 to 60 feet 
high (or a shrub fide Beccari) ; young branches cinereous, terete. 
Leaves coriaceous, cuneate-obovate, the apex rounded or slightly retuse, 
much narrowed to the base, midrib prominent beneath; main nerves 
7 to 9 pairs, ascending, faint; length 2‘5 to 3‘5 in., breadth 1‘25 to 1*8 
in., petiole ‘5 to *7 in. Cymes longer than the petioles, umbellulate ; 
the 4 to 6 cymules each with 4 or 5 flowers. Flowers sessile, '15 in. 
long, broad, truncate. Calyx nearly half as long as the petals, pube¬ 
scent, coriaceous, the edge with 5 broad rounded teeth. Petals sub- 
coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse at each end and with an inflexed process below 
the apex, puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Filaments attenuated 
