CXXV. SANTALACE^. 
Sclcropyrum.] 
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female enclosing and adnate to the ovary; lobes 4- to 5-valvate. 
Stamens 4 to 5; filaments bifid with an anther-cell on each arm 
dehiscing transversely. Ovary inferior; ovules 3; style short; 
stigma large, peltate. Fruit a pear-shaped pulpy drupe crowned 
by the perianth-lobes. Seed 1, globose. Species 3 or 4, Indo- 
Malaya. 
Leaves glabrous . . • • * • *• (*) f* 
Leaves tomentose beneath . . . '* • ( 2 ) ». Rialeyi 
(x) S. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 235; Gamble, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 276. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, glabrous, 
blunt or acuminate, base acute or round; nerves 4 to 5 pairs 
elevate; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Male spikes 
2 in. long, rachis pubescent; of hermaphrodite flowers much longer; 
7 in. long in fruit. Drupe pear-shaped, 1 in. through. Hab. 
Pahang, Sungei Tahan. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley, Maingay). 
Penang, Pantai Acheh (Curtis). 
(2) S. Ridleyi Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1912, p. 202; Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 276. 
Small tree 10 to 20 ft. tall; bark white; branchlets, inflores¬ 
cence and underside of leaves white-tomentose. Leaves thick, 
membranous, ovate to oblanceolate acute or abruptly acuminate, 
bullate above; nerves 6 to 10, elevate beneath; 4 to 7 in. long, 
1.5 to 3-5 in. across. Flower-spikes tomentose; males 2-25 in., 
females 9 in. long. Perianth-tube cylindric, green-woolly, lobes 
cream-colour, *2 in. long. Drupe pear-shaped, 3 in. long with 
a long base dilate at top to 1 in. through, green. Hab. Dry 
woods, chiefly near the sea, Singapore, Gardens; Changi; Selitar 
(Ridley). 
Order CXXVI. OPILIACE^. 
Shrubs (sometimes scandent). Leaves alternate, rather fleshy, 
petioled. Flowers very small in short axillary spikes bisexual. 
Perianth campanulate or tubular, 4- to 5-lobed. Stamens as many 
as perianth-lobes and opposite to them. Disc fleshy, yellow, lining 
the tube or forming 4 or 5 lobes alternate with the stamens. 
Ovary superior i-celled, i-ovuled; style cylindric or none; stigma 
capitate. Drupe red with a hard seed. Species about 20, Asiatic. 
These plants have been referred to Olacinece by many authors, 
but appear to be really more closely related to the Santalacece. 
Cymes panicled, slender; sepals free nearly to base. 
Stamens exsert ...... 
Flowers racemose or spicate, tubular or campanulate. 
Stamens not exsert. 
Disc of 4 or 5 lobes ..... 
Pise lining the perianth-tube 
1. Champereia 
2. Cansjera 
3. LEPIONTJRUS 
