XXXVII. OLACINEiE. 
426 
[Strombosia. 
wide; petioles thick *2 to -3 in. long. Flowers *15 in. long, white 
in very small axillary fascicles. Calyx cup-shaped, teeth broad 
and round. Petals hairy in upper half inside. Fruit globose 
woody '5 in. through. Hab. Dense forests. Singapore, Chan Chu 
Kang (Maingay). Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. Pahang, Rum- 
pin (Foxworthy). Native name : Kemap. 
Like S. multiflora , but a shrub, with few very small flowers and stiffer 
more leathery leaves. 
9 . PLATEA, Bl. 
Trees. Leaves alternate coriaceous. Male flowers in short 
axillary spikes. Females in short cymes. Sepals 5 free imbricate. 
Petals 5 connate in a tube below, in female absent. Stamens 5 
insert at base of petals and alternate; filaments short. Ovary 
(in female) cylindric i-celled; ovules 2. Stigma discoid. Drupe 
ellipsoid narrowed at base ; endocarp woody. Species 4, Malayan. 
(1) P. latifolia Bl. Bijdr. 646. PI. excelsa King, l.c. 111. 
not of Blume. 
A tall tree to 100 ft. high. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic 
or oblong acuminate, base shortly narrowed sparsely puberulous 
on both surfaces at length glabrescent; nerves 7 pairs, reticulations 
minute distinct, 4’5 to 7 in. long, 1*75 to 3*5 in. vide; .petioles 
’5 to 75 in. long. Male flowers not known. Females in short 
axillary 7- or 8-flowered cymes ’5 in. long. Sepals less than - i in. 
long ovate pubescent. Petals 0. Ovary cylindric puberulous. 
Fruit orange and yellow ellipsoid, 1 to 1*3 in. long ; stone bony 
with 2 or 3 furrows. Seed much narrowed at tip. Hab. Hill 
forests. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill and 
by the spout (Curtis). Distrib. Java. 
10. GOMPHANDRA, Wall. 
Shrubs, rarely small trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers usually 
unisexual. Calyx minute cupular, 4- or 5-toothed. Petals 4 or 5 
sometimes partly united white (sometimes absent in females). 
Stamens 4 or 5 alternate ; filaments thick flattened hollowed in 
front usually hairy; anthers small pendulous from apices, bilobed. 
* Disc thick annular, or none. Male flowers, ovary rudimentary 
sunk in disc. Stigma minute. Female flowers, ovary long cyhn- 
dric ; ovules 2. Stigma discoid 1- (rarely 2)-celled. Drupe elongate; 
pericarp thin; endocarp leathery. Species 12, Asiatic tropics. 
Leaves large obovate-oblong, 7 by 2 in. sub-cori- 
aceous; nerves prominent . . • (*) «* nyssifolia 
Leaves lanceolate cuspidate 5 by 175 in. long, thin 
membranous; nerves slender . . . . (2) G. penangiana 
Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate 4 by i'25 in. 
thin; cymes umbellate densely pubescent . . (3) G. ophirensis 
Leaves elliptic short cuspidate 4 in. long sub-cori¬ 
aceous; cymes glabrous . . • • ( 4 ) G. affinis 
