430 xxxvii. olacineas. [Gomphandra. 
2 in. long. Cyme dichotomous; branches spreading -5 in. long, 
with 3 short branchlets pubescent. Flowers white -i in. long. 
Male flowers, calyx cupular with 5 teeth minute. Petals 5 glabrous; 
filaments flat, narrowed upwards with a tuft of white hair at the 
top. Females with calyx and abortive stamens as in male. No 
petals. Ovary cylindric. Stigma large pileate, 2-celled. Fruit 
ellipsoid flat on one side, veined and keeled *65 in. long, imperfectly 
2-celled. Seed 1. Hab. Forests. Larut at 1800 to 2000 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). 
var. gracillima Ridl. 
Tree with slender hanging branches. Leaves lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate, 2 in. long, 5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Cymes with peduncles 
•5 in. long. Hab. Dense jungle. Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). 
This tree varies very much in the size and form of leaves. The long lax 
cyme and the imperfectly 2-celled fruit are peculiar in the genus. 
11 . STEMONURUS, Bl. 
Trees or large shrubs. Leaves alternate coriaceous. Flowers 
bisexual white in stalked axillary cymes. Calyx cupular small 
4- or 5-lobed, Petals 5, tip inflexed. Stamens 5 hypogynous 
alternate with petals; filaments flat with a tuft of long hair at 
the back; anthers bilobed. Disc cup-shaped hypogynous. Ovary 
ovoid i-celled; ovules 2; style subulate. Drupe large fleshy 
fibrous outside; stone woody within. Species about 10, Malayan. 
Leaves 10 by 4 in.; cymes scorpioid 3 in. long . (x) S. secundiflorus 
Leaves elliptic acute 4 by 2 in.; cymes under 1 in. 
wide, compact . . . . . . (2) S. capitatus 
Leaves obovate obtuse 2 to 5 by 1 in.; cymes, 
peduncle-5 in. long, head *2 in. wide . . . (3) S. umbellatus 
(1) S. secundiflorus Bl. Bijdr. 649 ; Beccari, Malesia I. i. t. iv. 
16,17. Lasianthera secundiflora Miq. FI. Ind. Bat . i. (1), 792 ; King, 
l.c. 117. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous elliptic to ovate-elliptic acuminate or blunt, base narrowed 
or rounded; nerves 10 pairs; nervules nearly as prominent, 5 to 
10 in. long, 2‘25 to 4 in. wide; petioles ‘5 to 75 in. long, stout. 
Peduncle 1 to 5 in. long, with an umbel of 5 or 6 scorpioid secund 
cymes 1*5 in. long. Flowers *2 in. long, sessile. Calyx puberulous. 
Petals glabrous with a conic inflexed process below the tip. Stamens 
with a tuft of white hair as long as themselves. Fruit ellipsoid 
acute greyish green, or white, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 in. through, base 
tapering. Hab. River-banks and low swampy woods. Singapore, 
Selitar; Bukit Mandai. Johor, Sedenak; Kota Tinggi. Selangor, 
Ulu Selangor. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Asam Kumbang (Wray), 
Dindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
