XLIV. SABIACE^E. 
[Meliosma. 
5*4 
usually bisexual. Bracteoles and sepals 5 1 ° 9 > forming a per¬ 
sistent whorl round the petals. Petals 5, 3 large orbicular, 2 smaller 
behind the fertile stamens, sometimes reduced to a bind scale 
adnate to filament. Stamens 5 » 2 fertile, top expanded into a cup 
with 2 globose cells dehiscing transversely, 3 deformed, cells empty. 
Disc cupular or annular with 2 to 5 teeth. Ovary 2- (or 3-)celled , 
style simple or bifid; ovules 2 in a cell. Stigma 1. Drupe small, 
globose, oblique; stone crustaceous. Seed globose. Species about 
34, tropical Asia and S. America. 
Leaves simple. 
Petals 5. 
Flowers ‘05 in. across 
Flowers -i in. across 
Petals o. 
Flowers ’i in. across 
Leaves pinnate, glabrous. 
Leaves 30 to 40 in. long 
Leaves 12 to 18 in. long 
Leaves 6 to 8 in. long . 
(r) M. elliptica 
(2) M. monophylla 
(3) M. laneifolia 
(4) M. levis 
{5) M. nitida 
( 6 ) M. elegans 
Leaves pinnate hairy beneath. 
Flowers clustered, sessile 
Flowers solitary, pedicelled 
(7) M. lanceolata 
( 8 ) M. Ridleyi 
(1) M. elliptica Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 5; King, l.c. 456. 
Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Branches, petioles/midribs above 
and under-side of leaves densely red-tomentose. Leaves simple, 
elliptic or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, entire or serrate, 
widest in middle, coriaceous; nerves 10 pairs, elevate beneath, 
4 to 9 in. long, 1-25 to 3 in. wide; petioles *5 to 1-5 in. long. Panicle 
terminal, spreading 6 in. long; branches 3 in. long. Flowers 
crowded, sessile, -05 in. across. Sepals 4 orbicular, ciliate. Petals 
5, orbicular. Fertile stamens 2 to 4. Fruit sub-globular, dark 
red, *2 to *25 in. long. Hab. Dense damp forest, lowlands, Singa¬ 
pore, Chanchukang; Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry). Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut and Ulu Bubong (ICunstler). 
Native names : Buah Tipus; Medang Berhulu; Buah Palu. 
(2) M. monophylla Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 40. 
Leaves simple, elliptic acuminate, point long, base narrowed, 
thin glabrous; nerves 7 pairs slender, 6 to 8 in. long, 3 to 3*5 in. 
wide; petioles slender, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Panicles axillary or 
terminal, 2 to 3 in. long; peduncles 1 in. long, glabrous; branches 
few short. Flowers ’i in. long. Sepals 5, orbicular, unequal, 
ciliate. Petals 5, 3 orbicular, 2 small irregular. Stamens 2 fertile, 
3 sterile lobed. Ovary glabrous. Hab. Rare in hill forests, Perak, 
Hermitage Hill (Ridley). 
(3) M. laneifolia Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 5; King, l.c. 456. 
Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branches and panicles red-villous. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate acuminate, gradually narrowed 
from middle to base; nerves 20 to 24 pairs, elevate, 12 to 18 in. 
