LXII. SAMYDACEAi. 
835 
Homalium.] 
entire or slightly crenulate 3 to 7 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
*15 to ‘3 in. long. Racemes slender, 6 to 9 in. long, axillary, solitary, 
minutely white tomentose. Flowers ‘15 in. across, pale yellow, 
sub-sessile, in fascicles of 3 to 4. Calyx-tube 6-fid, lobes lanceolate. 
Petals similar, narrower. Stamens 1 opposite each petal, alternat¬ 
ing with yellow glands. Hab. Forests at 200 to 2000 ft. altitude. 
Malacca, Selandor (Derry); Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Batu Caves; 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Batang Padang (Kunstler). Penang, 
Pulau Belong; West Hill (Maingay, Phillips, Curtis). Tomoh 
(Machado). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). Native names : Sang- 
kah; Petaling Gajah; Selumbar; Remap; Mesikang. 
(2) H. Kunstleri King, l.c. 20. 
Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 
short acuminate, base narrowed or round, edges crenate, glabrous 
glaucous beneath; nerves 8 or 9 pairs, 4-5 to 7 in. long, 2^25 to 
275 in. wide; petioles *2 to *3 in. long, thick. Racemes solitary 
rather thick, 4 in. or more long, tomentose; flowers in remote 
clusters of 3 to 4, *2 in. across, greenish yellow. Calyx-tube short 
funnel-shaped, teeth 6, oblanceolate. Petals 6, broadly lanceolate, 
villous inside. Stamens 2 opposite each petal, glabrous. Ovary 
hairy. Hab. Limestone rocks. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(3) H. propinquum Clarke, l.c. ii. 597; King, l.c. 21. 
Big tree 30 to over 100 ft. tall, 15 to 24 in. through. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic to obovate obtuse or shortly acuminate, base 
narrowed, undulate or crenate, glabrous (except midrib beneath 
sometimes pubescent); nerves 9 to 11 pairs, raised beneath, 4 to 
7 in. long, 2'25 to 3’5 in. wide; petioles *25 to *35 in. long. Racemes 
12 in. long, clustered and panicled, pale tomentose. Flowers *2 in. 
across in clusters on pedicels *15 in. long, pale green. Calyx-tube 
funnel-shaped, lobes 6 to 7, sub-spathulate. Petals shorter. Stamens 
2 to each petal. Hab. Forests. Perak, banks of Bernam River 
(Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Native name: Pantat 
K’lat Putih. 
(4) H. spathulatum Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc . 5 . Br. 75, 
P- 35 - 
Glabrous tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic acuminate, 
blunt, base narrowed, entire or undulate ; nerves about 7 pairs, 
very fine and rather obscure, 4 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. 
long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 3 in. long, slender, tomentose. 
Flowers numerous, not clustered, sub-sessile, '2 in. wide. Cafyx- 
tube funnel-shaped tomentose, -i in. long, lobes 10 very narrow 
linear, edged with long hairs. Petals little longer, linear-spathulate 
10. Stamens glabrous, shorter, 2 to a petal; glands pubescent. 
Styles 3, glabrous. Hab. Dindings, Pangkor (Curtis). 
(5) H. GrifFithianum Kurz Journ. /l.s. Soc. Beng. xl. (2), 57; 
Clarke, l.c. ii. 597; King, l.c. 21 (Fig. 68, p. 836). 
Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, softly pubescent. Leaves thinly 
