Homalium.] 
LXII. SAMYDACE 2 E. 
837 
4 in. long. Flowers numerous not congested, *25 in. long, *15 in. 
wide. Calyx cylindric conic, rigid, teeth 6, lanceolate acute. 
Petals white, larger pubescent, oblong-lanceolate. Stamens 4 
opposite each petal, glabrous, white, glands yellow, 5 ; styles 5 as 
long as stamens. Hab. Open wet jungle. Johor, Kota Tinggi; 
Serom; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall), Pahang, TemerlOh (Foxworthy). 
Selangor; Rantau Panjang (Kloss); Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Malay isles. Native names: Petaling 
Ayer; Dada Ruan. 
(7) H. undulatum King, l.c. 23. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic, shortly blunt-apiculate, shortly narrowed at base, serrate 
crenulate, glabrous yellowish green; nerves 8 pairs, very fine, 
3 to 4 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles ’25 in. long. Panicle 
terminal ‘6 in. long and racemes axillary, sparsely tomentose, 
slender. Flowers '6 to 7 in. across, greenish yellow with a silvery 
tinge, tomentose; pedicels slender *4 in. long. Calyx broad, funnel- 
shaped, teeth 5, lanceolate. Petals obovoid, clawed. Stamens 
much shorter, 4 to each petal, glabrous. Ovary hairy. Hab. 
Rare, limestone rocks. Perak, Kinta, Gunong Malacca (Kunstler). 
(8) H. grandiflorum Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 36; Clarke, 
l.c. 598; King, l.c. 23. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves bright green, red when young, 
glabrous, thinly coriaceous shining, elliptic to oblong acute or 
acuminate, narrowed near petiole faintly crenulate; nerves 9 to 
12 pairs, slender, 3-5 to 6'5 in. long, 175 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles 
•2 to '3 in. long. Racemes or panicles 6 in. long; branches of 
panicles short tomentose. Flowers numerous, scattered, with large 
ovate glabrous caducous bracts. Calyx-tube short, hemispheric, 
with pedicel 1 in. long, tomentose, teeth 7 to 9, spathulate oblong. 
Petals shorter, whole flower *4 in. across. Stamens 7 to 12^ opposite 
each petal; filaments pilose; glands alternating with petals. Ovary 
free, 6-ridged, tomentose. Hab. Lowland forests, very rarely 
flowering, probably once in twenty-five years. Singapore, Tanglin; 
Garden Jungle; Kranji. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Ulu Gom- 
bak (Burn-Murdoch). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
Order LXIII. TURNERACE/E. 
Shrubby plants or herbs usually hairy. Leaves alternate 
serrate. Flowers large axillary 1 or few, bisexual. Calyx tubular, 
5-lobed. Petals 5, insert in calyx mouth, clawed, white or yellow. 
Stamens 5 in the middle or mouth of tube; filaments free. Styles 
3, filiform (simple) or fimbriate; ovules many. Capsule i-locular, 
3-valved. Seeds numerous, oblong-cylindric. Upwards of 100 
