!- 2 xyi. hypericace^e. [Hypericum. 
(i) H. japonicum Thunb. FI. Jap. 295, t. 31 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
• i. 256; Ridl. Journ. Straits By. Roy. As. Soc. 54, p. 16. 
Small glabrous, prostrate or ascending herb, 5 to 10 in. tall. 
Branches slender. Leaves sessile ovate blunt, i - 25 in- l QI }g. 
Flowers solitary axillary ^25 in. across on slender peduncles -25 m. 
long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals as long yellow. Stamens 
free nearly to the base. Capsule elliptic-oblong, or ovoid 11 * n - 
long dehiscing into 3 valves. Hob. In pepper- and rice-fields. 
Singapore and Penang, Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. India, 
China, Japan, Java, Australia and New Zealand. 
2 . CRATOXYLON, Blume. 
Shrubs or trees of moderate size. Leaves entire. Inflorescence 
axillary or terminal cymose. Sepals 5. Petals 5* Stamens 3 to 5 
bundles, with fleshy alternating glands. Ovary 3-celled; styles 
distinct; ovules 4 “to 8 in. each cell. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds 
winged. Tropical Asia, about 12 species. 
Petals sub-persistent, no scales at base . . . (1) C. polyanthum 
Petals not persistent with a scale at base. 
Shrub ; flowers in terminal racemes; leaves 
obovate. (2) C. microphyllura 
Trees; flowers in terminal panicles, deep red . (3) C. arborescens 
Trees; flowers in short axillary cymes flowering 
with the young leaves. 
Flowers rose pink, -75 in. long; capsule *6 in.; 
valve -25 in. across . . . ■ (4) C. formosum 
Flowers white, -6 in. long; capsule -3 in. long; 
valve -i in. across . . • • * (5) C. Maingayi 
(1) C. polyanthum Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 175, t, 36; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 257; King, l.c. 145. 
A medium-sized or tall tree with red stems, and bark flaking 
off, glabrous 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, lanceolate or 
elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 1*5 to 
3-5 in. long, 75 to *25 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers 
supra-axillary sol.tary or in 2- or 3-flowered cymes, 7 in. across. 
Sepals elliptic obtuse, green. Petals oblanceolate, rose pink. Glands 
large, fleshy oblong. Capsule little longer than the sepals *5 in. 
long; valves broad. Seeds obliquely winged. Hab. Open woods 
in the low country. Singapore, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak 
and Penang. Distrib. India, China, Malay Archipelago to Philip¬ 
pines. .. 
var. Wightii. King, l.c. 146; C. Wightii. Blame, Mas. Bot. 11. 
18; Ancislrolobus sp. Wight. III. i. 111. 
A bush. Leaves oval blunt more coriaceous. Hab. Perak 
(Kunstler). Setul, sandy heaths. Distrib. Burma, Siam. Native 
names: Klochus; Beluchus. 
