Sauraufa.] xix. ternstrcemiace^e. 207 
Flowers in small fascicles on the branches; stamens de¬ 
hiscing suturally. 
Styles 3 ; fruit slightly exceeding calyx; ovary glabrous (1) S. tristyla 
Styles often 5. 
Fruit covered by calyx; ovary pubescent , , (2) S. nudiflora 
Stamens dehiscing by pores; flowers panicled from 
branches and trunk, white . . . (3) S. grandis 
Flowers in large fascicles on tubercles on the trunk and 
large branches. 
Flowers white; sepals hairy . . , . . (4) S. cauliflora 
Flowers pink; sepals glabrous .... {5} S. rubens 
(1) S. tristyla DC. Mem. Ternsir. 31, i. 7; King , l.c. 197. 
Ternstroemia pentapetala Jack, Malay Misc. i. 5, 40. 
A straggling tree about 30 ft. tall. Branchlets strigose and 
scurfy. Leaves oblanceolate shortly acuminate, 'minutely serrate, 
base acute, glabrous except a few hairs on the nerves; nerves 10 
to 12 pairs, prominent beneath, 5 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles *5 to 1 in. long. Flowers *2 to *3 in. across, pearly white 
or pink in fascicles of 2 or 3 on small tubercles on the branches 
or axillary; pedicels slender. Male flower, sepals unequal, 2 outer 
smaller, ovate blunt. Petals larger. Stamens 25; anthers dehis¬ 
cing suturally. Pistillode none. Female flowers as in male, but 
stamens none. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Styles 3. Fruit globose, 
scarcely exceeding the calyx. Hab. Forests from 1000 ft. upwards 
to 2000 ft. altitude, rarely lower, by streams. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Malacca, Selangor, 
Negri Sembilan. Perak. Tomoh, Legeh (Machado). Penang. 
Distrib. Cambodia, Siam. 
(2) S. nudiflora DC. Mem. Soc. Geneve i. 422; King, l.c. 198. 
A bush or tree up to 30 ft. tall. Branchlets scaly. Leaves 
oblanceolate, sharply shortly acuminate, minutely glandular- 
serrate, base acute, glabrous except midrib and 12 or 13 pairs of 
nerves; puberulous above, hairy beneath, 6 to 10 in. long, 2*25 
to 375 in. wide; petioles *5 to 1-25 in. long. Flowers white solitary 
or 2 or 3 in a fascicle, on tubercles in axils of leaves or of fallen 
leaves; pedicels *5 to 1 in. long. Sepals round. Petals oblong- 
ovate emarginate. Stamens 25 to 30 ; anthers dehiscent suturally. 
Ovary pubescent; styles 3 to 5 united in lower half. Fruit 
covered by the accrescent calyx. Hab. Mountain forests; less 
common than S. tristyla, but not rare; Pahang, Tahan River, 
Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Temengoh; 
Relau Tujor (Wray); Ulu Kal (Kunstler). 
(3) S. grandis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 6. 
A large tree 60 ft. or more tall. Young parts hairy. Leaves 
elliptic sub-acute, base broad, above dark green, beneath white 
(young leaves red) undulate serrate, adults glabrous, young ones 
hairy; nerves 12 pairs elevate beneath, 9 to 12 in. long, 5 to 
5*5 in. wide; petioles 1*3 in. long. Panicles usually pendent from 
branches, occasionally on trunk; peduncle 4 in. long, branches 
