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to Penang. Distrib. Cochin-China, Burma, Java and Sumatra. 
Native names: Dudanak; Saburu; Sakelat; Unting-Untmg 
var. ensifolia Ridl. S. ensifolia Masters, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. 
i. 359; King, lx. 70. 
A shrub 8 to 12 ft. tall, or even shorter. Leaves narrow lanceo¬ 
late, or oblanceolate acuminate, 6 to 10 in. long, 1*5 in. to 2*5 in. 
wide. Flowers 75 in. long in simple pendulous racemes, 1 ft. 
or more long. Hub. In dense forests, usually at some altitude 
up to 3000 ft. Dindings, Gunong Tungul. Perak; Thaiping 
Hills. Province Wellesley, Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Penang, near 
the Waterfall and Moniot’s Road. 
(12) S. rostrata Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 7. 
A small tree about 20 ft. tall. Leaves obovate-oblong, acute 
with a short cusp, base rounded; nerves 12 pairs, elevate beneath, 
8 in. long, 3 in. wide, dull green above, glabrous with a few hairs 
on midrib and nerves, beneath yellowish; nerves hairy; petioles 
2 in. long, hairy. Panicle 6 in. long. Branches few short hairy. 
Male flowers -i in. long red, lobes lanceolate not tailed, tips connate, 
tube campanulate very short; anthers 5. Follicles 4, elongate- 
lanceolate acuminate stalked 4 in. long with a long terete curved 
beak as long, 2 in. across. Seeds 6 in a follicle, *5 in. long. Hub. 
Pahang at Telom, on the river-bank, rare (Ridley). 
(13) S. brachycarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 79, p. 63. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves elliptic or 
obovate-elliptic, abruptly acuminate, chartaceous, base rounded or 
shortly cuneate glabrous except nerves beneath; nerves 9 pahs 
elevate beneath, as are the conspicuous reticulations, all sprinkled 
with stellate hairs; midrib prominent, red-stellate-hairy, 6 to 11 in. 
long, 3 to 5-5 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 2 in. long, red-hairy. Racemes 
3 to 3-5 in. long, slender densely red-hairy. Flowers remote; 
pedicels *25 in. long. Sepals ’2 in. long, broad lanceolate acuminate 
blunt, densely hairy. Stamen-column half as long and as wide. 
Seed oblong. Hub. Hill forests at 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor. 
Sempang mines (Ridley). Perak, Batang Padang district (Kunstlei). 
(14) S. hispidissima Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54 > P- 3 °- 
Shoots roughly red-hairy. Leaves elliptic or oblong, base 
broad, truncate, shortly cordate, tip cuspidate, membranous above 
covered with scattered pale hairs, with stellate tufts on nerves 
and reticulations, beneath more thickly covered with stellate 
hairs and long rough hairs; midrib densely tomentose with stellate 
hairs and long hairs mixed; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. wide. Panicles numerous crowded at the ends of the 
branches, 6 to 8 in. long, densely rough-hairy. Branches 1 in. 
long. Male flowers, -3 in. long, tube campanulate, lobes as long, 
linear, ciliate. Staminal column as long as tube; anthers 8. 
Female flowers and fruit unknown. Hub. Rare, Selangor, at Ulu 
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