Sideroxylon.] lxxxvii. sapotace^e. 259 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs, slender, little elevate; 4 to 8 in, long, 1-5 to 
3 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers fascicled sessile 
or sub-sessile on bare parts of branches below leaves under -1 in. 
long. Sepals round, red-pubescent. Corolla as long or shorter, 
lobes very short. Berry 1-5 in. long, ovoid. Seeds 4, compressed, 
7 in. long. Hab. Not common, in woods. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Goodenough, Maingay). Negri 
Sembilan, Gunong Angsi (Ridley). Native name : Buah Gumei. 
(3) S. glabrum Ridl. Journ. Roy . As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 28. 
Glabrous tree. Leaves broad lanceolate or elliptic blunt, base 
acuminate, coriaceous; nerves slender, 6 pairs rather faint; 5 in. 
long, 2 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles 
of 3 to 5 below the leaves; pedicels -25 in. long. Sepals orbicular, 
•2 in. long, glabrous, edges ciliate. Corolla unknown. Ovary densely 
hairy; style conic thick. Hab. Selangor, Sempang Mines (Ridley). 
(4) S. littorale Ridl. 
Bush. Leaves thin chartaceous glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate, base acute; nerves and nervules numerous similar 
distinct; 3 in. long, 125 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. Flowers 
fascicled in uppermost axils, small; pedicels ‘i in. long. Sepals 
5, oblong round appressed hairy outside, brown-streaked within, 
Corolla as short white glabrous, lobes oblong round, tube very 
short. Stamens 6, filaments adnate to corolla, anthers elliptic. 
Staminodes obcuneate with numerous reddish hairs at the tips. 
Ovary sub-conic; style short, stout; all hairy. Hab. Seashores. 
Johor, Pulau Tinggi (Burkill). 
(5) S. Derryanum King and Gamble, lx. 163. 
Tree. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic very shortly acuminate and 
narrowed at base, coppery silvery pubescent beneath; nerves 12 
to 18 pairs, parallel, slender, elevate; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles *3 to *5 in. long, black pubescent. Flowers in 
fascicles of 5, axillary; pedicels -25 in. long, tawny-pubescent. 
Sepals, 2 outer thick pubescent, 3 inner scarious pubescent in 
centre. Corolla *2 in. long, lobes 5 ovate. Ovary villous. Berry 
oblong, dark blue, glabrous, -6 to 7 in. long, i-seeded. Seed 
oblong. Hab. Very rare, forests. Perak (Derry, Curtis). Penang, 
Ayer hitam (Haniff). Native name : Buah Susu. 
(6) S. ferrugineum Hook. fil. and Am. Beech. Voy. 266, t. 55; 
King, lx. 163. 
A small tree; branchlets red-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 
obovate round at tip or oblong-lanceolate blunt, base narrow, 
dark shining green, coppery-silky beneath when young and pale 
when old; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slender but prominent; 2*5 to 
6 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 to 7 in. long. Flowers in 
numerous fascicles of 2 to 5 axillary; pedicels -i in. long, red- 
tomentose. Sepals very small, round-pubescent. Corolla -i in. 
long, campanulate, lobes round, crenulate. Staminodes subulate. 
Berry ovoid, -35 in. long. Seeds 1 or 2, -25 in. long. Hab. Sea- 
