Dr. Jack's Account of the Lansium, S^c. 115 



LANSIUM. 



Decandria Monogynia. N. 0. Meliacea Juss. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla 5-petala, petalis subrotundis. Tubus 

 staminiferus globosus, ore subintegro, antheris decern in- 

 clusis. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 1 — 2-sporis. Stylus bre- 

 vis, columnaris. Stigma planum, 5-radiatum. Bacca cor- 

 ticata, 5-locularis, 5-sperma, uno alterove loculo tantum 

 semen perficiente. Semina integumento exteriore pulposo 

 sapido. Albumen nullum; cotyledonibusinaqualibuspeltatis. 



Arbores, foliis pinnatis, Jloribus racemosis. 

 Lansium domesticum. 



Langsat or Lanseh. Malay. 

 Lansium. Rumph. Amb. i. p. 151. t. 54. 

 Marsden's Hist, of Sumatra, pi. v. p. 101. 

 Native of the Malay Islands. 



A moderate-sized tree. Branchlets tomentose. Leaves alternate, 

 pinnate ; leaflets from seven to nine, alternate, short, pedi- 

 celled, elliptic-oblong, broader above, rounded towards the 

 point, and terminating in an obtuse acumen, entire, very 

 smooth ; nerves pubescent beneath ; from seven to ten inches 

 long. The young leaves are pubescent on the under sur- 

 face. Stipules none. Racemes springing from the trunk 

 and naked branches, sometimes solitary, sometimes fasci- 

 cled, at first suberect, but drooping afterwards by the weight 

 of the fruit ; tomentose : flowers sessile, alternate, solitary, 

 tribracteate at the base. Calyx deeply five-parted; seg- 

 ments round, concave, imbricated. Corolla five-petalled, 

 yellowish, a little longer than the calyx ; petals subrotund. 

 ■nil Staminiferous tube sub-globose; mouth nearly entire ; an- 



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