348 MR. Н. N. RIDLEY ON THE ЕГОВА OF THE 
ANTIDESMA Мовтт7лт, Muell. Arg. 
With male flowers only, but I believe rightly identified. Pekan. 
BACCAUREA BRACTEATA, Muell. Arg. 
А small tree, with red fruits and yellow seeds; rather common. Pekan. 
B. ВКЕУІРЕЅ, Hook. f. 
A small tree, with white fruits and blue seeds. 
Tahan woods and Kwala Tembeling. Called * Rambai Antan." 
B. MALAYANA, King. (Hedycarpus malayanus, Jack.) 
The “Tampoi.” Опе tree loaded with fruit was seen in the Pulau Tawar woods 
apparently wild, but it was impossible to get specimens, as it was defended by a large 
nest of black hornets. Тһе fruit is very well known in Singapore; it much resembles 
the Langsat in taste. 
B. LANCEOLATA, Muell. Arg. 
Pulau Chengei. 
Flowers white; called “ Poko Bidara.” “ Bidara” is, however, a name given com- 
monly to any tree bearing fruits suggestive of plums, е. g. “ Bidara-laut” (Ximenia 
americana). 
B. MorrEYANA, Muell. Arg. 
From the descriptions of Mueller in De Candolle's ‘Prodromus, xv. ii. p. 461, and 
Hooker in the ‘Flora of British India, vol. v. p. 371, this appears to be the correct 
name of the well-known “ Rambai.” It seems distinct from Jack's Рфеғағ а dulcis, 
which is a native of Sumatra, where it is known as “ Choopa." I do not know this 
plant, however, but it is evidently allied to В. Motleyana. Common as this plant is in 
the Straits, 16 15 remarkable that no complete description of it has éver been published. 
I therefore take this opportunity to describe it. 
. The “ Rambai” is a compact tree about forty feet in height, the head usually being 
cone-shaped, though when a numbér of trees grow together the stems seem to be more 
drawn up and strict. The bark is light-coloured, and flakes ой readily. Тһе wood is 
white and moderately hard. 
Leaves elliptic ovate, acute; base rounded, bilobed, hardly coriaceous, deep green 
above, hardly shining, glabrous; beneath paler, covered with thin brown pubescence ; 
veins distinctly raised, with distinct reticulations 9 inches long, 5 inches across, or less. 
Petiole terete, not grooved, stout, 2 to 3 inches long, thickened at the base, joining 
the blade within .its cireumfererence, covered with a brown pubescence easily rubbed 
off. 
Where the leaves fall off an ovoid scar is left on the branch. The trees are bi-sexual, | 
normally, but female flowers are often to be seen on the spikes of male flowers, on a male 
tree ; they are always at the base of the raceme. 
