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that the leaves of this are when yoang hispidulous, and when adnlt 

 nearly glabrous ; Avhile those of 0. hirtellum are more or less densely 

 pubescent beneath at all stages. 



7. Canabium hirtellum a. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 534. 

 A tree 40 to 60 feet liigh : the young branches, rachises and under 

 surfaces of the leaves and the inflorescence more or densely rufous- 

 pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 9 to 15 in. long : leaflets 5 to 7, the 

 the pairs opposite, coriaceous, elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly 

 acuminate, entire or minutely serrulate, the base rounded or sub- 

 cuneate ; upper surface shining, reticulate, sparsely hispidulous, the 

 midrib tomentose ; main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, spreading, curving, pro- 

 minent on the lower, depressed on the upper surface ; length 4 to 7 in., 

 breadth 1*5 to 3 in. ; petiolules *J to "2 in., that of the terminal one "5 to 

 '75 in. Male flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles mnch 

 shorter than the leaves. Flowers '4 in. long, on short stout pedicels, 

 mostly crowded near the ends of the branchlets. Calyx campanulate, 

 with 3 bi'oad blunt teeth, tomentose on both surfaces but especially 

 on the outer. Petals longer than the calyx, oblong, concave, thickened 

 upwards, sericeous outside, glaberulous within. Anthers linear, about 

 one-third as long as the glabrous flattened filaments which are united 

 into a tube for half their length ; rudimentary ovary very small, rufous- 

 sericeous. Female flowers not much larger than the males, the stamens 

 shorter than the pistil, the free part of the filaments very short, the 

 anthers with pubescent edges. Ovary broadly ovoid, densely rufous- 

 sericeous ; the style about as long, sparsely pubescent. Stigma capitate, 

 3-lobed. Hipe drupe narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous, glabrous, 1 to 1*25 

 in. long, and "4 to "5 in. in diam. Engler in De Candolle Monog. 

 Phanerog. IV, 121 ; Hooker Icones Plantar. No. 1575. Wall Cat 8102 

 and 9047. 



Penang; Wallich, Curtis, Nos. 656, 2251. Selangor : Ridley, 

 No. 1869. Perak : King's collector, Wray ; common. 



8. Canarium rufum, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. Vol. 1, 

 533. A tree 60 to 100 feet high : young branches, inflorescence, petiolules 

 and under surfaces of the leaves rusty-tomentose. Leaves 12 to 15 in. 

 long, the rachises glabrous when adult. Leaflets 7 to 11, very coriaceous, 

 opposite, elliptic or broadly oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, 

 the edges serrate-dentate to the broad rounded sometimes slightly 

 oblique base ; upper surface glabrous except the tomentose midrib, 

 shining, the lower boldly and minutely reticulate : main nerves 12 to 

 15 pairs, spreading, very prominent beneath ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 

 2 to 275 in., the lowest leaflets the smallest ; petiolules 3 to "4 in., 

 that of the terminal leaflet 1'26 to 1'5 in. ; stipules not seen. Male 



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