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by an annular band. Fruit (unripe) ovate, tomentose, on a very short 

 tliick stalk, "75 in. cliam. ; the apex with a curved thick blunt beak. 

 C. De Cand. Mon, Phan. I, 536. Melia penduliflor a, Wa^ll. Cat. No. 1255. 



Penang; Porter, Curtis. Malacca: Maingay (Kew Disfcrib.) No. 

 325. Perak ; Scortechini, Wray, King's Collector. 



In this species the flowers are of two kinds. One set, which are 

 longer than the other, are vei'y conspicuously clavate, the lower part 

 being filiform ; in these the ovary is small and infertile and the stamens 

 are included. The other set have shorter thicker less clavate flowers, 

 fertile ovaries, and exserted stamens. 



5. Chisocheton rubiginosus, King n. sp. A tree 20 to 30 feet 

 high. Leaves 2 to 3 feet long, the petiole and rachises tawny- tomentose, 

 sub-compressed. Leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, coriaceous, sub-opposite, elliptic 

 to oblong, very shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded mi- 

 nutely sub-cordate base : upper surface glabrous, except the tomentose 

 midrib and main nerves, sub-reticulate ; the lower reticulate, rusty-pubes- 

 cent; main nerves 12 to 18 pairs, spreading, rather straight, prominent 

 beneath ; length 5 to 12 in., breadth 25 to 4 in., petiolules about -1 in. 

 Panicles spike-like, supra-axillary, about half as long as the leaves, on 

 long peduncles, the branches very short and crowded near the apex, brac- 

 teolate. Flotvers rather crowded, 1*25 to 1'5 in. long, on very short 

 pubescent pedicels. Gahjx cylindric, cup-like ; the mouth truncate, entire 

 or with 8 or 10 shallow irregular teeth; tomentose outside, glabrous inside. 

 Petals usually 7 sometimes 8 or 9, linear, sub-spathulate, slightly concave 

 and thickened at the apex, 1 to 1"25 in. long, tomentose externally, 

 glabrous internally. Staminal tube shorter than the petals and free from 

 them, narrowly cylindric and glabrous below, slightly expanded and 

 pubescent at the mouth ; mouth with 10 to 15 linear erect teeth : anthers 

 from 10 to 15, elongate, alternating with the teeth and of about the 

 same length. Ovary ovoid, sei-iceous like the cylindric style ; stigma 

 cylindric. Fruit (unripe) ovoid, rugose, densely rusty-tomentose, 1-5 in. 

 long. 



Perak : Scortechini, Wray, King's Collector. 



This species is allied to G. princeps, Hemsl., but has a different 

 inflorescence and smaller leaves. I think it possible that this may be 

 Melia tomentosa Roxb., a species fi'om Penang, of which there is no speci- 

 men extant, but of which there is a drawing (reduced in size) in the 

 Calcutta Herbarium. The only serious discrepancy is that Roxburgh 

 describes and figures only five petals ; whereas in all the Perak specimens 

 which I have examined there are at least 7, and in many 8, or 9, and in 

 one even 10 petals. 



6. Chisocheton princeps, Hemsley in Hook, Ic. Plant, t. 1844. 



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