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apex obtuse or tapered to each end or sub-rhomboidal : the terminal one 

 the largest and tapering into the petiole : both surfaces glabrous, minute- 

 ly reticulate when dry : main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, curving, indistinct ; 

 length of lateral pair 1"25 to 2 in., of terminal one 2"5 to 3'5 in. Pani- 

 cles often longer than the leaves, lax. Flowers '1 in. long, on pedicels of 

 about the same length, glabrous. Calyx with 5 deep [ellii^tic lobes. 

 Petals unequal, orbicular or sub-orbicular. Staminal tube campanulate, 

 with 5 broad truncate teeth; anthers 5, elliptic, included. Fruit unknown. 

 Malacca, Penang and Singapore ; but probably oiily^ cultivated. 

 Distrib. China and Siam. 



3. Aglaia oligophylla, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 607. A small 

 tree 15 to 20 feet high : young branches covered with deciduous cine- 

 reoas scurf. Leaves 5 to 9 in. long, unequally pinnate, the petioles and 

 rachises puberulous, soon becoming glabrous ; leaflets 3 to 5, membran- 

 ous, the pairs opposite, the terminal one the largest, obovate-oblong to 

 elliptic, shortly^and often bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate, sometimes 

 oblique : both surfaces glabrous, reticulate when dry ; main nerves 5 or 

 6 pairs, ascending, curving ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1'5 to 2*5 in. ; 

 petiolules '4 to "5 iu., swollen at the base. Panicles axillary, 1"5 to 4 in. 

 long, at tirst scurfy, but ultimately sub-glabrous, much branched, brac- 

 teolate. Flowers "075 in., in diam., on slender pedicels as long as them- 

 selves, globular. Calyx cupular, flat, with 5 spreading rounded concave 

 teeth, puberulous externally, the edges ciliolate. Petals much lono-er 

 than the calyx, orbicular, concave, glabrous. Staminal tube shorter 

 than the petals, globular-tarbinate, 5-grooved, the mouth with 5 broad 

 blunt teeth ; anthers 5, broadly ovate, the tips only exserted. Ovary 

 depressed ; stigma conical, pubescent. Fritit globular, with the calyx 

 persistent at its base, densely and minutely tawny-pubescent, "5 or "6 in. 

 in diam.; the pedicels stout, glabrous "1 in. long. Kurz For, Flora 

 Burma I, 220; C. DC. Monogr. Phaner. I, 607; Miq. Ann. Mus Lugd. 

 Bai. IV, 41. Meliaceae Singapuriana f Walsura Wall. Cat. 4887. 



Singapore : Wallich. Perak : King's Collector, No. 3968. Distrib. 

 Burraah, Heifer (Kew Distrib), No. 1046. Sumati-a. 



4. Aglaia glabriflora, Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 555. A 

 glabrous tree J 5 to 25 feet high. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long, unequally pin- 

 nate, the petioles and rachises angled : leaflets about 8 opposite and one 

 odd, membranous, usually ovate, rarely lanceolate, bluntly acuminate 

 the base cuneate, rarely rounded ; when dry the upper sui'face shinino" 

 the lower dull ; main nerves 4 pairs, ascending, curving, obsolete on the 

 upper, slightly prominent on the lower surface ; length 2 to 275 in., 

 breadth 75 to 125 in., petiolules -15 to 2 in. Panicles solitary, axil- 

 lary, spreading, 1-5 to 4 in. long. Flowers numerous, "l in. long, their 



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