Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Penuimla. 81 



1-2-seedecl ; seeds oblong, invested in a pulpy aril, exalbuminoiis. — 

 DiSTEiB. Foui' species, all Indo- Malayan. 



Leaflets 5 to 10 in. long ; main nerves about 



10 pairs ... ... ... 1. i. domesticum. 



Leaflets 2 to 3 in. long : main nerves very 



numerous ... ... ... 2. L. cinereum. 



Doubtful species ... ... 3. L. pedicellatum. 



1. Lansium domesticum, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV, 115, t. IV. 

 f. 1. A tree 30 to 60 feet high ; young branches -with pale glabrous 

 lenticellate bark. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long; leaflets 5 to 7, alternate, 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly obovate, abruptly shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate, narrowed and slightly unequal at the base ; 

 both surfaces shining, reticulate, glabrous or slightly puberulous towai'd 

 the base; main nerves about 10 pairs, ascending, curved, depressed on 

 the upper, prominent on the lower surface when dry ; length 5 to 10 in., 

 breadth 2*75 to 4 in., petiolules '5 in.; the terminal 1 in., jointed. 

 Hermaphrodite spikes from the trunk and larger branches, solitary or in 

 fascicles, pubescent, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers sessile or on 

 very short pubescent pedicels, solitary, minutely bi'acteolate at the 

 base. Calyx fleshy, puberulous, with 5 sliallow rounded teeth. Petals 

 longer than the calyx, sub-rotund, glabrous. Staminal tube sab-globose, 

 the mouth sub-entire, truncate, shorter than the petals, the stamens in a 

 single row. Ovary sub-globular, tomentose, 5-celled ; style short, thick, 

 10-furrowed; stigma large, discoid. Serr;/ oblong-ovate to obovoid, sub- 

 tomentose, 1 to 1'5 in. long; seeds usually about 2, embedded in much 

 transparent pulp. Correa de Serra in Ann. Mas. X, 157, t. 7, fig. 1 ; 

 Blume Bijdr. 165 ; A. Juss. Mem. Mel. 81 ; Miq. Fl. Ind Bat. Vol. I, 

 Pt. 2, 545 ; Hiern in Hook. fiL Fl. Br. lud. I, 558 ; C. De Cand. 

 Monogr. Phaner. I, 598. 



Malacca : Griflith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 338. Perak : Wray, 

 King's Collector, common. Caltivated in all the Provinces, except 

 the Audamans and Nicobars, on account of its edible fruit. Distrib. 

 The Malayan Archipelago. 



There are several varieties of this which have been by some authoz'S 

 regarded as species, e.g., L. aqiceum, Jack, L. huinile, Hassk. 



2. Lansium cinereum, Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 558. A 

 tree ; young branches tawny- pubescent at first, afterwards cinereous. 

 Leaves 3 to 5 in. long, unequally pinnate; leaflets 3 to 5, opposite, sub- 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, obtusely cuspidate, the base acute; both 

 surfaces quite glabrous, pale wheu dry; main nerves very numerous, 

 obscure ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth '8 to 15 in., petiolules -1 to 25 in. 

 Spikes nearly as long as the leaves, glabrous. Floivers iierrnaphrodite. 



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