MateriaU for a Flora of the Malayan PeninsuTd. 451 



pairs, spreading, not very pi'ominent ; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1"6 to 

 225 in. ; petitole '3 to '6 in. Panicles axillary, when in flower shoi-ter 

 than the leaves, when in frait often longer, puberulous, the branches 

 divaricate and corymbose, pedicels shorter than the bnds. Calyx 

 glabrous, only about one-fourth as long as the petals. Petals elliptic- 

 lanceolate. Stamens 5, about half as long as the petals, the gynophore 

 shorter tlian the stamens. Ovary obliquely globosely sub-reniform, the 

 style sub-lateral, 2 itnpei-fect ovaries sometimes present. Drupe irregu- 

 larly globose or sub-i'eiiiforra, much tuberculate, furrowed on OTie side, 

 about 1-5 in. in diam. Willd. Sp. PI. I, 1120 ; DO. Prod. I, 501 ; Blume 

 Bijdr. 1159 ; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 182, t. 39. 0. Betu/has, Engler 

 in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 226, t. 6. Stagmaria verniciflua, Jack in 

 Malay Misc. ex Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. I, 267. 



Piihang : Ridley, No. 1228. 



Distributed over the wliole Malayan Archipelago and known to the 

 Malayas as Renghas, which was no doubt the name that Linnaeus 

 intended to use as the specific name, although it appears in his Mantissa 

 as G. Benghas. The copious resin of this tree is acrid, but it forms the 

 basis of an excellent varnish which is exported to China aud Japan. 



2. Glui'A elegans, Kurz For. Ploi-a Burma, I, 310. A small tree, 

 every part except the inflorescence glabrous : young branches slender, 

 with cinereous bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base caneate ; upper surface 

 sliining, the lower faintly reticulate and sub-glaucous ; main nerves 10 to 

 14 pairs, spreading, faint or sliglitly prominent on the lower surface ; 

 length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1 to 2 in, ; petiole '6 to 1 in., slender, thickened 

 at the base. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, mostly terminal, 

 with alternate sub-corymbose branches each with 5 to 9 pedicellate 

 flowers, bracteole linear. Flowers nearly "5 in. long. Calyx tubulai*, 

 split on one side, 4-nerved, glabrous, scarlet, the apex with 2 teeth. 

 Petals 4 or 5, twice as long as the calyx, linear-lanceolote, blunt, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4 or 5, as long as the petals or longer. Gynophore half 

 as long as the corolla. Ooary obliquely ovoid. Drupe oblong, gibbous, 

 glabrous, '75 in. long when dry, the scar, of the style nearer the base 

 than the apex. Hook. fil. PI. lir. Ind. II, 22 ; Engler in DC. Mon. 

 Phan. IV, 225. Syndesmis elegans, Wall, in Roxb. PI. Ind., ed. Carey, 

 11,315; Cat. No. 1003. 



Penang: Porter, (Wall. Cat. 1003 and 9049); King; King's 

 Collector, No. 1306. Malacca : Maingay, No. 481. Perak : King's 

 Collector, No. 4913. 



Var. Helferi, Hook. fil. I. c. leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, nerves 

 oblique. 



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