COS MateriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



and the pfaiiicle is pubescent-tomentose not felted. The flowers of this 

 moreover are larger than those of M. angustifoUa, the main nerves are 

 more oblique, and the reticulations wider and less distinct. 

 15. Semecarpus, Liiin. f. 

 Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, quite entire, coriaceous. Flowers 

 small, polygamous or dioecious, in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx 

 5-6-fid, segments deciduous. Petals 6-6, imbiicate. Disc broad, an- 

 nular. Stamens 5-6, inserted at the base of the disc, imperfect in the 

 9 flowers. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3 ; ovule pendulous from a basal funi- 

 cle. Drupe fleshy, oblong or sub-globose, oblique, seated on a fleshy 

 receptacle formed of the thickened disc and calyx base ; pericarp loaded 

 ■with acrid resin. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, inner coat somewhat 

 fleshy ^ cwfert/o thick, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle superior. — Dis- 

 TRIB. About 40 species, tropical Asiatic and Australian. 

 Leaves densely rusty-pubescent on the lower sur- 

 face ... ... ... ... 1. S. velutina. 



Leaves with the lower surface densely clothed with 



pale very minute scales ... ... ... 2. 8. Gurtisii. 



Leaves at first puberulous on the lower surface but 

 ultimately glabrous 



Panicles tomentose ; flowers glabrous, sessile ; 

 leaves oblanceolate-oblong, with 20 to 26 pairs 

 of nerves ... ... ... ... 3. S. Kurzii. . 



Panicles puberulous, flowers pedicelled ; leaves 

 broadly elliptic, with 10 to 15 pairs of nerves ... 4. 8. lucens. 

 Leaves quite glabrous ; panicles glabrous in the 

 lower part, pubescent towards the extremities ; 

 " flowers subaessile, the calyx puberulous : leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong, with 18 to 24 pairs of main 

 nerves ... ... ... ... 5. <Sf. Prainii. 



1. Semecarpus velutina, King n. sp. A dioecious tree 50 to 60 

 feet high : young branches softly rufous-pubescent, the bark pale. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous, obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, rarely elliptic, 

 shortly and abiuptly acuminate, the edges sub-undulate, narrowed from 

 the middle or above it to the stout petiole ; upper surface glabrous 

 except the slightly-pubescent depressed midrib, shining and minutely 

 reticulate ; the lower surface densely and softly pubescent, the trans- 

 verse veins and the reticulations distinct ; main nerves 20 to 24 pairs, 

 slightly depressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the lower, 

 spreading and interarching near the edge ; length 6 to 13 in., breadth 

 2*5 to 5 in. ; petiole '5 to 125 in. Panicles of flowers of both sexes 

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