Cyathocalyx.] vi. anonace^. 37 



(2) C. Maingayi i?oo^. fil. F.B.I, i. 53; King, Joitrn. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 29; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 38. 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, branches puberulous, otherwise glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic to oblong, often caudate-acuminate, base round or 

 cuneate ; nerves 13 to 15 pairs ; 5-8 in. to 8-8 in. long, 275 to 

 375 in. wide ; petioles -3 in. long. Flowers i to 3, racemose axillary ; 

 pedicels -05 to 75 in. long. Sepals ovate sub-acute puberulous -4 in. 

 long. Petals green, with a reddish yellow spot at base, obovate 

 shortly clawed puberulous, inner row sub-concave. Stamens, 

 appendages flat orbicular oblique. Ovaries 3, pubescent ; style 

 lateral. Carpels brown, i or 2 globular, 175 in. through, pubescent. 

 Seeds 10. Hah. In low country forest. Malacca (Maingay) ; Ayer 

 Panas (Derry and Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native name : Medang Tanjong. 



9. DREPANANTHUS, Maing. 



Tall, slender, straight trees with straight projecting branches. 

 Leaves large pubescent beneath. Flowers small yellowish white 

 in crowded racemes on very short tubercles, on the old wood of the 

 branches. Sepals 3. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series sub-equal, bases 

 concave connivent, limib erect ovate or cylindric. Stamens many 

 cuneate ; anthers linear, cells lateral, appendages very small. Pistils 

 4 to 12. Stigma sub-sessile. Ovules 4 or more in 2 rows. Carpels 

 globular. Seeds several. Species 3, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



Petals and sepals sub-equal; petals ovate-oblong broad (i) D. pruniferus 

 Petals longer than sepals, sub-cylindric narrow . . (2) D. ramuliflorus 



Petals linear-oblong narrow keeled . . . . (3) D. carinatus 



(i) D. pruniferus Maing. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 56; King, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 38; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 49, 



pl. 65. 



A tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, with stout spreading branches, pubescent 

 at first. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to oblong acute or obtuse, 

 base rounded sub-cordate, above glabrous except the tomentose 

 midrib and 14 to 16 pairs of nerves, pubescent beneath, finally 

 glabrous, 7-5 to 14 in. long, 3 to 6-5 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1-5 in. 

 long, stout. Racemes 6- to 8-flowered ; pedicels -5 to 75 in. long, 

 tomentose. Bracts oblanceolate. Flowers 75 in. long, yellowish 

 white. Sepals and petals sub-equal, or petals little longer, tomen- 

 tose. Sepals ovate-oblong. Petals outer ovate-oblong broad sub- 

 acute, constricted above the claw; inner closely connivent, much 

 constricted above the claw, tips broad. Pistils silky. Carpels 6 

 to 8, sessile globose pubescent, i to 1-25 in. through. Seeds 

 oblong, numerous, flat. Hah. In lowland forest. Common. Singa- 

 pore. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy), 

 Penang Hill (Curtis) . Native names : Antoi hitam and Antoi kuning. 

 Use : In house-building. 



