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XVII. FLACOURTIACE^. 



[Hydnocarpus. 



but stamens barren and ovary ovoid tomentose. Fruit i to 1-5 in. 

 through, brown-tomentose. Seeds large angular. Hab. Not rare 

 in dense forests. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Tahan River, 

 Selangor, Kwala Lumpur ; Batu Caves. Bindings, Lumut. Perak. 

 Maxwell's Hill; Goping (Kunstler). Penang Hill. Lankawi 

 Islands, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Distrih. King's Island, Mergui. 

 Native name : Alai Batu. 



Fig. 18. — Hydnocarpus Curtisii. 



(3) H. Curtisii King, I.e. 119; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. vii. 129, 

 pi. 148. 



A shrub or treelet 15 to 25 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base unequally rounded or 

 cuneate; nerves 7 to 11 pairs, elevate beneath, 6 to 12 in. long, 

 2'25 to 3 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long stout. Male flowers in short 

 axillary cymes, 75 in. across. Sepals ovate blunt, minutely 

 pubescent -3 in. long. Petals narrow oblong blunt, -5 in. long; 

 scales linear -4 in. long. Anthers longer than filaments. Female 

 flowers on shorter pedicels. Ovary long, ovoid tomentose. Stigmas 



