i62 XVII. FLACOURTIACE.E. [Hydnocarpus. 



base acuminate; nerves 7 pairs, reticulations distinct, 3 or 3*5 

 to 6 in. long, i"25 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Flowers 

 in axillary fascicles or racemes. Buds globular, on pedicels '2 in. 

 long, softly golden velvety. Sepals 4, in 2 pairs round concave, 

 brown, imbricate. Petals 4 (or 8) smaller, erose ciliate; scales 

 sub-quadrate. Stamens 20, white; filaments short pubescent. 

 Fruit globular velvety, i'5 in. through. Hah. On rocky limestone 

 hills, often very abundant. Lankawi at Kwah. Perils, very 

 common on and round limestone rocks. Disirib. Cambodia and 

 Java. 



5. TARAKTOGENOS, Hassk. 



Trees with entire alternate leaves. Flowers in axillary cymes, 

 some bisexual, others male only. Males, sepals 4, in decussate 

 pairs, imbricate round concave. Petals 8 in 2 rows smaller, with 

 a fleshy cuneate scale often dentate at the tip to each petal. 

 Stamens 20 to 32 ; filaments short ; anthers cordate. Female 

 flowers, sepals often 3, petals 6 and stamens 17. Ovary long 

 ovoid sulcate with 4 deflexed stigmatic lobes, i-celled ; ovules many 

 on 4 parietal placentas. Fruit large globose or ovoid with a hard 

 fibrous or woody rind, and several seeds imbedded in pulp. Seeds, 

 testa hard, albumen copious, cotyledons large cordate. Species 3 

 or 4, Indo-Malayan. 



Quite glabrous except petals; stamens 20 to 24 . (i) T. Scortechinii 



Leaves pubescent to tomentose beneath ; stamens 32 . (2) T. Kunstleri. 



(i) T. Scortechinii King, I.e. 122. 



Large glabrous tree. Bark dark coloured. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong, lanceolate in equilateral or oblong, edges undulate, apex 

 shortly bluntly acuminate, base narrowed ; nerves 4 to 5 ascending, 

 prominent beneath, reticulations prominent, above smooth, 3'5 

 to 7 in. long, i"5 to 275 in. wide ; petioles "5 to 75 in. long. Cymes 

 trichotomous i in. long; peduncles '5 in. long axillary. Male 

 flowers '5 to '6 in. across on pedicels "25 in. to 35 in. long. Sepals 

 round, glabrous. Petals silky outside ; scales less than half as 

 long. Stamens 20 to 24; filaments hirsute. Anthers sagittate. 

 Hob. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Scortechini). 



var. gracilipes, King, I.e. Specimens with smaller leaves and 

 slender pedicels. 



(2) T. Kunstleri King, I.e. 122; Anft. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 

 131, pi. 152. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Branchlets puberulous. 

 Leaves bright green, coriaceous unequal-sided, oblong-lanceolate to 

 elliptic cuspidate ; nerves prominent beneath, puberulous, 5 or 6 

 pairs, 4*5 to 6 in. long, i"5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 3 to -5 in. long, 

 puberulous. Cymes dense, many-flowered. Male flowers as in 



