i66 XVII. FLAcouRTiACE^. [Rypayosa. 



glabrous. Female, no staminodes. Ovary ovoid angled tomentose. 

 Stigmas obovate. Fruit globular yellow i"5 in. through. Seeds 

 5 or 6 oblong, 75 in. long. Hab. Dense forest, 500 to 3000 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Goping; Batang Padang; Ulu Kerling; Larut 

 Hills (Kunstler). 



(5) R. Scortechinii King, I.e. 126; Ann. Bol. Ganl. Calc. I.e. 



134, pi. 156. 



Spreading tree 15 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Branchlets 

 and inflorescence rusty. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate shortly acuminate narrowed from middle to base, 

 glabrous dark green above, bluish grey beneath ; nerves 5 or 6 

 pairs and midrib prominent, 10 to 15 in. long, 4 to 6 in. wide; 

 petioles 2 to 2*5 in. long thickened and bent at tip. Racemes in 

 tufts from tubercles on stem and branches. Males 8 to 12 in. 

 long, females shorter. Male flowers, calyx tomentose splitting 

 into 3 ovate segments. Petals 4 oblong; scales round silky. 

 Female flowers purple. Ovary tomentose 4-angled; styles 2. 

 Fruit angled when young, transversely oblong when ripe and i'5 in. 

 long by I in. wide, velvety brown or black. Seeds 2. Hah. Thick 

 forests under 1000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Kwala Tenok. Selangor, 

 Ginting Bidai. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall. 

 Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. 



(6) R. fasciculata King, I.e. 127; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. I.e. 



135. pl- 158. 



Big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves 

 coriaceous glabrous, narrow oblong acuminate, base narrowed, 

 deep green; midrib and nerves 7 pairs and reticulations beneath 

 elevate, g to 15 in. long, 2-25 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles i to 1-25 in. 

 long. Racemes fascicled on trunk and large boughs, 4 to 7 together, 

 from 6 to 8 in. long. Sepals and petals reflexed, rounded, both 

 tomentose. Stamens glabrous. Female flowers, staminodes conic. 

 Stigmas large, reniform. Fruit sessile, globose-pear-shaped, apex 

 mammillate, tomentose 2 in. long, 1-5 in. through, yellowish green. 

 Seeds about 6. Hab. Dense forest, Malacca, at Selandor. Sungei 

 Ujong, Bumban (Cantley). Perak, Chanderiang and Ulu Bubong 

 (Kunstler). Native names : TajamB'lat; Musakana Putih ; Rambai 

 Ay am. 



Order XVIII. GUTTIFER/E. 



Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish resinous juice. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous or more rarely membranous. Flowers solitary, 

 fascicled, racemose or panicled, axillary or terminal, white, yellow 

 or red, regular, unisexual or bisexual. Sepals 2 to 6 imbricate 

 or in decussate pairs. Petals 2 to 6, rarely o, usually imbricate. 

 Male flowers, stamens usually indefinite, free, or filaments connate 



