igo xviii. GUTTiFER^. [Kayea. 



outside, polished inside. Hab. Overhanging" streams and rivers in 

 forests. Singapore (WalHch 4836, Mesua Singaporiana). Johor, 

 Kota Tinggi ; Kwala Sembrong. Pahang near Pekan. Bindings. 

 Dislrib. Andamans. Native name : Buah Sembawang. 



(5) K. grandis King, I.e. 182; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 143, 

 pi. 172. 



A tree 40 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong to elliptic- 

 oblong sub-acute narrowed at base; nerves 20 to 25 pairs promi- 

 nent, 9 to 18 in. long, 3 to 4*5 in. wide ; petioles '4 to 75 in. long. 

 Flowers crowded in axillary cymes 6 or more together i"25 in. 

 across, white ; i pedicels stout '5 in. long. Sepals pale green round, 

 inner ones thinner than outer ones. Petals elliptic-oblong longer. 

 Fruit turbinate 2 to 2"5 in. through, completely enveloped by the 

 thickened sepals. Hah. Not rare in forests. Pahang, Sungei 

 Chenei (Fox). Malacca (Maingay) ; Nyalas; Selandor. Negri 

 Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Perak, Gunong Bubu, 

 and Thaiping Hills at 500 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang, 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis) . Bindings, Lumut ; Telok Sera. Native 

 names: Chindarahan Gajah; Bunuai. Use: For timber, wood 

 heavy, sinks in water, dark coloured, squares from 5 to 8 in. 

 (Cantley). 



(6) K. nervosa T. Anders, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 277; King, 

 I.e. 183 in, part. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall and 10 to 15 ft. through. Branchlets hairy 

 scabrid. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic obtuse or shortly acumin- 

 ate, base rounded, 3 to 5'5 in. long, 1*5 to 2'5 in. wide; nerves 

 12 pairs, elevate beneath, secondaries nearly as much so; petioles 

 'I in. long hairj^ Flowers solitary terminal or several axillary, 

 white, 1*5 in. across, on peduncles "i in. long. Bracts at base 

 lanceolate acuminate. Sepals unequal, outer ones orbicular, inner 

 ones oblong obtuse twice as big. Petals thin oblong-obovate. 

 Fruit sub-globular beaked leathery, 75 in. through. Hab. Rare 

 in dense jungle in low wet ground. Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). 

 Distrib. Burma. 



The Malacca (Maingay) specimens quoted by King as this species are, I 

 think, K. riviilonim. 



(7) K. Kunstleri King, I.e. 182; Ann. Bot. Gard Calc, v. (2), 

 143, pi. 173. K. Curtisii King, I.e. 144, pi. 174B. 



A large shrub or small tree up to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous in distant pairs elliptic-lanceolate acutely long-acuminate 

 mucronulate, base long narrowed, 4 to 6 in. long, i to 2*25 in. 

 wide ; nerves 20 to 24 pairs prominent ; petioles "25 to "4 in. long. 

 Flowers solitary axillary or several together, also terminal, white 

 175 in. across; pedicels 75 in. long with several lanceolate sub- 

 ulate bracts at the base. Sepals unequal. Petals oblong acumi- 

 nate '5 in. long. Fruit ovoid apiculate to conic-beaked i"5 in. 



