Zanlhoxylmn.] xxxi. rutace.e. 347 



(2) Z. hirtellum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Miis. x. 131. 

 Apparently a climber armed with short curved thorns. Branches 



shortly stiffly hairy. Leaves 6 in. or more long; rachis slender 

 strongly armed ; leaflets 7 to g, coriaceous elliptic, bluntly cuspidate, 

 edge crenulate or undulate; nerves beneath pubescent slender 

 about 8 pairs, above shining glabrous; petiolules 'i in. long or 

 less. Panicles slender lax axillary 2 to 3 together with few flowers 

 about 2 in. long. Flowers 'i in. wide pubescent. Sepals triangular 

 acute. Fruit spikes 3 in. long, pubescent stout with short branches. 

 Coccus flattened, oval pubescent wrinkled, -25 in. long. Seed 

 nearly as long slightly flattened, polished black. Hab. Woods, 

 Singapore, Yochukang (Ridley). Pahang, Temerloh. Bindings, 

 Lumut (Curtis). 



(3) Z. myriacanthum Wall. Cat. 1214; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 496; King, I.e. 214. 



A tree 20 to 80 ft. tall and 2 to 3 ft. through, very thorny. 

 Leaves deep green, coriaceous i to i'6 ft. long; leaflets 4 to g pairs 

 coriaceous ovate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, entire or minutely 

 crenate; nerves 8 pairs, 3 to 4 in. long, i'25 to i'5 in. wide; 

 petioles 3"5 in. long; petiolules 'i in. long. Cymes 6 to 8 in. long, 

 terminal spreading; peduncle 3*5 in. thorny. Flowers "2 in. across, 

 white sub-sessile 4-merous. Cocci usually 2 globose compressed, 

 •I in. long. Hah. Millwoods. Pahang, Telom. Malacca (Maingay) ; 

 Merlimau (Derry) ; Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Bindings, Lumut, 

 Penang, Government Hill, 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis, Wallich). 

 Native names : Kabu-Kabu Hutan ; Membuloh. 



The height given is that of Kunstler. I have only seen it very much 

 smaller, about 6 to 8 ft. tall. 



5. ACRONYCHIA, Forst. 



Tree with opposite or alternate leaves i-foliolate ; leaflets entire. 

 Flowers small, green or white in terminal or axillary corymbs. 

 Petals 4 valvate revolute. Stamens 8 inserted under a thick 

 8-angled tomentose disc. Ovary within the disc 4-celled; ovules 

 2 in each cell; style terminal. Fruit a 4-celled drupe. Seeds 

 black. Species about 18, tropical Asia and Australasia. 



Flowers in cymes -35 to •75 in. diameter . . • (i) A, laurifolia 



Flowers in racemes -15 in. diameter . . . . (2) A. Porteri 



(i) A. laurifolia Bl. Bijdr. 245; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 498; 

 King, I.e. 214. A. arborea Bl. Bijdr. 244. 



A small tree about 12 to 30 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. 

 Leaves sub-opposite thinly coriaceous dark shining green, oblong- 

 elhptic or obovate obtusely acuminate or blunt, base narrowed, 

 glabrous ; nerves 14 to 18 pairs looping within the edge, 2 to 6 in. 

 long, i-i to 2'4 in. wide ; petioles '5 to 75 in. long. Cymes axillary 

 slender 2 in. long with few opposite branches; peduncles 2'5 in. 

 long. Flowers narrow in bud, -35 to 75 in. across when open, 



