Hay I' ISO Ilia.] xxxii. simarube^e. 361 



I in. long, "3 to "6 in. wide. Flowers on axillary tubercles, "i to 

 •3 in. long, on slender pedicels, '5 to -75 in. long. Sepals small 

 ovate. Petals "i in. long, lanceolate reflexed. Stamens 8, bases 

 hairy. Fruit pea-shaped, 3- to i-celled. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 

 I have seen no specimen. Disirib. Andamans and Philippines. 



2. PICRASMA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs, bitter. Leaves imparl pinnate. Flowers small 

 unisexual, in axillary panicles. Calyx small, 4- to 5-toothed. 

 Petals 4- or 5-valvate. Disc thick, entire. Stamens 4 or 5, hairy, 

 no scales. Ovary 3- to 5-partite, free ; styles united in middle only. 

 Fruit I to 3 fleshy or coriaceous drupes surrounded by the enlarged 

 coriaceous petals. Species 4, Indo-Malaya, China, Japan, America. 



(i) P. javanica Blimic Bijdr. 248; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 520; 

 King, I.e. 227; Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 197, t. 41. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall; leaflets 3 to 7, membranous, elliptic to 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or (old leaves) undulate, base 

 narrowed or rounded; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, 'i to '5 

 in. wide. Panicles white, 6 in. long (the peduncles 4 in. long). 

 Flowers numerous, crowded at branch ends small, white. Sepals 

 ovate, pubescent, minute. Petals "i in. long, ovate concave. 

 Stamens 4; filaments pubescent in male, villous in female. Disc 

 woolly. Style single. Drupe i to 3, enlarged ; petals 3 in. across. 

 Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (fide King). Disirib. Java. 



3. BRUCEA, Mill. 



Bitter shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, large, membranous. 

 Flowers very small in very small cymes racemed on a long rachis. 

 Calyx 4-partite, imbricate. Petals 4, linear, minute. Disc 4-lobed. 

 Stamens 4. Ovary 4-lobed, or of 4 free carpels. Drupes 4, ovoid. 

 Seed I. Species 6, tropics of Old World. 



(i) B. sumatrana Roxb. Ft. Ind. i. 449 ; Hook. fit. F.B.L i. 523 ; 

 King, I.e. 228. 



Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaflets 9, 

 lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate-dentate, base oblique acute 

 softly pubescent; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, i'5 to 3'5 in. long; whole 

 leaf 10 to 14 in. long; petioles 2'5 to 5 in. long; petiolules 'i in. 

 long. Panicles 2 to 3*5 in. long. Flowers minute, purple, pubes- 

 cent. Drupes elhpsoid oval black. Hab. Open country, widely 

 spread from Singapore to Perils on both coasts. Disirib. Indo- 

 Malaya. Native names : Kosam (Chinese) ; Cherek Jantan ; 

 Embalau, or Embalau Padang or Embalau Betina; Hampedu 

 Bruang; Lada Pahit. Use: The fruit used for dysentery. 



4. EURYCOMA, Jack. 

 Treelets or tall slender shrubs. Bark and wood bitter. Leaves 

 on the apex of the branches paripinnate ; leaflets numerous glabrous 



