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XXXII. SIMARUBEiE. 



[Eurycoma. 



entire. Flowers in lax panicles. Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Petals 5. 

 Disc of 5 glands alternating with 5 stamens. Stamens 5, attached 

 to base of petals. Ovary 5-partite, free ; styles 5, cuneate. Stigmas 

 separate. Drupes 3 to 5, stipitate. Seed i. Species 2, Malayan. 



Leaflets acute 3 to 4 in. by "75 to i in. ; flowers '25 in. 



long . . • (1) E. longifolia 



Leaflets acuminate 2'5 to y^ in. by i-j in.; flowers "4 



in. long . . (-:) E. apiculata 



Fig. 37. — Eurycoma apiculata. 



(i) E. longifolia Jack, Roxb. Fl. Ind. cd. Carey, ii. 307; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 521 ; King, I.e. 229. 



A slender red-stemmed shrub or treelet about 15 ft. tall often 

 unbranched. Leaves terminal, 18 to 24 in. long; leaflets softly 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate acute, base oblique cuneate, dark 

 green glabrous 3 to 4 in. long, 75 to i in. wide. Panicles over 

 2 ft. long, glandular hairy. Sepals ovate green. Petals ovate- 

 lanceolate, reddish pubescent, '25 in. long. Stamens longer than 

 calyx. Disc-glands bilobed ciliate. Drupes i to 5, stipitate ovoid, 



