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XXXIV. BURSERACE.E. 



[Santiria. 



3. SANTIRIA, Bl. 



Resinous tree. Leaves 3-foliolate or imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 oblique entire. Flowers small bisexual in axillary or terminal 

 panicles. Bracts minute. Calyx cup-shaped 3-lobed. Petals 3 

 longer. Disc annular. Stamens 6 on the edge of disc. Ovary 

 3-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell ; style short or o. Stigma capitate or 

 3-lobed. Drupe ellipsoid more or less compressed on the ventral 

 side, not trigonous; stigma-scar lateral or basal, i-celled, i-seeded. 

 Stone usually crustaceous. Species about 30, Malayan. 



Panicles longer than the leaves. 



Leaflets 12 to 20 in. by 2-5 in. long; panicle gla- 

 brous . . (i) S. floribunda 

 Leaflets 5 by 2 in. long ; panicle stiff hairy ; fruit 



large oblong pink . . . . (2) S. laxa 



Leaflets 3 to 6 in. by 2 in. long, glabrous ; panicle 

 little longer than leaves ; flowers very small 

 tomentose ; fruit oblong '5 in. long, oblique 

 red . . . . . . . . (3) S. fasciculata 



Panicles shorter than the leaves. 



Leaves glabrous ; flowers minute ; leaflets stiff 



coriaceous elliptic long-acuminate to 5 in. long (4) S. minutiflora 

 Flowers small ; leaflets thin ovate-elliptic acumin- 

 ate to 5 in. long . . . . . . (5) S. apiculata 



Leaflets large stiff coriaceous ; leaflets 3 elliptic, 

 5 by 2-5 in. long; flowers •!$ in. long; fruit 

 1-5 in. long . . . . . . (6) S. macrocarpa 



Panicles large ; floivers small. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Leaflets 7 by 9 in. long; leaflets 10 in. long . . (7) S. laevigata 



Leaflets 4 in. long; panicle over 12 in. long 



spreading . . . . . . (8) S. oblongifolia 



Leaflets 8 in. long, lanceolate . . . . (9) S. longifolia 



Leaflets oblong 6 in. or more long; panicle very 



dense, short . . . . . . (10) S. Wrayi 



Leaves hairy beneath. 



Young leaves and panicle scurf y-puberulous . (11) S. conferta 



Nerves beneath hairy ; panicle red hairy . . (12) S. costata 



Leaves densely velvety beneath . . . . (13) S. multiflora 



(i) S. floribunda King, I.e. 254. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. through. Branchlets stout, 

 scurfy-pubescent. Leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, base auricled, puberulous 

 when young, glabrous when old; leaflets 13 to 17 coriaceous, 

 oblong shortly abruptly acuminate, base rounded ; nerves 20 to 

 30 pairs, 9 to 20 in. long, 2"35 to 5 in. wide; petiolules thick -5 in. 

 long. Panicles 2 to 3 ft. long, slender much branched ; branchlets 

 short with 3- to 5-flowered cymules. Flowers 'i to '2 in. long. 

 Calj^x flat 3-angled. Petals deltoid deep red fleshy concave glabrous. 

 Stamens, anthers oblong. Drupes elliptic apiculate glabrous i in. 

 long, '5 in. through, pink, on long pendulous peduncles. Hab. 

 Dense jungle rather rare. Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Pahang, 

 Pahang River. Perak, Gunong Pondok (Kunstler). 



