Santiria.] xxxiv. burserace^. 377 



(2) S. laxa King, I.e. 254; A)in. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. 12, pi. 16. 

 Canarium laxum Benn. in Hook. fil. F.B.I . i. 535. 



A tree 50 to 90 ft. tall. Branchlets, rachis of leaves and inflores- 

 cence densely rough-hairy. Leaves 14 to 22 in. long; leaflets 

 7 to 9 oblong to oblong-elliptic, shortly abruptly acuminate, base 

 cuneate often unequal ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs hairy beneath, 5 to 8 in. 

 long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules -4 to -5 in. long. Panicles 

 long pendent 2 to 3 ft. long. Male flowers '25 in. long, deep red, 

 on pedicels '4 in. long glabrous. Calyx-teeth broad blunt. Petals 

 much longer lanceolate. Anthers ovate. Female flowers larger. 

 Petals oblong blunt 3 in. long. Stamens abortive as long as pistil. 

 Ovary thick oblong 3-lobed. Stigma sessile 3-lobed large. Drupe 

 ellipsoid i to 1-4 in. long, -6 to 7 in. through, bright rose pink, 

 stone thin flattened on one side. Hah. Forests, common, Singa- 

 pore, Bukit Timah ; Garden Jungle. Malacca, Bukit Bruang 

 (Curtis) ; Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang 

 (Cantley). Pahang, Sungei Tahan. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 

 Penang Hill (Curtis) . Native names : Sayang ; Kedondon Bulan ; 

 Kayu Rau. 



(3) S. fasciculata Benn. I.e. i. 539; Kijig, I.e. 255. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Branchlets, rachis 

 and panicles at first puberulous. Leaves 10 to 15 in. long ; leaflets 

 5 to 7 membranous elliptic to elliptic-oblong caudate-acuminate, 

 base cuneate, glabrous ; nerves 7 to 8 pairs bold beneath inarching, 

 4'5 to '9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petiolules 75 to i in. long. 

 Panicles slender terminal ; branches few lax with distant 6- to 10- 

 flowered cymules. Flowers '05 in. long. Pedicels tomentose. 

 Calyx cupular hispid-tomentose outside, teeth deltoid acute. 

 Petals little longer deltoid glabrous. Anthers ovate. Ovary ovoid 

 glabrous. Drupes oblique ovoid gibbous at base. Stigma-scar 

 terminal 8 in. long, -6 in. through, light red or waxy crimson. 

 Hab. Forests, Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen 

 (Derry, Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler, Wray). Penang 

 (Curtis). 



var. puberiila S. piiberitla Benn. I.e. i. 537; King, I.e. 256. 



Leaflets smaller 3-5 by 1*5 in. long. Panicles short 3 in. long, 

 ^fli. Malacca (Maingay). Native name: Kedondon Balau Putih. 



Maingay's specimens are smaller than the type with less prominent nerves, 

 but I think only a state of 5. fasciculata. 



(4) S. minutiflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 82, p. 175. 

 Tree. Leaves 7 in. long; leaflets 5 coriaceous elliptic to ovate 



cuspidate-acuminate blunt, base broad or shortly narrowed; 

 nerves about 6 pairs elevate beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. 

 wide; petiolules i in. long. Panicles lax axillary 2 to 3 in. long. 

 Flowers very small cymose and racemose on branch-ends. Sepals 

 3 broad ovate. Petals larger ovate blunt. Stamens 5 ; anthers 



