386 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Sandoricum. 



petioles 35 in. long, terminal one i'25 in. long. Panicles 3 in. 

 long, slightly puberulous. Flowers '35 to -45 in. long. Calyx 

 cup-shaped almost entire, puberulous. Petals long elliptic glabrous. 

 Staminal-tube thick cylindric, dilated upwards. Hah. Malacca 

 (Maingay), only known from Maingay's specimen. 



4. MEGAPHYLLJEA, Hemsl. 



Tree. Leaves large pinnate; leaflets oblique. Panicles narrow 

 raceme-like. Flowers over i in. across. Calyx cylindric, fleshy 

 annulate, 3- to 5-lobed. Petals 10, narrow elliptic, coriaceous 

 in 2 series. Stamen-tube cylindric, mouth crenulate; anthers 10 

 included. Disc cushion-shaped, lobed. Ovary on disc 7-celled ; 

 style thick. Stigma capitate. Capsule large, 7- to 9-lobed, peri- 

 carp I in. thick. Seeds exarillate. Species 2, endemic. 



Leaves 6 to 7 ft. long . . . . . . (i) M. perakensis 



Leaves i to 25 ft. long . . . . . . (2) M. annulata 



(i) M. perakensis Hemsl. Ic. PL 1708 ; King, I.e. 24. 



About 40 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 7 ft. long; leaflets oblong, fleshy- 

 coriaceous, sub-acute, base sub-cuneate truncate 12 to 15 in. long, 

 3 to 4 in. wide; petiolules -35 to "75 in. long; nerves 10 to 15 pairs. 

 Panicle 16 to 20 in. long; rachis 4-angled. Flowers i"25 in. across, 

 I in. long, cream colour. Calyx puberulous with a thick lobed 

 ring outside. Stamen-tube shorter than petals, pubescent inside 

 only. Fruit globose-pyriform minutely tomentose, 3 in. through, 

 brown. Hab. Dense hill- forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 



(2) M. annulata Ridl. Chisocheton annulatus King, I.e. 31. 



Tree. Leaves 18 to 30 in. long ; rachis pubescent, base cuneate 

 minutely pubescent all over; leaflets 4 to 7 pairs membranous 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate; nerves 12 to 14 pairs 

 oblique, prominent beneath, 9 in. long, 3 to 3'5 in. wide ; petiolules 

 •25 in. long. Panicles supra-axillary puberulous, about as long as 

 the leaf; branches short, spike-like, few. Buds clubbed, "5 to 

 •6 in. long. Calyx campanulate tomentose, covering the petals in 

 bud, a thickened wavy band round the middle, 4 broad teeth. 

 Petals 6 or more, the outer three silk}'' outside, the inner ones 

 glabrous. Stamens 12. Ovary conic pubescent, 5-celled. Hab. 

 Dense forest at 2000 ft. altitude. Perak, Maxwell's Hill (Curtis). 



This appears to me certainly a Megaphyllcsa. 



5. CHISOCHETON, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves equally pinnate; leaflets opposite 

 more or less oblique. Flowers bisexual in extra-axillary (rarely 

 axillary) panicles or spike-like racemes. Calyx cup-shaped or 

 cylindric entire or 4- to 5-toothed. Petals 4 to 5 (or more) usually 

 linear, at first cohering in a tube, then recurved. Stamen-tube 

 tubular 4- to 12-lobed at top; anthers linear included or some- 



