388 XXXV. MELiACE^. [ChtsochetoH. 



Reservoir Woods. Johor, Serom. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Talan 

 (Cantley). Perak, Salama, Larut (K mistier). Dindings, Pangkor. 

 Native name : Poke Jural. 



(3) C. erythrocarpus Hier)i, I.e. 1. 550; King, i.e. 31. 



A big tree 80 ft. tall. Branchlets velvety tomentose. Leaves 

 12 to 15 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs coriaceous elliptic-oblong or 

 broad ovate, shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 

 glabrous except midrib above, pubescent beneath; nerves 6 to 7 

 pairs, 2*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-35 to 2 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. 

 Panicles extra-axillary '4 in. long tomentose; branches short. 

 Flowers '35 in. long. Calyx cylindric truncate tomentose. Petals 

 elliptic silky outside. Stamen-tube shorter silky below, villous 

 inside, teeth 5 or 6 emarginate. Stigma cylindric. Fruit sub- 

 globose 2 in. through minutely tomentose blood-red. Seed exarillate 

 I in. long orange red. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Pulan Ubin. 

 Malacca (Maingay). Selandor. Native name: Rongga. Use: 

 The timber is good. The seeds are said to be poisonous. 



(4) C. penduliflorus P/a«cA. in Hook.fd. F.B.I, i. 550 ; King, I.e. 28. 



Shrub 6 or 8 ft. to 20 ft. tall. Branches, leaf-rachis and inflores- 

 cence velvety. Leaves 15 to 24 in. long; leaflets 5 pairs elliptic- 

 ovate to oblanceolate shortly cuspidate base narrowed; nerves 15 

 to 18, pairs, above glabrous or hairy, midrib always hairy beneath, 

 3 to 9 in. long, i'5 to 3 in. wide; petiolules less than 'i in. long. 

 Panicles raceme-like 2 ft. long tomentose pendulous. Flowers 

 dull pink in scattered clusters, "75 to i in. long, clavate in bud. 

 Calyx short, hairy, tubular; mouth entire or lobed. Petals 5 

 linear-spathulate silky. Stamen-tube narrow, nearly glabrous. 

 Fruit fusiform pubescent. Hab. Forests. Johor, Batu Pahat ; 

 Simpai (Kelsall). Malacca (Maingay) ; Machap. Tebung Road 

 (Derry). Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Dindings, Gunong Tungul, 

 Penang (Porter) ; Moniot's Road (Curtis). 



var. Kunstleri. C. Kunstleri King, I.e. 27. Leaves larger. 

 Panicle with the flowers crowded at the tip only. Calyx rather 

 larger. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Native names: Medang 

 Kasunko ; Sangol Lotong hitam. 



A rather variable plant in size of leaves and amount of pubescence. It 

 has also sometimes infertile clavate flowers with a filiform b?.se. 



(5) C. princeps Hemsl. Ic. PL t. 1844; King, I.e. 29. 



An unbranched tree with long pendulous leaves 9 to 10 ft. long, 

 very like those of C. riibiginosus, but larger; leaflets elliptic-oblong 

 coriaceous, 9 to 10 in. long; nerves 15 to 30 pairs. Panicles 3 ft. 

 or more long; branches short and stout bearing a round head of 

 flowers 3 in. through. Calyx '2 in. long, cup-shaped truncate 

 tomentose, much smaller than in C. ntbiginosus. Petals 5, linear 

 spathulate silky outside white nearly 1-5 in. long. Stamen-tube 

 shorter. Fruit 2*5 in. through sub-globular. Seeds 3 to 5, 175 in. 



