390 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Chisocheton. 



Flowers '2$ in. long, pale greenish yellow. Calyx bell-shaped 

 nearly glabrous, teeth short. Petals 4 elliptic glabrous. Stamen- 

 tube shorter glabrous, teeth long hnear 6 to 8. Fruit pear-shaped 

 I in. long, 75 in. through, rich crimson and yellow pubescent. 

 Seeds 2. Hab. Forests. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Thaiping 

 and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 9040). 



(10) C. laxiflorus King, I.e. 33. 



Small tree. Leaves 12 in. long ; leaflets elliptic 3 or 4 pairs ; 

 nerves 4 or 5 pairs, hairy beneath, 4*5 in. long, 3 in. wide. Panicle 

 large with long branches 5 in. long. Flowers slender -4 to "5 in. 

 long. Staminal tube villous outside, mouth slightly waved. Fruit 

 globose I in. through crimson, glabrous when ripe, pseudo-stalk 

 short. Hah. Forests, Pahang, Telom. Perak, Batang Padang 

 (Kunstler) ; Goping and Chanderiang (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). 

 Lankawi, Gunong Ray a (Haniff) ; Telaya Tujok (Curtis). 



This has the broad pubescent leaflets of C. glomeraliis, but is widely panicled 

 and the ripe fruit is glabrous. 



(11) C. divergens Bl. Bijdr. 169; King, I.e. 35. C. holocalyx 

 Hiern, I.e. i. 551. 



Tree 15 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves 9 to 18 in. long, glabrous; leaflets 

 10 to 13 pairs thinly coriaceous oblong or oblong-lanceolate acumin- 

 ate, base narrowed unequal ; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 2'5 to 6 in. long, 

 i'i5 to 1*75 in. wide, dark green. Panicles about 2 ft. long much- 

 branched pyramidal, many-flowered. Flowers "25 in. long uni- 

 sexual white fcetid. Calyx cupular puberulous mouth entire. 

 Petals 4 oblong linear blunt glabrous narrow. Stamen-tube free 

 glabrous, teeth 6 lanceolate. Ovary hairy. Fruit ovoid or pear- 

 shaped with or without a stout pseudo-stalk, 2 in. long, i in. 

 through, glabrous when ripe, scarlet. Seed i, black with orange 

 aril at the base. Hab. Common in woods, Singapore, Changi, 

 Tanglin. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Batang 

 Malacca (Holmberg) ; Selandor (Cantley). Pahang, Pekan. Perak, 

 Goping and Thaiping (Kunstler). 



var. a. divergens. Leaflets narrow glabrous. Flowers '25 in. 

 long. Fruit pear-shaped. Localities as above. Disirib. Java. 



var. h. patens. C. patens Bl. Bijdr. 169; King {in part). I.e. 34. 

 C. fragrans Hiern, F.B.I, i. 551. 



Leaves as in var. divergens, but rather shorter. Flowers "2 in. 

 long. Fruit globose pear-shaped, pseudo-stalk short 1*25 in. long. 

 Malacca (Maingay, Grifflth). Distrib. Java. Native name : Garon- 

 tong Tengah. 



6. DYSOXYLUM, Bl. 



Trees usually small or medium-sized. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 opposite or alternate coriaceous or sub-coriaceous, base oblique. 

 Flowers paniculate racemose or spicate bisexual white. Calyx 4- 

 rarely 5-fid or sub-entire. Petals 4- (rarely 5) valvate or slightly 



