Dysoxylum.] xxxv. meliace^. 393 



hairy pubescent ; branches few short, upper ones in twos and threes 

 very short distant dense-flowered. Flowers ovoid pale yellow, 

 •I in. long. Calyx cupular pubescent, 4 or 5 acute teeth. Petals 4 

 elliptic sub-acute pubescent on both sides. Stamen-tube shorter 

 cylindric glabrous, 8 teeth bifid. Ovary pilose. Hab. At 3000 tq 

 4000 ft. altitude. Rocky jungle, rare. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(5) D. acutangulum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 196, 503 ; King, 

 I.e. 41 ; Koorders Ic. Bogor. i. 11. 



A lofty glabrous tree. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long with 3 or 4 pairs 

 of coriaceous leaflets elliptic or ovate acute or acuminate, base 

 cuneate unequal, pustular rugose when dry pale green ; nerves 

 invisible, 2'5 to 4*5 in. long, i'25 to 2*2 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. 

 long. Panicles 2*5 to 4 in. long puberulous. Flowers crowded "35 in. 

 long, puberulous greenish white, scented of hyacinths. Calyx very 

 shallow with 4 deep reflexed teeth. Petals 4 oblong sub-acute. 

 Stamen-tube shorter cylindric, teeth acute 8. Ovary pubescent. 

 Fruit obovoid 4 in. long scarlet orange; pericarp almost woody, 

 inside 3-celled. Seed large black, aril large orange. Hab. Forests 

 not rare, but somewhat inaccessible. Singapore, Changi. Malacca, 

 Batang Malacca (Derry). Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Bangka. 

 Native name : Pasak Lingga. 



(6) D. venulosum King, I.e. 42. 



Tree 50 to 80 ft. tah, 18 to 24 in. through. Branchlets and 

 leaf-rachis puberulous. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long ; leaflets 7 to 14 

 membranous alternate oblong acuminate, base narrowed oblique 

 glabrous ; nerves 13 to 15 pairs indistinct above slender elevate 

 beneath, 5 to 7 in. long, 1-35 to 175 in. wide; petiolules "25 in. 

 long. Panicles extra-axillary 6 to 8 in. long nearly glabrous ; 

 branches numerous short few-flowered. Flowers '25 in. long light 

 yellow. Calyx cupular teeth 4 glabrous. Petals 4 oblong obtuse 

 densely silky puberulous. Stamen-tube as long as petals cylindric 

 glabrous irregularly bluntly toothed. Disc lobed at edge tubular 

 covering the hoary pubescent ovary. Fruit ellipsoid 2*5 in. long. 

 Seeds large 2 in. long. Hab. Forests, Pahang, Telok Mengkuang, 

 Temerloh (Foxworthy). Perak, open bamboo forests, Ulu Bubong 

 (Kunstler). Native name : Bebeke. 



(7) D. thyrsoideum Griff, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 547 ; King, I.e. 42. 

 A big tree 60 to 100 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 12 to 16 in. 



long; leaflets 6 to 8 coriaceous elliptic-oblong acuminate, base 

 narrowed oblique; nerves 6 to 8 pairs prominent beneath, 4*5 to 

 8'5 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petiolules "3 in. long. Panicles 

 pyramidal numerous 6 in. long; branches spreading. Flowers 

 numerous fragrant white -15 in. long; pedicels as long. Calyx 

 cupular 4-toothed glabrous. Petals 3 times as long, 4 oblong 

 obtuse glabrous. Stamen-tube cylindric glabrous outside, pubes- 

 cent inside. Disc tubular hairy. Ovary sub-strigose. Fruit 

 globose shortly narrowed at base, 1-5 to 175 in. through, flesh 



