394 XXXV. MELiACEiE. \Dysoxylnm. 



colour; pericarp almost woody. Seeds i in. long, aril bright red. 

 Hab. Common in forests. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Griffith). 

 Pahang River. Bindings, Gunong Tvmgul. Penang, Pulau Betong 

 (Curtis). Native name : Kasai Tembaga. 



(8) D. turbinatum King, I.e. 43. 



Small tree 12 to 18 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Leaves 10 to 

 16 in. long, glabrescent ; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs thinly coriaceous 

 glaucescent beneath, elliptic abruptly bluntly acuminate, base 

 rounded or cuneate slightly oblique, glabrous except midrib and 

 nerves slightly hairy; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, very bold beneath, 

 3 to 8 in. long, i to 3*5 in. wide; petiolules '35 in. long. Panicles 

 supra-axillary 3 to 11 in. long, pubescent; branches few short 

 with 5 to 10 flowers each. Flowers silvery white, '45 in. long. 

 Calyx cupular short with 4 distinct teeth pubescent. Petals 4 

 linear-oblong silky pubescent outsidf, nearly glabrous within. 

 Stamen-tube cylindric, teeth 8, puberulous outside. Disc glabrous 

 mouth pilose, much longer than ovary. Ovary pilose. Fruit 

 depressed-globular with a short pseudo-stalk scaly, i"5 in. long. 

 Hab. Woods south of the peninsula. Singapore, Bukit Timah. 

 Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, 

 Klang (Foxworthy). 



(9) D. costulatum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 21; King, 

 I.e. 43. D. brevipes Hiern, I.e. i. 546. 



A glabrous tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through. Leaves 

 9 to 14 in. long; leaflets sub-coriaceous 4 pairs elliptic-oblong 

 cuspidate, base acute oblique; nerves 10 to 12 pairs bold beneath, 

 3*5 to 6 in. long, i"5 to 275 in. wide ; petiolules 3 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal 8 in. long; branches raceme-like. Flowers 

 •2 in. long white alliaceous. Calyx cup-shaped short 4-toothed. 

 Petals 4, oblong obtuse puberulous outside. Staminal tube cylindric 

 8-toothed glabrous outside, villous within. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 depressed-globular tapering to a pseudo-stalk i"5 in. long, 4-celled ; 

 pericarp woody, red. Hab. Forests in the south. Singapore, 

 Selitar. Johor, Castlewood. Pahang River. Malacca (Maingay, 

 Griffith); Selandor and Merlimau (Cantley). Selangor, Dusun 

 Tua. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. Native 

 names : Chikeh ; Kulin. 



(10) D. macrothyrsum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 20; 

 King, I.e. 44. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 6 to 20 in. through. Leaves 16 to 18 in. 

 long; petioles and rachis puberulous; leaflets thinly coriaceous 

 3 to 4 pairs, oblong-lanceolate or elHptic acuminate, base cuneate 

 oblique glabrous; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 to 

 9'5 in. long, 2 to 4*5 in. wide ; petiolules '25 to -4 in. long. Panicles 

 racemiform slender puberulous 4 to 7 in. long. Flowers '5 in. long, 

 white. Calyx very .short broad toothed puberulous cup-shaped. 

 Petals 4 much longer, narrow oblong sub-acute silky. Stamen- 



