396 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Dysoxjlum. 



white I to 3 in short terminal cymes, '2 in. long. Calyx saucer- 

 shaped, lobes obscure. Petals oblong obtuse, glabrous outside, 

 puberulous inside, mouth nearly entire ; anthers 10. Disc cylindric 

 hairy longer than the hairy ovary. Hah. Hill forest. Penang, 

 Government Hill at 1500 ft. altitude (Ridley). 



(12) D. cauliflorum Hiern, I.e. i. 549 ; Kmg, I.e. 45. (Fig. 40, 

 p. 396.) 



Tree about 60 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Leaves 15 to 24 in. long; 

 rachis angled; leaflets 9 to 13 opposite and alternate, oblong- 

 elliptic shortly acuminate, base cuneate or rounded very unequal, 

 membranous glabrous ; nerves 8 to 13 pairs sub-prominent beneath, 

 4 to 7 in. long, 175 to 275 in. wide; petiolules '2 to -3 in. long. 

 Spikes I to 3 in. long, crowded on tubercles on the lower part of 

 the trunk, tomentose. Flowers numerous cream colour scented of 

 almonds -3 to 35 in. long. Calyx cupular pubescent nearly entire 

 to 4-lobed. Petals narrow linear-oblong glabrous. Stamen-tube 

 free nearly glabrous, silky inside; teeth 8 broad. Disc tubular 

 longer than ovary, glabrous. Ovary and style pilose. Fruit ovoid 

 apiculate smooth glabrous, sphtting into 4 valves, red. Seeds 

 plano-convex black, aril at top and bottom red. Hab. Common 

 in forests, Singapore, Tanglin ; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Selandor. 

 Perak, Larut, and Ulu Slim (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill 

 1200 ft. altitude and Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Native names : Balun 

 hijau; Guatak; Kuleun; Jarong. 



var. elojigaium. D. cuneatum Hiern, I.e. i. 549 ; King, I.e. 47. 



Differs only in the fruiting stem elongating to 12 in. long and the 

 fruit being less pointed. Malacca (Maingay) . Only a single specimen. 



(13) D. flavescens Hiern, I.e. i. 549; King, I.e. 49. D. 

 Griffithii Hiern, I.e. ; King, I.e. 46. 



A tree. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long, glabrous ; leaflets 9 to 13 

 alternate membranous elliptic to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 base rounded or shortly cuneate slightly oblique ; nerves numerous, 

 very faint, midrib only prominent, 3 to 5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide ; 

 petiolules •! to -25 in. long. Flowers crowded in short racemes 

 below the leaves on the branches, -5 to -4 in. long rather thick, 

 pubescent. Calyx very short nearly flat 4-toothed pubescent. 

 Petals 4 pale yellow linear-oblong pubescent outside. Stamen- 

 tube pubescent outside, teeth 8. Disc glabrous longer than the 

 hairy tomentose ovary. Fruit obovoid 1-25 in. long, grey-tomentose. 

 Hab. Thick forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah ; Changi. Malacca 

 (Maingay, Griflith). Penang Hill. 



(14) D. densiflorum Miq. Ann. Miis. Lugd. Bot. iv. 9; King, 

 I.e. 46. 



Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 12 in. through. Leaves 15 to 20 in. 

 long ; rachis angular puberulous ; leaflets alternate, elliptic or oblong 

 acuminate, base rounded or sub-cuneate unequal, glabrous (or 

 hairy on the lower midrib) ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 4-5 to 7 in. long, 



