398 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Amooru. 



7. AMOORA, Roxb. 



Trees often large. Leaves usually imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 oblique. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles often unisexual in 

 the same panicle. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3 short concave im- 

 bricate. Stamen-tube sub-globose or campanulate, entire or 

 6- to lo-toothed; anthers 6 or 10. Disc obsolete. Ovary sessile 

 3-celled, cells I- or 2-ovuled. Stigma sessile. Fruit capsular, 

 sub-globose; pericarp coriaceous or woody 3-celled and 3-seeded 

 loculicidally 3-valved or indehiscent. Seeds with a coloured fleshy 

 aril usually only partly covering the seed. Species about 25, 

 Indo-Malaya, and i in Australia. 



Stamens 6. 



Leaflets lanceolate 8 in. long red-scurfy beneath . (i) A. rubiginosa 

 Leaflets not red-scurfy about 5 in. long. 



Leaflets oblong lanceolate caudate oblique ; 



flowers -2 in. long . . . . . (2) A. Ridleyi 



Leaflets ovate lanceolate falcate blunt ; flowers 



•15 in. long . . (3) A. CUCuUata 



Leaflets lanceolate narrow ^ by i'25 in.; flowers 

 very small . . . . . . . (4) A. malaccensis 



Leaflets lanceolate 2 by -5 in. ; nerves very 

 faint. . . . (5) A. lanceolata 



Stamens 10. 



Leaflets coriaceous 6 in. long; panicle 8 to 



10 in. red-scurfy . . . . . . (6) A. rubescens 



Leaflets thin 4 in. long; panicles i to 2 in. long (7) A. Maingayi 

 Leaflets thin 4 in. long; panicles lax 6 in. long (8) A. decandra 



(i) A. roibig-inosa Hiern, I.e. i. 561 ; King, I.e. 54. 



A superb tree 100 ft. tall, 2*5 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 18 to 

 24 in. long; leaflets 8 to 10 pairs coriaceous glabrous above rusty 

 orange-tomentose beneath, oblong or elliptic-oblong sub-acute, 

 base cordate; nerves 20 to 24 pairs bold beneath, 5 to 9 in. long, 

 1*25 to 275 in. wide; petiolules '15 in. long, thick. Panicles 

 bisexual 6 to 14 in. long rusty-tomentose ; branches 3 to 8 in. long 

 few; branchlets short. Flowers ovoid '25 in. long rose pink. 

 Calyx campanulate 3-lobed tomentose. Petals 3 obovate round, 

 glabrous. Stamen-tube ovoid; anthers 6. Fruit sub-globose 

 apiculate 2 to 3 in. through red. Hah. Forests, low ground. 

 Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Tempayan River. Malacca 

 (Maingay, Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(2) A. Ridleyi King, I.e. 56. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 18 to 24 in. 

 long; leaflets 11 to 17, glabrous sub-coriaceous oblong to ovate- 

 lanceolate caudate, base rounded or cuneate very unequal; nerves 

 8 to 13 pairs, 3-5 to 6 in. long, i'35 to 2 in. wide; petiolules '25 to 

 •4 in. long. Panicles 18 in. long on long peduncles much branched 

 stellate-pubescent ; branchlets cymulose. Flowers "2 in. long 

 ovoid. Calyx cupular tomentose, 3 broad lobes. Petals 3 fleshy 



