Amoora.] xxxv. meliace^. 399 



broad elliptic blunt concave, lower half pubescent. Stamen-tube 

 much shorter glabrous outside ; anthers 6. Fruit 3 to 5 in. through, 

 crimson sphtting into 3 valves-. Seed aril orange. Hab. Forests, 

 lowlands. Pahang, Rumpin River. Malacca, Ayer Panas ; Batang 

 Malacca (Derry). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Thaiping (Wray). 

 Native name : Pasak. 



(3) A. cucuUata Roxb. Corom. PI. iii. 54, t. 258; King, I.e. 55. 

 A glabrous tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves imparipinnate 12 to 



15 iu; long; petioles 3 in. long; leaflets 5 to 9 thinly coriaceous 

 oblong elhptic sub-falcate obtuse, base very oblique; nerves 

 numerous indistinct, midrib bold; petiolules -18 in. long. Male 

 panicles 6 to 12 in. long axihary lax, corymboid. Flowers -15 in. 

 long obovoid yellow. Calyx cupular scaly, teeth 3 blunt. Petals 3 

 broad elliptic. Stamen-tube obovoid; anthers 6. Female flowers 

 larger in few-flowered axillary racemes 2 in. long. • Seeds 3 oblong 

 trigonous black, aril orange covering more than half. Hab. Tidal 

 rivers. Singapore, Selitar; Mandai (Burkill). Johor, Tehran 

 River. Dislrib. India, Nepal, Burma, Borneo. 



(4) A. malaccensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 16. 

 Tree. Branchlets red-pubescent. Leaves 9 to 12 in. long; 



rachis scarf y puberulous; leaflets 11 to 13 opposite elhptic to 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, coriaceous glabrous; 

 nerves 16 pairs very fine, 2-i to 4-25 in. long, 75 to i-8 in. wide; 

 petiolules 'i to "2 in. long. Panicles axillary 6 to 8 in. long with 

 ascending branches, scurfy pubescent. Male flowers '05 in. long, 

 3 or 4 on the tips of the branchlets sessile. Calyx campanulate, 

 lobes short rounded pustular. Petals ovate obtuse. Stamen-tube 

 nearly as long oblong globose, mouth large, lobes short rounded ; 

 anthers 6. Fruit globose 2 in. through densely velvety tomentose; 

 pericarp woody thick. Hab. Malacca (Maingay), Ayer Panas. 

 Rare. 



(5) A. lanceoiata Hiern, I.e. i. 560; King, I.e. 55. 



Tree glabrous except shoots and flowers pubescent. Leaves 

 6 to 16 in. long; leaflets 17 sub-coriaceous narrowed oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate blunt, base sub-cuneate; nerves 25 pairs 

 nearly invisible, 2 to 3 in. long, -6 to 75 in. wide ; petiolules "2 in. 

 long. Panicles 6 to 8 in. long much branched ; branches i to 2 in. 

 long. Male flowers very small less than -i in. long ovoid. Calyx 

 cupular teeth 3 pubescent. Petals 3 puberulous. Stamen-tube 

 globular glabrous; anthers 6. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Only 

 known from Maingay 's collection. 



(6) A. rubescens Hiern, I.e. i. 561 ; King, I.e. 57. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves 18 to 30 in. 

 long glabrous ; leaflets 13 to 15 coriaceous oblong acuminate obtuse 

 rounded or narrowed hardly oblique at base; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 hardly prominent, 3-6 to 6 in. long, 1-35 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 

 •25 to -4 in. long. Panicles axihary pubescent 6 to 10 in. long; 



