400 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Amoora. 



branches numerous spreading ; branchlets 2- to 3-flovvered. Flowers 

 •I in. long obovoid round. Calyx cupular pubescent. Petals 3 

 round concave. Stamen-tube ovoid g-toothed ; anthers 10. Fruit 

 pear-shaped 2*5 in. long, 1-5 in. through; pericarp fleshy crimson 

 or reddish brown tomentose. Hab. Forests. Singapore (Maingay). 

 Malacca, Merlimau; Ayer Panas (Derry). Perak, Goping (Kunst- 

 ler). Penang, Government Hill and Balik Pulau (Curtis). 



(7) A. Maingayi Hierii, I.e. i. 562. Aglaia Maingayi King, 

 I.e. 79. 



Tree 25 to 35 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long ; petioles 

 1-5 in. long; leaflets 4 or 5 alternate fleshy membranous, oblong- 

 eUiptic acuminate blunt, base cuneate glabrous; nerves 6 to 9 

 pairs, 2'5 to 3*5 in. long, 1-15 to 1-5 in. wide; petiolules 'i in. long. 

 Panicles i or 2 from axil, 175 to 2 in. long, scaly. Flowers "15 in. 

 across depressed globular. Calyx 4- or 5-lobed, lobes round 

 scaly. Petals 4 or 5 obovate glabrous. Stamen-tube depressed- 

 globose obscurely toothed ; anthers 10. Ovary 3-celled 3-ovuled. 

 Fruit obovoid 3-cened. Hah. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, 

 Weld's HiU, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunst- 

 ler). Native name: Petutu. 



A rare and little known tree. It only resembles an Aglaia, to which 

 King referred it, in its scaly flowers. 



(8) A. decandra Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 562. 



Large tree. Leaves 12 in. long; petioles 2 in. long; leaflets 

 7 to 13, opposite oblong cuspidate, base narrowed (lower ones 

 nearly ovate smaller), 4 in. long, i'5 in. wide; nerves fine 12 pairs; 

 petiolules 'oS in. long or less. Panicles very lax 6 in. long ; branches 

 distant 2 in. long. Flowers globose in scattered pairs; pedicels 

 •I in. long. Sepals very short ovate acute. Petals 5, round 'oS in. 

 long; anthers 10. Fruit capsular i"5 in. through. Hab. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Distrih. Himalayas. 



There is no note as to where exactly Maingay got his specimen, and it 

 seems a very improbable distribution. 



8. APHANAMIXIS, Bl. 



Small trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets oblique. 

 Male flowers in panicles, females in simple spikes or racemes on 

 different plants, small. Sepals 5. Petals 3 concave imbricate. 

 Stamen-tube sub-globose ; anthers 3 or 6. Disc small flat or 

 conic. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent ; pericarp 

 coriaceous. Seeds arillate. Species 3, Indo-Malayan. 



Stamens 3; leaflets 10 in. long . . . . (i) A. sumatrana 



Stamens 6 ; leaflets a,bout 4 in. long . . . (2) A. Bohituka 



(i) A. sumatrana Ridl. Amoora sumatrana Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bot. iv. 35 ; King, I.e. 52. 



A small tree up to 20 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 20 to 30 in. 



