404 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Aglaia. 



depressed campanulate; anthers 5. Hab. Perak (Scortechini), only 

 specimens known. 



(5) A. Kingiana Rid/. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 175. 

 Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves quite 



glabrous ; leaflets thin coriaceous opposite 4 or more pairs lanceolate 

 acuminate, base very shortly cuneate and hardly oblique; nerves 

 12 pairs very faint both sides, 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; petiolules 

 ■4 to "5 in. long. Panicle 9 in. long, glabrous. Branches spreading, 

 lowest 3 in. long. Branchlets "5 in. long. Flowers light yellow 

 •05 in. long. Calyx narrowed to a stout pedicel, lobes 4 ovate round 

 scurfy. Petals elliptic blunt. Stamen-tube ovoid shorter, mouth 

 open ; anthers 5 large exsert. Ovary hairy. Hab. Rare, dense 

 jungle near limestone rocks. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



Resembles A. Ganggo Miq., but the leaves are not oblique at base and the 

 inflorescence not scaly. 



(6) A. glgibriflora Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 555 ; King, I.e. 63. 

 A glabrous bush or treelet up to 25 ft. tall. Leaves 5 to 8 in. 



long; leaflets 8 to 10 alternate membranous deep shining green 

 ovate caudate, base narrowed or lanceolate; nerves 4 pairs, 2 to 

 275 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. wide; petiolules -15 to -2 in. long. 

 Panicles i"5 to 4 in. long spreading. Flowers 'i in. long waxy 

 yellow. Calyx cupular with 5 broad teeth. Petals 5 longer ovate. 

 Stamen-tube urceolate; anthers 5. Fruit ellipsoid blunt white 

 puberulous i- or 2-seeded. Hab. Common in the south, edges of 

 woods, Singapore, Tanglin ; Changi. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith) ; 

 Merhmau; Sadanen (Derry). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Native names : Pasak bras-bras ; Mulupus ; Pasak Merah. 



(7) A. cinerea King, I.e. 66. 



A shrub or treelet, 10 to 20 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Branch- 

 lets, petioles, rachis, inflorescence brown scaly. Leaves 9 to 12 in. 

 long ; leaflets 5 to 7 thinly coriaceous, pale beneath with few rusty 

 scales alternate distant oblong or ovate acuminate, base cuneate; 

 nerves 8 to 13 pairs, 2*5 to 6 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petiolules 

 •35 to '6 in. long. Panicles slender lax scurfy 5 to 7 in. long spread- 

 ing. Flowers '04 in. long globular; pedicels longer. Calyx lobes 

 4 or 5 unequal blunt pubescent. Petals little longer. Stamen- 

 tube shorter campanulate; anthers 5. Fruit pyriform with a 

 long pseudo-stalk pubescent scaly, light grey. Hab. Mountain 

 forests, Selangor, Sempang Mines, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 

 Perak, Larut Hills, 3000 to 3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



The plants from the Sempang Mines have much broader leaflets than the 

 Perak ones, in fact quite ovate, and the panicle is more scurfy, but I cannot 

 separate them specifically. 



(8) A. odoratissima Bl. Bijdr. 171 ; King, I.e. 67. A. Rox- 

 burghiana Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 555, not of Miguel. 



Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets, petioles, rachis, and inflorescence 



