Aglaia.] xxxv. meliace^. 405 



brown scaly. Leaves 5 to 9 in. long ; leaflets 5 to 7 oblong-lanceo- 

 late, or ovate, opposite thinly coriaceous bluntly acuminate, base 

 cuneate, glabrous above, scaly beneath ; nerves 6 to 9 pairs slender, 



2 to 6 in. long, i to 2'5 in. wide; petiolules "2 in. long. Panicles 



3 to 8 in. long. Branches spreading, dense-flowered. Flowers 

 depressed globular '035 in. long, on pedicels as long. Calyx small, 

 lobes 5 orbicular scaly. Petals 5 elliptic or obovate glabrous, much 

 longer. Stamen-tube truncate campanulate. Fruit ovoid or sub- 

 globose brown scaly. Hab. Common in forests and lowland woods. 

 Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Reservoir Woods. Pahang, Pulau 

 Tiuman (Kloss) ; Labong Endau (Evans). Malacca (Maingay) ; 

 Ching (Griflith). Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Menuang 

 Casing (Kloss). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler) ; Temengoh. 

 Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, Pulau Betong and 

 Government Hill (Curtis). Disirib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : 

 Belankas hutan (lit. King-Crab tree, as the flowers resemble its 

 eggs); Subulat jantan; Tumilang. 



(9) A. argentea Bl. Bijdr. 170; King, I.e. 70; Koorders and 

 Valeton, Ic. Bogor. i. t. 13. 



A slender tree 10 to 20 ft. tall. Shoots, leaves except upper 

 side and inflorescence covered with pale tomentum and silvery 

 scales. Leaves 24 to 30 in. long; leaflets 7 to 11 alternate thinly 

 coriaceous deep green above, brown or silvery beneath, oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, base cuneate or rounded ; nerves 

 12 to 24 pairs elevate beneath, 5 to 9 (terminal 12 to 15) in. long, 

 2 to 5 in. wide ; petiolules "2 in. long. Panicles very dense 3 to 

 5 in. (in fruit 8 in.) long or more ; rachis thick. Flowers numerous 

 sessile sub-globular, '08 in. long. Calyx deep cut into 5 round 

 lobes, scal}^ Petals twice as long orbicular glabrous. Stamen-tube 

 globular; anthers 5. Fruit ovoid or obovoid rusty-pubescent 

 and scaly brown, "8 to 1*25 in. long. Hab. Widely spread, but not 

 common, in forests by rivers. Perak (Kunstler). 



var. eximia Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Ltigd. Bat. iv. 55. Petals 

 elliptic. Stamen-tube ovoid. Leaflets cinnamon beneath not shining, 

 15 to 25 opposite sub-sessile, base round, 3 to 6 in. long. The 

 commonest form. Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). Temengoh 

 (Ridley). 



(10) A. splendens Koorders and Valeton, Ic. Bogor. i. t. 14. 

 A. argentea var. Citrtisii King, I.e. 71. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tafl, 3 to 5 in. through. Leaves 12 in. or more 

 long with distant oblong leaflets 15 to 19 narrowed slightly at each 

 end, smooth above, silvery beneath ; nerves about 20 pairs, slender, 

 sHghtly elevate beneath, hardly visible above, midrib strongly 

 elevate beneath, 6 in. long, 175 in. wide; petiolules "i in. long. 

 Inflorescence shorter than the leaves. Flowers -15 in. long. Calyx 

 short, lobes rounded scaly. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 Staminal-tube globose. Fruit pear-shaped silvery grey. Hah. 



