410 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Aglata. 



Leaves 12 in. or more long; petioles 6 to 9 in. long, densely red- 

 hairy; leaflets 14 pairs sessile oblong cuspidate membranous, 

 hairy on both sides, densely on the midrib beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 

 3 in. wide. Panicles 6 to 12 in. long, much-branched densely 

 hairy. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx lobes ovate acute 

 with tufts of hairs longer than the smaller orbicular glabrous 

 petals. Stamen-tube semi-globose ; anthers 5. Malacca (Cantley). 

 Native name : Tambu Gulong. Use : Timber used for beams. 

 Fruit, sweet edible. 



No specific locality is given by Cantley, and the plant has never been found 

 again, striking as its appearance must be. 



(25) A. macrostigma Kmg, I.e. 78. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves 2*5 to 4 ft. 

 long; petioles very long and like rachis and inflorescence covered 

 with scales ; leaflets 15 to 17 opposite membranous elhptic to oblong 

 acutely acuminate, base rounded glabrous ; midrib and nerves 

 12 to 20 pairs beneath scaly, prominent, 5 to 10 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 

 wide; petiolules '5 to 7 in. long. Panicle 12 in. long; branches 

 stout many-flowered. Flowers obovoid "oS in. long; pedicels 

 tomentose. Calyx cup-shaped with 4 broad teeth, rusty tomentose. 

 Petals glabrous imbricate, 2 outer ones orbicular, 3 inner smaller 

 elliptic. Stamen-tube cupular 8- to lo-toothed; anthers 7 or 8 

 exserted. Stigma large 3-angled. Fruit elliptic-obovoid with 

 short pseudo-stalk, scaly 1*5 in. long, i in. through. Hab. Mountain 

 forests, Perak, Larut Flills 1000 to 1500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(26) A. heteroclita King, I.e. 78. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 5 to 7 in. through, glabrous except inflores- 

 cence and underside of leaves. Leaves 18 to 30 in. long; leaflets 

 8, 10 or II alternate thinly coriaceous light green, oblong to elliptic- 

 oblong acuminate, base cuneate, a few rusty stellate scales beneath ; 

 nerves 12 to 16 pairs hardly elevate beneath, 4 to 7 in. long, i'5 

 to 275 in. wide ; petiolules 35 to 75 in. long. Panicles 2*5 to 

 6 in. long; branches stout erect dense-flowered. Flowers "125 in. 

 long sub-globular on shorter thick pedicels waxy deep yellow. 

 Calyx fleshy gland-dotted, corrugate, lobes 5 broad rounded. Petals 

 5 elliptic blunt. Stamen-tube globular-cylindric ; anthers 7 or 8. 

 Fruit pear-shaped apiculate scaly tomentose, i in. long, i- or 

 2-seeded. Hab. Mountain woods. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 

 (Wray); Ulu Kal (Kunstler). 



10. LANSIUM, Jack. 



Trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets few coriaceous. Flowers 

 bisexual small on spikes, racemes or panicles. Sepals round 

 imbricate. Petals round concave imbricate. Stamen-tube globose, 

 mouth entire or crenulate; anthers 10, usually in 2 rows. Disc 



