Lansium.] xxxv. meliace^. 411 



obsolete. Ovary globose 3- to 5-celled, cells i- to 2-ovuled ; style 

 very short thick. Stigma 3- to 5-lobed. Fruit baccate i- to 5- 

 celled ; cells i- or 2-seeded. Seed oblong in a pulpy aril. Species 4, 

 Indo-Malayan. 



Leaflets 5 to 10 in. long; flowers nearly sessile, on 



stem and branches . . . . . . ( i ) L. domesticuin 



Leaflets 4 to 5 in. long; flowers distinctly pedicelled 



on branches . . . . . . • (-) L. pedicellatum 



Leaflets lanceolate blunt 2 to 3 in. long; flowers on 



slender axillary racemes . . . . . (3) L. cinereum 



(i) L. domesiicnm Jack, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 115, /. iv. fig. 1 ; 

 Hiern, I.e. i. 558; King, I.e. 81. 



Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Bark pale. Leaves 12 to 18 in. 

 long; leaflets alternate oblong elliptic or obovate, abruptly short 

 acuminate, base narrowed, light shining green glabrous; nerves 

 10 pairs prominent beneath, 5 to 10 in. long, 275 to 4 in. wide; 

 petiolules '5 in. long. Flowers yellow in pubescent spikes, long 

 fascicled or solitary from the old wood sessile. Calyx fleshy 

 puberulous, lobes 5 round. Petals glabrous. Stamen-tube sub- 

 globose; anthers in i row. Ovary tomentose 5-celled. Berry 

 oblong ovoid or globose, finely tomentose cream buff, i to i'5 in. 

 long; pericarp leathery. Seeds i or 2 thin, with several abortive 

 ones embedded in a translucent sweet aril. There are two forms, 

 Langsat, with usually oblong fruit and thin rind containing a 

 milky latex, and the Dukii, more globose with thick rind and no 

 latex, cultivated only. Hab. The Langsat is cultivated, and wild 

 in forests, Malacca, Selandor; Mt. Ophir woods. Selangor, Batu 

 Caves; Bukithitam; Ginting Bidai. Perak, Blanda Mabok (Wray). 

 Penang. Native name : Langsat hutan. Disirib. Malay islands. 



var. pubeseens Koorders. Leaves, underside and flower rachis 

 pubescent. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur, Weld's Hill (Foxworthy). 



(2) L. pedicellatum Hiern, I.e. i. 558; King, I.e. 82. 



Tree. Branchlets scaly. Leaves 9 to 12 in. long ; leaflets 

 3 or 5 alternate or sub-opposite thinly coriaceous elliptic shortly 

 sharp acuminate, base cuneate oblique glabrous; nerves 8 to 10 

 pairs, 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; petiolules 'iS to -25 in. 

 long. Female flowers in racemes axillary i to 2 in. long. Flowers 

 on pedicels 'i to '15 in. long. Ovary minutely tomentose 4-celled. 

 Stigma sessile. Fruit young fleshy tomentose. Hab. Malacca 

 (Maingay). A very dubious plant only once collected. 



(3) L. cinereum Hiern, I.e. i. 550; King, I.e. 81. 



Tree. Branchlets tawny-pubescent, eventually ashy. Leaves 

 3 to 5 in. long; leaflets 3 to 5 opposite sub-coriaceous elliptic- 

 oblong cuspidate blunt, base acute glabrous ; nerves numerous 

 fine obscure, 2 to 3 in. long, -8 to 1-5 in. wide. Spikes i"5 in. long, 

 slender glabrous. Flowers distant few "15 in. long, sessile. Calyx 

 cupular with 5 rounded teeth puberulous. Petals obovate glabrous ; 



