412 XXXV. MELIACE^. [Lansium. 



anthers oblong mucronate. Ovary globose pubescent 5-celled. 

 Hab. Malacca (Maingay), only once collected. 



11. WALSURA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves i- to 9-foliolate; leaflets opposite glaucous 

 beneath. Panicles axillary and terminal. Flowers small bisexua.l. 

 Calyx short 5-lobed, imbricate in bud. Petals 5 ovate oblong. 

 Filaments 10 or 8, linear free or connate in a tube ; anthers terminal 

 or inserted in a notch in the filament. Disc annular. Ovary 

 short 2- or 3-celled, imbedded in the disc ; ovules 2 in each cell ; 

 style short. Stigma capitate 2- or 3-toothed. Fruit baccate 

 tomentose indehiscent i- rarely 2-celled and seeded. Seed arillate. 

 Species 12, Indo-Malayan. 



Filaments united near base. 



Leaflets 5 to 9; panicles short 2 to 3 in. long . . (i) W. multijuga 



Leaflets 5; panicles 7 to 14 in. long. 



Nerves 6 pairs ....... (2) W. villosa 



Nerves 8 to 10 pairs . . . . . • (3) W. neurodes 



Filaments united half-way. 



Leaflets 2 pairs; panicles 12 to 14 in. long . . (4) W. tenuifolia 



(i) W. multijuga King, I.e. 83. 



Tree 15 to 30 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Branchlets, rachis, 

 inflorescence puberulous. Leaves 5 to 10 in. long; leaflets 5 to 9 

 sub-coriaceous lanceolate to ovate acuminate, base narrowed or 

 rounded obhque ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 2*5 to 5 in. long, 75 to i"5 in. 

 wide; petiolules "15 to '2 in. long. Panicles umbellate cymose 

 axillary and terrriinal ; peduncles i to 2 in. long, heads i in. across. 

 Flowers white 'i in. long; pedicels shorter. Calyx teeth broad 

 spreading. Petals 5 broad elliptic obtuse. Stamens 10 pink; 

 filaments united in a tube at the base, above free, glabrous outside. 

 Ovary glabrous. Fruit ovoid or globose apiculate rusty-tomentose 

 •5 in. long dark green velvety. Hab. Dense lowland forest. Malacca, 

 Jus (Cantley). Perak, Larut and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler) ; Water- 

 fall, Thaiping (Wra}'). Native names: Pasak Lingga Merah; 

 Laka Laka Jantan. Distrib. Borneo. 



(2) W. villosa Wall. Cat. 1264; Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 564. 

 Tree 25 ft. tall. Leaves under 6 in. long; leaflets 5 elliptic 



acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, thinly coriaceous glaucous 

 beneath ; nerves 6 pairs ; petiolules "4 in. long. Panicles 14 in. 

 long minutely pubescent lax. Flowers '14 in. long. Calyx lobes 5 

 ovate acute pubescent. Petals twice as long oblong pubescent. 

 Stamens 10 free nearly to base hairy; anthers pubescent. Ovary 

 silky hairy. Hab. In forests rare. Selangor, Gombak (Burn- 

 Murdoch). Perak, Kamuning. Distrib. Tenasserim, Siam, Cam- 

 bodia. 



(3) W. neurodes Hiern, I.e. i. 564; King, I.e. 83. 



Tree. Branchlets puberulous, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 6 to 



