Walstira.] xxxv. meliace^. 413 



8 in. long; leaflets 5, coriaceous glaucous beneath, elliptic-oblong 

 shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate or round ; nerves 8 to 10 

 pairs elevate beneath, 2 to 4 in. long, i to 2 in. wide ; petiolules 

 •25 to "35 in. long. Panicles 7 to 12 in. long many. Flowers 

 not numerous at tips of branches '15 in. long. Calyx teeth ovate. 

 Petals puberulous outside elliptic. Stamens 10 pubescent slightly 

 united below. Ovary pubescent. Fruit elliptic-ovoid, tip round, 

 minutely puberulous '65 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Maingay, Griffith). 



(4) W. tenuifolia Ridl. Joityii. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 17. 



Tree, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 5 in. long; leaflets 

 opposite 2 pairs thin membranous, glaucous beneath, elliptic 

 acuminate acute, base rounded or shortly cuneate ; nerves about 

 8 pairs elevate beneath, reticulations fine conspicuous, 2 to 4 in. 

 long, I to 1-5 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles 12 to 14 in. 

 long lax with distant branches i"5 in. long, glabrous below, scurfy 

 above. Flowers few '2 in. long. Calyx minutely puberulous 

 short, 5 acute lobes. Petals oblong obtuse puberulous outside, 

 glabrous within. Stamens connate for half their length pubescent 

 on both sides ; filaments linear-subulate. Ovary cylindric glabrous ; 

 style stout shorter than the stamens. Disc thick fleshy annular. 

 Hab. Forests. Rare, Perak, Kamuning (Ridley). 



12. HEYNEA, Roxb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves 5- to ii-foliolate; leaflets opposite. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary corymbose pedunculate. Flowers 

 small bisexual. Calyx 4- to 5-fid imbricate. Petals 4 or 5 oblong 

 imbricate. Stamen-tube 8- to lo-fid, lobes linear bidentate ; anthers 

 between the teeth. Disc annular. Ovary immersed in disc 2- or 

 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style short. Fruit capsular i-celled, 

 2-valved. Seed i, aril thin white. Species i to 3, Indo-Malaya. 



(i) H. trijuga Roxb. Hort. Beng. 33; Bot. Mag. 1738; Hiern, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 565 ; King, I.e. 86. 



Tree 15 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 16 in. long; leaflets ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base round or cuneate, glaucous 

 beneath or not ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 2*5 to 5-5 in. long, -8 to 275 in. 

 wide; petiolules 'is to '45 in. long. Panicles glabrous 6 to 9 in. 

 long; peduncle 4 to 6 in. long. Flowers white '15 in. long. Fruit 

 ovoid beaked. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Penara 

 Bukit, and Balik Pulau (Curtis), var. muUijiiga (leaflets 11). 

 Probably introduced only. Native name : Manchabei. Distrib. 

 India, Sumatra. 



13. BEDDOMEA, Hook. fil. 



Trees or shrubs with simple or pinnate leaves. Flowers bisexual 

 small. Sepals 5. Petals 5 orbicular imbricate. Stamens 5 ; 

 anthers lanceolate connivent into a cone sub-sessile in a fleshy 



