4^4 XXXV. MELiACE^. [Beddomeu. 



ring composed of the filaments and disc. Pistil adnate to the 

 disc ; ovary hairy. Species 2 or 3, S. India, Malaya. 



(i) B. racemosa Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mits. iv. 10. 



A large tree. Young parts ferruginously tomentose. Leaves 

 simple glabrous when adult, thinly coriaceous ovate to elliptic- 

 ovate sub-acute, base narrowed, 4 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 4 in. wide; 

 petioles -25 to i in. long. Flowers -i in. long greenish white in 

 racemes 2 or 3 axillary, tomentose 2 to 6 in. long. Sepals oblong 

 tomentose. Petals glabrous larger. Hah. Dense forests. Perak, 

 Ulu Batang Padang, near the Telom Valley (Ridley). 



14. CARAPA, Aubl. 



Glabrous littoral trees. Leaves 2- to 4- or 6-foholate; leaflets 

 opposite coriaceous; nerves faint. Panicles lax, axillary cymose. 

 Flowers small white bisexual. Calyx 4-fid. Petals 4. Stamen- 

 tube urceolate-globose 8-dentate, teeth bipartite ; anthers 8 included 

 alternating with teeth. Disc fleshy cup-shaped. Ovary 4-celled, 

 4-grooved; cells 2- to 8-ovuled; style short. Stigma discoid. 

 Fruit large globose 4-celled 6- to 12-seeded; pericarp leathery 

 brown dehiscing by 4 valves. Seeds large angular irregular, testa 

 thick soft spongy. Species 6, tropics. 



Leaves obovate blunt narrowed to the base . . (i) C. obovata 



Leaves ovate sub-acute broad at base . . • (2) C. moluccensis 



(i) C. obovata Bl. Bijdr. 179; King, I.e. 87. 



Low tree. Leaves 3 to 6 in. long; leaflets bright green, i or 2 

 pairs obovate, 3 to 375 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules -2 to 

 •35 in. long. Panicles 1-5 to 2-5 in. long stout. Flowers few '25 in. 

 long; pedicels 3 to -5 in. long. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals 

 white broad elliptic imbricate. Fruit the size of an orange. Hah. 

 Tidal rivers, common. Singapore, Pasir Panjang. Johor, Pulau 

 Kukub. Pahang. Selangor, Klang (Foxworthy). Province Welles- 

 ley (Brooks). Distrih. Bengal, Malay islands, Africa. Native 

 name : Nireh Bunga. 



(2) C. moluccensis Lam. Encycl. Method, i. 621 ; King, I.e. 87. 



Tree usually about 40 ft. tall, i to 2 ft. through with flaking 

 bark, much branched. Leaves 4 to 10 in. long; leaflets 2 pairs 

 coriaceous dark green ovate to ovate-oblong sub-acute, base broad, 

 2 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 175 in. wide. Panicles 3 to 5 in. long slender 

 with spreading branches. Petals white rather broader than in 

 ohovata. Fruit large globular brown, about 6 in. through or more. 

 Hah. Very common in all tidal forests and mangroves. Whole 

 peninsula from Singapore to Lankawi. Distrih. Africa, Asia, Fiji. 

 Native name : Nireh Batu. Use : Timber very hard, as a rule too 

 short and bent for beams and hard to cut, valued as firewood. 

 Bark astringent, valued for dysentery. 



