Ochanostachys.] xxxvii. olacine^. 423 



5 pairs bold beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 

 '5 to 75 in. long. Spikes 2 to 3 in. long puberulous. Flowers 

 sub-sessile green under 'i in. long. Petals ovate acute. Fruit 

 oblong 1-5 in. long fleshy, milky, light green. Hab. Common in 

 forests from Singapore to Penang. Disirih. Borneo. Native name : 

 Petaling. Use : Valuable building timber, though not very large, 



4. CTENOLOPHON, Oliv. 



Trees. Leaves opposite coriaceous. Inflorescence panicled 

 cymose terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual white, medium- 

 sized. Calyx 5-partite imbricate. Petals 5 oblong. Stamens 10 

 free from a short annular disc, unequal ; anthers apiculate. Ovary 

 free imperfectly 2-celled; ovules 2 in a cell; style bifid at tip. 

 Fruit coriaceous dehiscing on one side. Seed i with an orange 

 pectinate aril. Species 2, Malayan. 



Inflorescent pale tomentose; flowers "2 to '25 in. fong . (i) C. parvifolius 

 Inflorescence rusty ; flowers '4 in. long . . • (^) C. grandifolius 



(i) C, parvifolius Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 516, t. 43; 

 Masters, I.e. i. 577; King, I.e. 106. 



Tree about 40 ft. tall, i to i'5 ft. through. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong blunt acuminate, base cuneate or rounded dark shining 

 green; nerves 10 pairs faint, 2*5 to 4-5 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; 

 petioles '3 in. long. Panicles whitish tomentose i'5 to 3*5 in. 

 long, dense many-flowered. Flowers '2 to "25 in. long. Calyx 

 round, tomentose outside. Petals coriaceous oblong, tomentose 

 outside. Anthers ovate. Ovary woolly; style glabrous. Fruit 

 ellipsoid apiculate grey tomentose 75 in. long. Hab. Common in 

 the southern woods. Singapore, Gardens; Changi (Hullett). 

 Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca, Sungei Hudang 

 (Derry) ; Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Ulu Rumpin (Foxworthy). Selangor, 

 Labu. Perak, Batang Padang, Goping and Thaiping (Kunstler). 

 Perils, TebingTinggi. Lankawi (Curtis). D/s/r/ft. Borneo, Sumatra. 

 Native names : Mertas ; Mertas Kuning ; Bangkal ; Pompom 

 Pay a. 



(2) C. grandifolius Oliv. I.e. 517, t. 43, figs. 8 to 10; Masters. 

 I.e. i. 577; King, l.c.e. 



Leaves oblong 3-5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. across; petioles 

 •5 in. long. Branches of panicle stouter. Flowers -4 in. long, 

 reddish tomentose. Hab. Forests, rare. Perhaps only a variety 

 of the last. Malacca (Maingay). Penang, Muka Head (Curtis). 

 Dislrib. Borneo. 



5. XIMENIA, Linn. 



Shrub or low branching tree, spiny. Leaves alternate cori- 

 aceous elliptic-obovate. Flowers racemose usually bisexual, white. 



