424 XXXVII. OLACINE.E. [Ximenia. 



Calyx cupular 4- or 5-toothed not accrescent. Petals 4 to 5 oblong 

 hairy inside. Stamens 8 to 10 hypogynous; anthers linear. 

 Staminodes none. Ovary superior 4-celled ; ovules solitary ; 

 style columnar. Stigma simple. Drupe ovoid, i-seeded. Species 

 4 or 5, southern tropics. 



(i) X. americana Linn. Sp. PL 1193; Hook. fil. I.e. 574; 

 Pierre, Fl. For. Cochincliine, x. 265 ; King, I.e. 107. 



Glabrous. Leaves i"5 in. long, -5 in. wide; nerves 5 pairs very 

 faint ; petioles '2 in. long. Raceme i in. long. Flowers about 5, 

 nodding '3 in. long. Petals linear, very hairy inside. Fruit plum- 

 like yellow pulpy 75 in. long; endocarp bony. Hah. Sea-shores, 

 Singapore, Changi (Hullett) ; Pasir Panjang. Johor, Pulau Tinggi 

 (Burkill). Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith). Bindings, Pangkor. 

 Distrib. Tropics of both worlds. Native name : Bidara Laut. 



6. SCORODOCARPUS, Becc. 



Big tree. All parts with an odour of onions when crushed. 

 Leaves alternate glabrous coriaceous. Calyx small cupular 4- 

 crenate. Petals 4 or 5 white, valvate, woolly inside. Stamens 8 

 to 10; filaments shorter than linear anthers. Ovary ovoid 4- or 

 5-celled ; ovules 4 or 5 ; style long. Fruit globose green i-celled ; 

 epicarp thin fleshy; endocarp crustaceous. Seed i globular. 

 Species i, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



(i) S. borneensis Becc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Hal. ix. 273 ; King, 

 I.e. 108. 



Tree about 60 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong acute 

 dark shining green 5 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. 

 long. Racemes i to 2 in. long puberulous. Petals 3 to 35 in. 

 long. Fruit 2 in. through. Hab. Forests in the south. Singapore 

 (Wallich) {Schmidelia fcetidissima, Wall. Cat. 8064) ; Tanglin. 

 Johor, Kota Tinggi; Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Kwala Baloh 

 (Sanger-Davies) ; Kwantan. Perak, Larut Hills ; Pondok Tanjong 

 (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Kulim. Use: A 

 first-class timber, deep red in colour. 



7. ANACOLOSA, Bl. 



Glabrous shrub's or trees, habit of Stromhosia. Leaves alternate 

 thickly membranous or coriaceous. Cymes axillary. Calyx cup- 

 shaped 5- to 7-toothed not accrescent. Petals 5 to 7 oblong 

 valvate with the stamens on a hypogynous or perigynous disc. 

 Stamens concealed in petals and adnate to their bases. Ovary 

 imperfectly 2- to 3-celled below, i-celled above; ovules 2 or 3 

 pendulous, placenta central ; style cyhndric. Stigma lobed. Fruit 

 drupe-hke with disc persistent at tip and calyx at base, stone 

 crustaceous. Seed i. Species 5 or 6, Indo-Malayan. 



