Otophora.] xlii. sapindace^. 495 



narrowed; nerves 6 pairs, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles i in. long. 

 Stipules ovate round petioled '5 in. long. Panicles lax 3 to 4 in. 

 long; branches few 2 in. long. Flowers small "2 in. long; pedicels 

 •25 in. long pubescent. Sepals 4 ovate acute pubescent. Petals 4 

 linear-oblong stellate-pubescent. Stamens 8. Disc small annular. 

 Ovary pubescent. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett), only once 

 found. 



(2) O. sessilis King, I.e. 430. 



Shrub or treelet 6 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves 30 to 40 in. long; 

 rachis and petiole stout ; leaflets 10 to 12 sessile coriaceous broad 

 elliptic shortly cuspidate, base shortly narrowed, glabrous ; nerves 

 9 to 15 pairs, prominent beneath, 8 to 12 in. long, 275 to 4 in. wide. 

 Stipules at base of petiole ovate round 2 to 2*5 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary 8 to 10 in. long of 2 or 3 raceme-like branches. Flowers 

 •25 in. long. Sepals 4, obovate. Petals 4 pink, dark red outside, 

 elliptic, bases inflexed scale-like silky. Stamens 6, glabrous. 

 Fruit ellipsoid glabrous not lobed i in. long, "5 in. wide. Hab. 

 Dense rocky jungle, Perak, Larut 600 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Penang Hill (Curtis). Lankawi (Curtis). 



(3) O. resecta Radlk. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. iii. 347. 



Small tree. Leaves glabrous 30 in. long; leaflets 20 sub-sessile 

 linear acuminate sub-acute unequal at base, 7*8 to 8*4 in. long, 

 1*2 in. wide membranous-chartaceous. Stipules sub-orbicular. 

 Panicle 13 in. long; branches thyrsoid 2 to 14 in. long. Flowers 

 red. Sepals 4 or 5 ovate. Petals 4 or 5 elliptic much smaller, 

 edges ciliate, pilose at base outside, scales emarginate pilose. 

 Stamens 8 ; filaments villous. Fruit small ovoid flattened "5 in. 

 long. Hab. Woods and forests. Pahang, Pekan; Pulau Plah 

 (Fox). Penang, Penara Bukit. Native name : Stengok. 



(4) O. imbricata Bl. Rumphia iii. 144. 



Small tree. Leaves 2 ft. or more long; leaflets numerous over 

 30, narrow lanceolate-oblong acuminate, base round, 4 in. long, 

 I in. wide, sessile; nerves very fine and numerous. Stipules sub- 

 orbicular. Panicle over 12 in. long lax with few branches 6 in. 

 long, and distant branchlets "5 in. long, puberulous. Flowers 

 small globose puberulous greenish yellow or white. Male flowers, 

 calyx 5-lobed, inner 3 lobes larger. Petals 5, small, semi-orbicular. 

 Stamens 8, short. Female flowers, ovary globose sub-trigonous 

 hairy. Stigma large sessile. Fruit globose triquetrous i in. long 

 puberulous. Seeds completely white arillate ellipsoid-oblong. 

 Hab. In secondary jungle, Pahang, Cheneh Reserve (Burn-Murdoch). 

 Distrib. Labuan, Borneo. 



Motley in Herb. Kew says it is called Kayu Matahari in Borneo, and 

 that the leaves come out white, changing through light purple to red, con- 

 spicuous from a vast distance. Wood very hard and used for making hooks 

 to catch crocodiles. 



