Trigonachras.] xlii. sapindace^, 507 



15. TRIGONACHRAS, Radlk. 



A small tree. Leaflets many coriaceous glabrous lanceolate 

 acuminate, base oblique falcate. Panicles racemose terminal and 

 axillary. Calyx cupular pubescent with 5 imbricate lobes. Petals 

 5, each with 2 pectinate scales. Disc annular. Stamens 8. Fruit 

 large woody orange pyriform tomentose 3-angled, 3-celled, i-seeded. 

 One species. 



(i) T. acuta Radlk. Siiz. Bay. Akad. Math. Phys. ix. 672; 

 King, I.e. 445. 



Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets 11 to 15, oblong-lanceolate; 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 2 to 3'5 in. long, '6 to '8 in. wide; petiolules 

 •2 in. long. Racemes panicled tomentose; flowers rather long- 

 pedicelled. Ovary elongate conic pubescent. Fruit 2 in. long, 

 1*2 in. wide. Hah. River-banks in open country and woods. 

 Singapore (Wallich) ; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Main- 

 gay). Pahang, Pekan. Distrib. Malay Islands. 



16. ARYTERA, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaflets i to 5 pairs elliptic-lanceolate. 

 Panicles axillary or terminal. Calyx cupular 5-lobed imbricate. 

 Petals 5 with 2 pectinate scales. Disc annular. Stamens 8. 

 Fruit 2- or 3-celled lobed, lobes elliptic obcordate divaricate ; peri- 

 carp woody inside. Seed arillate. Species 20, Malaya, China, 

 Australia. 



(i) A. littoralis Bl. Rumphia iii. 170 ; King, I.e. 446. Cupania 

 adenophylla Planch, in Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 677. 



Tree 25 to 70 ft. tall. Branchlets and rachis puberulous. 

 Leaves 6 to 13 in. long; leaflets 2 to 6 pairs acuminate, base cuneate 

 glabrous thinly coriaceous, nerves 8 to 10 pairs conspicuous, 3 to 

 6 in. long, i'5 in. wide; petiolules '25 in. long, stout. Panicles 

 axillary much-branched tomentose pubescent. Flowers very small. 

 Calyx pubescent. Petals slightly longer cuneate emarginate 

 pubescent above. Stamens hairy. Fruit coriaceous 2-lobed, lobes 

 compressed oblong blunt orange. Seed black, aril red. Hab. 

 Tidal swamps and river-banks. Singapore, Chua Chu Kang. 

 Malacca, Bukit Panchur (Goodenough) . Pahang River, Temerloh. 

 Muar, Sungei Segal (Fox). Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 

 Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Distrib. Burma, Malay Isles. Native 

 names : Kulalayo Hitam ; Bedara Amping. 



17. MISCHOCARPUS, Bl. 



Tree. Leaflets i to 5 pairs ovate-lanceolate or elliptic. Racemes 

 axillary simple or branched. Calyx cup-shaped with 5 imbricate 

 segments. Petals 5 with 2 large pectinate scales or absent. Disc 

 annular. Stamens 8. Fruit pyriform blunt 3-angled or rounded. 



