512 XLiii. STAPHYLEACE^. [Turpima. 



petiolule 2 to 3 in. long, laterals '5 in. long; petioles '2 in. long. 

 Panicle 2 to 3 in. long axillary with short condensed branches 

 about i'25 in. long; flowers subumbelled. Bracts minute ovate. 

 Pedicels short. Sepals oblong, tip round •15 in. long. Petals 

 white about as long. Stamens shorter ; filaments short ; anthers 

 large oblong. Ovary conic grooved. Fruit ovoid (eventually 

 globose) with the remains of the styles as conic processes with a 

 depression between each, '25 in. through. Hab. Forests. Malacca, 

 Nyalas (Goodenough) . Selangor, Sempang Mines, Semangkok 

 Pass (Ridley). 



(2) T. latifolia Wall. Cat. 4939; Ridl. I.e. T. pomifera King, 

 I.e. 452, not of DC. 



Tree about 30 to 40 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves over a foot long, 

 of 5 stiff dark shining green leaflets ovate-elliptic shortly cuspidate 

 or blunt, base round, quite entire or minutely serrulate, 4 in. long, 



3 in. wide or less ; petiolules, terminal one 2 in. long, laterals "25 to 

 •5 in. long; petioles 3 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary 

 very lax spreading, 8 in. long and as wide; flowers cymose and 

 racemed at the branch-ends. Sepals ovate blunt '06 in. long. 

 Petals oblong blunt longer white. Fruit globose fleshy green '5 in. 

 through. Hab. Common in woods in the low country. Singapore, 

 Tanghn; Bukit Mandai. Muar, Bukit Keyara (Fox). Malacca, 

 Selangor, Sungei Buluh ; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; 

 Togoh (Wray). Penang Hill; Telok Bahang (Curtis, WalHch). 

 Native names : Giramong ; Geritta ; Merbong Jantan. 



(3) T. laxiflora Ridl. I.e. 179. 



Very big tree 80 ft. or more tall. Leaves 9 to 10 in. long ; leaflets 

 5 ovate elliptic blunt or acuminate entire or minutely crenulate, 



4 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiolules, terminal one 175 in. long, lateral 

 ones '15 to '2 in. long; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles very lax 

 slender spreading, 15 in. long, 5 in. or more wide; peduncle and 

 secondary peduncles 4 in. long. Flowers sub-racemose distant; 

 pedicels 'oS in. long; upper part of panicle pubescent. Sepals 

 ovate '05 in. long. Petals little longer. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 

 Garden Rockery, a big tree. Pahang, Bukit Beserah, Kwantan 

 (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native name: Kapan 

 Bukit. 



A much bigger tree with much more lax panicles, which usually appear 

 after leaf-shedding. King has written the plant up as pomifera var. 

 sphcerocarpa, but it is quite different from the Javanese spkcsrocarpa Hassk. 



Order XLIV. SABIACEiE. 



Climbing shrubs or small to large trees. Leaves alternate, 

 simple or compound. Flowers small or minute, bisexual (rarely 

 unisexual) usually panicled. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed, lobes imbricate. 



