Meliosma.] xliv. sabiace^e. 515 



long, 3*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Panicles 10 in. long; 

 branches 3 in. long distant. Flowers crowded t in. across sessile. 

 Sepals 4, ovate glabrous. Petals none. Stamens 2 to 3, short. 

 Fruit ovoid-globose, 3 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, Penang Hill 

 (Maingay, Curtis). Perak (Scort echini). 



(4) M. levis King, I.e. 457. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves pinnate, 

 30 to 40 in. long; leaflets 10 to 12 pairs, coriaceous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous; nerves 14 to 16 

 pairs, slender raised, 5 to 7 in. long, i to 1-25 in. wide; petioles 

 •35 in. long. Panicles 18 in. long; branches distant racemose, 

 lower ones 5 in. long, upper ones shortening, shortly hairy. Flowers 

 less than 'i in. across, sessile, pale yellow. Sepals 2, orbicular, 

 puberulous outside. Petals 5, 3 outer large, 2 inner small. Stamens 

 2 to 3; connective of anther hooded. Hah. Dense wet jungle, 

 200 to 300 ft. altitude, rare. Perak, Batang Padang district 

 (Kunstler). 



(5) M. nitida Bl. Rumphia iii. 202, /. 169; King, I.e. 457. 

 M. sumatrana Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 6. 



Small tree or erect shrub about 10 to 20 ft. tall, nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves pinnate, 12 to 18 in. long ; leaflets coriaceous, 7 to 13 elhptic- 

 ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, base cuneate, glalsrous ; nerves 

 7 to 10 pairs and reticulations prominent beneath, 4 to 12 in. long, 

 175 to 4-25 in. wide; petiolules -35 to 75 in. long. Panicles 

 terminal axillary strict, 8 to 12 in. long, red-scurfy; branches short. 

 Flowers 'i in. across, white, pedicelled. Sepals rounded 4. Petals 

 5, 3 outer round enclosing the two small inner ones. Stamens 2 ; 

 anthers hooded with 2 round lobes. Fruit oblique to ovoid round, 

 I in. long, '8 in. across, orange. Hab. Woods low country up 

 to 2500 ft. altitude. Pahang, Bentong (Foxworthy). Malacca, 

 Rim (Griffith) ; Nyalas. Johor, Kota Tinggi ; Merlimau (Cant- 

 ley). Selangor, Petaling; UluGombak (Murdoch). Perak, Gunong 

 Harom Parah (Scortechini) up to 2500 ft. altitude; Hermitage 

 Hill. Bindings, Lumut. Penang, Government Hill. Native names : 

 Pinang Pelandok; Mata Gajah; Tahi Gigi. Mengading. Use: 

 . Fruit eaten by Jakuns. 



(6) M. elegans Ridl. 



Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves pinnate 6 to 8 in. long; 

 leaflets opposite, 6 to 10 pairs, lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, 

 glabrous except a few reddish hairs on petiolules and midrib, 2 in. 

 long, I in. wide; petiolules "25 in. long. Panicle lax, 12 in. long, 

 hairy; branches remote, 6 in. long; branchlets i to 2 in. long. 

 Flowers sub-sessile, pink fragrant. Calyx-lobes 4 to 5 lanceolate 

 obtuse ciliate. Petals glabrous, 5 outer ones orbicular, inner ones 

 oblong hooked. Stamens 3, with a bilobed cup surrounding anther. 

 Drupe pisiform, -25 in. long. Hab. Forest hill ranges. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass (Curtis). 



