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XLIV. SABIACEiE. 



[Meliosma. 



(7) M. lanceolata Bl. Rumphia iii. 203, t. 168 ; King, I.e. 458. 



Small little-branched treelet about 20 ft. tall. Branchlets and 

 young parts rusty-tomentosc. Leaves 12 to 24 in. long; leaflets 

 13 to 17, stiff, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above ; nerves 12 pairs 

 with reticulations deeply impressed above, elevate beneath, more 

 or less tomentose beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; 

 petiolules "2 to '35 in. long. Panicles very large, drooping, much- 

 branched ; branches 2 ft. long ; branchlets 8 in. long. Flowers in 



Fig. 51. — Meliosma lanceolata. 



small clusters, sessile, 'i in. across, cream colour. Sepals 3, orbicular- 

 triangular, blunt. Petals 5 ; 3 outer larger orbicular. Stamens 2. 

 Fruit sub-globular, compressed, -3 to -4 in. across. Hab. Damp 

 forest edges. Singapore, Chua Chu Kang; Jurong. Johor, Bukit 

 Soga ; Gunong Pulai. Malacca, Mount Ophir (Maingay) ; Sungei 

 Hudang (Goodenough) . Distrib. Java, Sumatra, S. Siam. Native 

 name : Medang Siri. 



var. pubescens Hook. F.B.I, ii. 7, is a more tomentose state of 

 the plant. 



(8) M. Ridleyi King, I.e. 458. 



Slender little branched tree 25 ft. tall. Leaves 15 in. long; 

 rachis, midribs, nerves beneath red- tomentose ; leaflets 11 to 15 



