Buchanama.] xlv. anacardiace^. 519 



Engler's var. petiolaris is merely based on a state of the foliage, the 

 leaves being^maller and rounder. 



(2) B. sessilifolia Bl. Ann. Mits. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 184; King, 

 I.e. 463. B. acuminata Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 24. 



Tree about 30 or 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, abruptly acute, narrowed to base, glabrous except 

 sometimes the puberulous midrib beneath; nerves 13 to 15 pairs, 

 elevate beneath, 3-5 to 7 in. long, i"5 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles 

 'I to '6 in. long. Panicles 8 to 9 in. long, peduncled, spreading 

 4 in. across. Flowers crowded at tips, greenish white "15 in. across. 

 Sepals 5, round. Petals 5 to 6, oblong, blunt. Stamens 8 to 10, 

 white; anthers sagittate. Drupe sub-cordate round compressed, 

 •35 in. long. Hab. Common all over the peninsula in woods. 

 Singapore, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Perak, Penang. Distrib. 

 Burma and Malay islands. Native names : Pauh pipit (Sparrow 

 mango) ; Medang Hudang ; Kurutak Hudang ; Otak Hudang ; 

 Poko Hudang; Kuluk Hudang; Katawu Hudang (in Sumatra 

 Katidang and Katudang) ; Temohong ; Gulawai. 



In some forms the buds and inflorescence are more or less hairy. 



2. BOUEA, Meissn. 



Trees medium size. Leaves simple, opposite glabrous. Flowers 

 small, yellow, bisexual. Sepals 3 to 5, valvate. Petals 3 to 5, 

 imbricate, keeled on inner face. Stamens 3 to 5, insert within the 

 small disc. Style short, terminal. Stigma 3-lobed. Drupe fleshy, 

 yellow like a small mango; stone thin fibrous, i-celled, i-seeded. 

 Species 5, Asiatic. 



Leaves 5 to 8 in. long. 



Sepals puberulous; fruit -6 to 75 in. long . . (i) B. microphylla 



Leaves 5 to 8 in. long. 



Sepals tomentose; fruit 2 in. long . . . (2) B. macrophylla 



(i) B. microphylla Griff. PI. Cantor 15 ; Notulceiv. 423 ; Hook, 

 fit. F.B.I, ii. 21. B. burmanica var. microphylla Engl. I.e. 240; 

 King, I.e. 465. 



A bushy tree 30 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves deep green coriaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 10 to 

 15 pairs fine, depressed above, faintly raised beneath, 2*5 to 3 in. 

 long, -5 to I in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Panicles dense i to 

 1-25 in. long. Flowers crowded, yellow -i in. long. Sepals 4 

 ovate, puberulous. Petals 4, oblong obtuse, much longer. Stamens 

 3 or 4, shorter, red ; anthers linear. Drupe oblong, i in. long, 

 orange, like a small plum. Hab. Villages and woods. Singapore, 

 Pahang, Malacca, Perak, Penang, often in orchards, but I think 

 wild also. It occurred in the Garden Jungle apparently quite wild. 

 Native names : Rumeniya betul ; Rumia ; Plum mango. Use : 

 A good fruit, rather acid, but good for cooking. 



