528 XLV. ANACARDIACE^. [Gluta. 



2 to 5, linear-lanceolate, twice as long. Stamens 4 to 5, as long. 

 Gynophore long. Drupe oblong flattened gibbous, i"5 in. across, 

 black. Hah. Forests in hills about 2000 ft. altitude. Perak 

 (Kunstler, fide King). Penang Hill, abundant. Distrib. Tenas- 

 serim. Native name : Rengas Ayam. 



(5) G. Wrayi King, I.e. 482; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 

 49, p. 16. 



Tree, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves stiff coriaceous, 

 elliptic sub-acute, narrowed to base ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, in- 

 visible above, faint or slightly elevate beneath, 4 to 6'5 in. long, 

 I •6 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles "6 to 7 in. long. Panicles in upper 

 axils 3 in. long, pubescent. Flowers numerous, *4 in. long. Calyx 

 half as long as petals, pink. Petals 5, oblong blunt, base clawed, 

 puberulous outside, white. Stamens 5, longer. Fruit oblong, 

 laterite red 4 to 5 in. long, 3 in. thick, elliptic smooth. Hab. 

 Forests, Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Sungei Larut (Wray). 



(6) G. virosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. A.<;. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 27. 



A large branching tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous 

 lanceolate, 9 in. long, 275 in. wide, acuminate at both ends, blunt ; 

 nerves about 18 pairs, slightly raised beneath, reticulations fine, 

 visible; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles axillary towards the branch- 

 tips, 3 to 4 in. long. Calyx-tube spathaceous, red, '2 in. long, 

 split on one side. Petals twice as long, linear-oblong, white. 

 Ovary pubescent. Fruit obovoid, smooth, not polished, rough 

 light brown, 2"5 to 5 in. long and nearly as wide. Hab. Damp 

 forests, Selangor, Rantau Panjang. Perak, Gunong Pondok 

 (Kunstler). Dindings, Simpit. Penang, Telok Bahang and Penara 

 I3ukit (Curtis) ; Moniot's Road. Native name : Rengas Kerbau 

 Jalang. 



Reputed as exceptionally poisonous. The fruit is often as large as an 

 Indian mango, and has a scurfy-brown skin like that of G. coarctata and 

 Bengas, but not tubercled. 



6. MELANORRHCEA, Wall. 



Trees, very large, resinous and poisonous. Leaves alternate, 

 simple. Panicles in terminal axils. Flowers medium, white 

 flushed pink, unisexual. Sepals united into a cap, deciduous. 

 Petals 5 to 8, linear-oblong, imbricate. Disc hemispheric or 

 columnar. Stamens 5 to 10 or very numerous ; filaments slender. 

 Ovary stalked, oblique lenticular, i-celled; style lateral. Fruit, 

 a dry drupe, sessile or on a long pedicel with the petals developed 

 into long spreading pink wings. About 6 species, Indo-Malayan. 



On the poisonous properties of Melanorrhcea, see Gimlette, Malay Poisons, 

 p. 44. 



Petals accrescent in fruit into long pink wings. 

 Calyx spathaceous falling off like a cap. 



Stamens 5 ; bracts small, deciduous . . (i) M. Wallichii 



Stamens 5 ; bracts large, persistent . . (2) M. Woodsiana 



