530 XLV. ANACARDIACE^. [Melanonhcea. 



in the corolla wings, which are linear-oblong blunt, papery, 2*i in. 

 long, '5 in. across, bright red. Hab. Common in forests. Singa- 

 pore, Bukit Timah; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Tebing Tinggi. 

 Malacca, Merlimau. Muar (Fox). Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy). 

 Distrih. Borneo. Native name : Rengas Manuk. 



An extremely poisonous tree. Timber good, dark red, veined black, and 

 known as Singapore mahogany. 



(2) M. Woodsiana Scort. in King, I.e. 485. 



Tree 60 to 100 ft. tall. Branchlets, inflorescence, midrib and 

 nerves beneath ferruginous-velvety. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong blunt, round or emarginate above, base round 

 glabrous reticulate beneath, tomentose; nerves 15 to 24 pairs, 

 prominent beneath, 4 to 5*5 in. long, 175 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 

 I to I "35 in. long, deep-channelled. Panicles 9 in. long (peduncles 



4 in.), densely tomentose. Flowers sub-sessile "25 in. long, en- 

 veloped in bud in ovate tomentose bracts. Petals 5 oblong. 

 Stamens 5. Drupe elliptic, sessile, petal- wings narrow elliptic 

 1*5 in. long, 75 in. broad, red. Hab. Forests, rare. Perak, Batang 

 Padang (Kunstler). 



(3) M. Curtisii Oliver, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1513; King, I.e. 486. 



Tree 40 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate blunt, narrowed at base; nerves faint 

 12 to 16 pairs, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles "5 to 

 75 in. long slender. Panicles 4 to 7 in. long; branches 3 in. or 

 less, slender remote puberulous, few-flowered at tip. Flowers 

 •25 in. long; buds narrow. Calyx conic acute calyptrate 'i in. 

 long. Petals 5 linear acute. Stamens 10 shorter. Drupe de- 

 pressed, globose '5 to 75 in. long on a stalk 35 in. long, black; 

 petal-wings linear, narrowed to the base, 2*25 in. long, -4 in. across, 

 red. Hab. Forests in the north. Reputed very poisonous. Perak, 

 Larut Hills 800 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang, Government 

 Hill 700 to 800 ft. altitude (Curtis). Kedah Peak. Native name: 

 Rengas. 



(4) M. pubescens Ridl. 



Tree. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic to obovate, blunt, 

 coriaceous, glabrous above except midrib, pubescent beneath, 

 especially on midrib and 13 pairs of nerves, base narrowed, cuneate, 



5 to 6*5 in. long, 2'5 to 275 in. wide; petioles pubescent, not 

 winged, i in. long. Panicle pubescent with only i or 2 i-flowered 

 branches, 4 in. long. Flowers not seen. Stamens numerous, 

 hairy. Fruit globose 3 in. long, on a '6 in. peduncle ; petal-wings 

 coriaceous '5 in. long, i in. wide, strongly veined, linear-oblong 

 with the base of the peduncle sparsely hairy. Hab. Malacca, 

 Machang Tebung Road (Derry loio) ; only once collected and that 

 in fruit. Native name : Kayu Merah K'lueng. 



(5) M. macrocarpa Engl. DC. Mon. Phaji. I.e. 236. 



Tree, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate, 



