Melanorrhcea.] xlv. anacardiace^. 531 



blunt, base long narrowed, glabrous ; nerves about 17 pairs, visible 

 above, elevate beneath, 5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles (and 

 midribs) puberulous, -4 in. long, winged half-way or more. Panicles 

 few, in axils below leaves, in fruit 5 to 6 in. long, puberulous. Fruit 

 transversely elliptic, flattened at both ends, i in. long, 1-25 in. 

 wide; gynophore -4 in. long; petal wings deciduous, -5 in. long, 

 •2 in. wide, coriaceous. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills 

 at 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude (Curtis 3722). Distrib. Borneo. 



The leaves are more lanceolate than in the type, but I think this is 

 Engler's plant. The reticulations of the leaves are fine, but conspicuous 

 beneath. I have only seen fruiting specimens. 



(6) M. torquata King, I.e. 486. 



A vast tree 100 ft. tall, 2 to 4 ft. through. Leaves sessile stiff 

 coriaceous obovate, tips broad round, glabrous, narrowed to base 

 of petiole; nerves 22 to 26 pairs, prominent beneath, 7 to 11 in. 

 long, 4 to 6*25 in. wide. Panicles terminal, stout, tomentose, 

 6 to 8 in. long branching from base; branchlets crowded at tips, 

 dense-flowered. Flowers "25 in. long; pedicels "i to '2 in. long. 

 Calyx short tubular, 3-toothed, withering and hanging round the 

 pedicel. Petals 5, elliptic "2 in. long, white tomentose. Stamens 5 

 shorter. Hab. Wet swampy forests. Leafless when flowering. 

 Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Larut within 100 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(7) M. aptera King, I.e. 487. 



Glabrous tree 40 to 70 ft. tall, 15 to 2 ft. through, very resinous. 

 Leaves stiffly coriaceous, obovate apex rounded, base narrowed to 

 base of winged petiole ; nerves 18 pairs, slender, prominent beneath, 

 as are reticulations, 8 to 15 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide. Panicles 

 stout, crowded in the upper axils, 9 in. long, few and short to 

 I "5 in. long branches. Flowers i in. across pale red and white. 

 Calyx -5 in. long. Petals 5 to 6, imbricate, lanceolate, silky outside, 

 not persistent. Stamens about 50 on a conic gynophore. Ovary 

 ovoid i-celled. Drupe not winged depressed-globose with numerous 

 fine ridges, 1-5 in. through, dark brown. Hab. Open forests near 

 water, low country. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis). 



(8) M. inappendiculata King, I.e. 488. 



Glabrous tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong-oblanceolate blunt rounded or refuse, base 

 narrowed cuneate; nerves 15 to 18 pairs, slender elevate beneath, 

 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles winged above, 75 to 

 I in. long. Panicles 4 to 7 in. long in upper axils, nude below; 

 flowers 75 in. long in short (i in. long or less) branches. Petals 

 narrow elliptic, white flushed pink at base. Stamens numerous 

 pink; anthers green. Drupe globular i to 1-5 in. through, dark 

 green. Hab. Dense wet jungle lowland up to 1500 ft. altitude on 

 Penang Hill. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Government 

 Hill (Curtis); Batu Feringhi (Fox). 



