Campnosperma.] xlv. anacardiace^. 535 



are reticulations beneath. Panicle male large; branches 18 in. 

 long, lax spreading hairy. Flowers under -i in. long, green in 

 short cymes. Bracts linear hairy. Calyx lobes 5, ovate, pubescent. 

 Petals 5, valvate oblong blunt, glabrous. Stamens shorter glabrous. 

 Ovary conic, hairy. Fruit unknown. Hab. In low open country 

 not rare, but very rarely flowering. Malacca near Mount Ophir 

 (Hullett). Pahang, Tahan River; Kwala Lipis (Machado). Negri 

 Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Distrib. Sumatra. N ative name : M.vXvim.\xt. 



9. PARISHIA, Hook. fil. 



Trees often vast, usually flowering without leaves, unisexual. 

 Leaves pinnate alternate; leaflets coriaceous, usually oblique at 

 base. Panicles large. Male flowers small. Calyx cupular 4-lobed, 

 lobes ovate valvate. Petals 4, oblong imbricate, yellow or pink. 

 Disc annular 4-lobed. Stamens 4, from below disc edge. Female 

 as in male, but ovary sessile, ovoid, i-celled ; style terminal trifid. 

 Stigmas capitate. Fruit globose or conic, hairy, the calyx developed 

 into long linear-oblong wings, usually much longer than drupe. 

 Species 5, Burmo-Malayan. 



Wings of fruit 4-6 to 6 in. long. 



Leaves glabrous ; leaflets narrow, oblong . . (1) P. Maingayi 



Leaves pubescent beneath ; leaflets elliptic-oblong . (2) P. pubescens 

 Wings 2*5 to 3 in. long; leaflets ovate acuminate, 



glabrous . . . . . . . . (3) P. insignis 



Wings linear much longer than fruit ; leaflets ovate, 



sub-sessile . . . . . . . (4) P. rosea 



Wings I '5 in. long, hardly longer than the oblong, beaked 



red-tomentose fruit ; leaflets very coriaceous , (5) P. paucijuga 



(i) P. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 30 ; King, I.e. 493. 



A tall tree about 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves 12 to 15 in. long; 

 leaflets very coriaceous, ellliptic-oblong sub-acute or blunt, base 

 rounded or cuneate, glabrous above, slightly puberulous on the 

 back; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, slender, faint, 2-5 to 3-5 in. long, 

 I to i"25 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles pedunculate, 

 8 to 10 in. long, few-branched; branches 2 to 4 in. long, distant; 

 branchlets i in. long pubescent. Flowers -3 in. long. Calyx urceo- 

 late, lobes broad ovate blunt pubescent, yellow. Petals Hnear- 

 oblong, twice as long, creamy yellow. Stamens shorter. Ovary 

 hairy. Drupe ovoid acuminate bristly; wings oblong-linear, tip 

 rounded 7 in. long, i in. wide, pubescent. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 

 Garden Jungle by rockery. Malacca (Maingay). 



(2) P. pubescens Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 30; King, I.e. 493. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long ; branches and petiole 

 pubescent; leaflets thickly coriaceous, 5 to 7 pairs, sub-sessile, 

 glabrous above, pubescent tomentose beneath, oblong acute or 

 acuminate; nerves strongly elevate, 12 to 16 pairs, 4-5 to 5-5 in, 

 long, 1-5 in. wide. Panicles over 12 in. long with numerous densely 

 fascicled tomentose branches. Flowers -5 in, across. Drupe ovoid 



