536 XLV. ANACARDiACEiE. [PaHshia. 



apiculate, "5 in. long, tomentose, wings oblong-linear, blunt, 

 glabrous or nearly so, 4*5 to 5 in. long, '5 in. wide. Hah. Malacca 

 (Maingay). 



(3) P. insignis Hook. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 170, /. 26. 

 Gigantic tree 180 ft. tall. Leaves 12 to 20 in. long; leaflets 



6 to 9 pairs, thinly coriaceous, obliquely oblong-lanceolate acute, 

 base rounded sub-cordate unequal, glabrous or pubescent beneath ; 

 nerves 8 to 12 pairs, 3 to 5 in. long, i"2 to 2 in. wide; petiolules 

 •I to '2 in. long. Male panicles 18 in. long, 12 in. across, much 

 branched, tomentose. Flowers "2 in. across, light yellow. Calyx 

 pubescent, lobes triangular, unequal. Petals longer oblique ovate, 

 blunt. Fruit conic, hairy, '5 in. across; wings narrow oblong 

 sub-acute, 2*5 to 3 in. long, '4 in. across glabrous. Hah. Forests, 

 probably not rare, but inaccessible. It flowers when leafless. 

 Singapore, Balaclava, Tanglin, 180 ft. tall. Pahang River. 

 Malacca, Selandor. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis), 20 to 30 ft. tall. 

 Lankawi, Kwah, only 25 ft. tall (Curtis). Native names : Suryan; 

 Sepul. 



(4) P. rosea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 90. 

 Large tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 12 in. or more long ; leaflets 



thinly coriaceous ovate or oblong-ovate obtuse, base rounded 

 minutely cordate sessile, 4 to 4'5 in. long, 2*5 in. wide. Panicles 

 from upper axils long, slender, 18 in. long with few distinct branches 

 glabrous. Flowers sessile, 'i in. long, pink. Calyx lobes 4, oblong 

 blunt pubescent. Petals longer, oblong. Fruit-Mings (very young) 

 linear-pubescent, much longer than fruit. Hah. Lankawi, Pulau 

 Segai (Haniff). 



(5) P. paucijuga Engler, DC. Mon. Phan. I.e. 309. 



A big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 6 in. long; leaflets 5, very 

 coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate, base rounded ; 

 nerves fine faint, about 12 pairs, 3"25 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petio- 

 lules '5 in. long; petioles 3*5 in. long. Panicles 6 to 8 in. long or 

 shorter, axillary and terminal, woody tomentose. Drupe oblong 

 long-beaked, rugose golden hairy, 1-5 in. long, i in. through, wings 

 about as long '3 in. wide, coriaceous pubescent. Hah. Dense 

 forests. Singapore (Maingay). Bukit Timah. Johor, Pinerong 

 (Cantley). Dindings, Lumut. Penang, Pantai Acheh (Curtis). 



10. MICROSTEMON, Engler 



Trees often vast. Leaves unequally pinnate. Flowers very 

 small, bisexual in terminal axils in peduncled many-branched 

 panicles. Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate. Petals 5, much larger, obovate 

 imbricate. Disc annular lo-toothed. Stamens 5, alternating with 

 5 staminodes; filaments very short, thickened towards base. 

 Ovary globose immersed in disc; style terminal, short, thick. 

 Drupe oblique, oblong-ovoid, compressed, i-seeded. Species 3, 

 1 Bornean. 



