Melanochyla.] xlv. anacardiace^. 541 



on the base inside. Stamens shorter, villous. Drupe ovoid, 

 minutely tomentose 75 in. long, greenish yellow. Hab. Rare in 

 low ground forest, Perak, Larut below 100 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(8) M. angustifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 39. 



Tree 30 to 70 ft. tall. Stem 2 to 3 ft. through ; branchlets rather 

 slender, thinly tomentose. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 

 glabrous, shortly acuminate, base long cuneate; nerves 12 to 16 

 pairs, prominent beneath, 4-5 to 10 in. long, 1-5 to 4 in. wide ; petioles 

 75 to 1-5 in. long, slender. Panicles (male) axihary and terminal 

 very slender, much-branched, -45 to 18 in. long, 8 in. across or 

 less, minutely tomentose. Flowers yellow, less than 'i in. long. 

 Calyx tubular-campanulate, lobes acute. Petals oblong much 

 longer, pubescent outside, villous inside. Stamens villous. Drupe 

 globose-ovoid, 75 in. long, minutely tomentose. Hah. Forests, 

 Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis). 



(9) M. nitida King, I.e. 507. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tah, spreading, over 3 ft. thick. Leaves 

 oblong-elhptic abruptly blunt, acuminate, base narrowed, glabres- 

 cent beneath; nerves 12 to 16 pairs slightly prominent, 4 to 

 II in. long, 2*25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles i to 2 in. long, bases 

 thickened. Panicles terminal, minutely tomentose, 9 in. long; 

 branches few, ascending. Flowers (male) in sessile cymules on 

 spike-like branches, 'i in. long, sessile. Calyx brown-tomentose, 

 campanulate; lobes triangular acute. Petals triangular-oblong, 

 pubescent outside, white with tuft of hairs inside. Stamens villous. 

 Females '2 in. long, pedicelled. Ovary hemispheric, tomentose. 

 Hab. Open hill woods, Perak, Larut 1000 to 1500 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). Penang, near Cooly lines at 200 ft. altitude ; Highlands ; 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). 



14. SEMECARPUS, Linn. fil. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers small, uni- 

 sexual in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx 5- or 6-lobed, lobes 

 deciduous. Petals 5 to 6, imbricate. Disc broad, annular. Stamens 

 5 or 6 at disc-base. Ovary i-celled; styles 3. Drupe fleshy, 

 oblong or sub-globose, oblique on a fleshy receptacle formed of disc 

 and calyx acrid resinous. Species about 40, tropical Asia and 

 Australia. 



Leaves tomentose beneath .... 

 Leaves with nerves red-hairy beneath, obovate 

 Leaves yellow-hairy beneath, oblanceolate . 

 Leaves glabrous 13 to 16 in. long 

 Leaves glabrous 4 to 7-5 in. long. 



(i) S. velutina King, I.e. 508. 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Bark pale ; branches 



(i) S. velutina 



(2) S. glomerulata 



(3) S. cochinchinensis 



(4) S. Curtisii 



(5) S. lucens 



