542 XLV. ANACARDIACE^. [Semecavpus. 



pubescent. Leaves thick obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, glabrous 

 above, densely pubescent beneath ; midrib depressed above ; 

 nerves 20 to 24 pairs, prominent as are reticulations beneath, 6 to 

 13 in. long, 2'5 to 5 in. wide; petioles '5 to 1-25 in. long. Panicles 

 (male) 5 in. long, red-tomentose ; branches 2 in. long. Flowers 

 •I in. across, pale greenish yellow, densely crowded. Calyx cupular, 

 flat ; lobes 5, triangular acute, pubescent. Petals 5, longer elliptic 

 acute. Stamens 5, longer. Female panicle larger; branches 

 fewer ; flowers fewer and larger. Petals and sepals more pubescent. 

 Drupe transversely oblong, -35 in. long, "6 in. wide, compressed 

 tomentose, light green. Hab. In lowland forests. Johor, Tanjong 

 Bunga. Selangor, Klang Gates (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, near 

 Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). 



(2) S. glomerulata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, 

 pp. 39, 59 and 91. 



Tree of medium size with grey bark. Leaves obovate rounded, 

 base narrowed, glabrous above; nerves 10 pairs, elevated and 

 red-hairy, as are reticulations beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, 2'5 to 5 in. 

 wide ; petioles pubescent, thick, '25 to 5 in. long. Panicle (male) 

 8 to 12 in. long ; branches many, 4 to 6 in. long, velvety-pubescent. 

 Flowers in distant clusters, 'i in. across; pedicels pubescent. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent ovate. Petals glabrous ovate-lanceolate. 

 Stamens glabrous. Disc hairy. Drupes pisiform, "2 in. through, 

 glabrous ; peduncles rather long. Hab. Open woods and roadsides 

 in the north, Lankawi, Pulau Niur Stall (Curtis). Perils, Telor 

 Jambu Kanga (Ridley). 



(3) S. cochinchinensis Engler DC. Mon. Phan. I.e. 489. 

 Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 



shortly acuminate or blunt rounded, edge obscurely crenate at tip, 

 above glabrous, beneath hairy especially on the nerves, 17 pairs, 

 slender elevate and conspicuous reticulations, 9 in. long, 275 in. 

 wide ; petioles i in. long. Panicle lax, spreading, over 12 in. long, 

 thickly hairy; branches long, slender. Flowers in small compact 

 sessile heads, distant on the branches, hairy; pedicels o, or very 

 short. Sepals ovate acute. Petals oblong, 'i in. across, glabrous. 

 Hab. Setul, Bukit Wang (Haniff). Distrib. Cochin-China. 



The only leaf I have seen is shortly acuminate, the older leaves in Pierre's 

 Cochin-China specimens are thicker and quite rounded. 



(4) S. Curtisii King, I.e. 509. 



Small tree, glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, shortly 

 blunt-acuminate, base narrowed gradually, blunt ; nerves 18 to 20 

 elevate as are reticulations beneath, 13 to 16 in. long, 4 to 5 in, 

 wide; petioles i '25 to 2 in. long, thick. Panicles terminal, puberu- 

 lous. Male flowers '15 in. across. Calyx cupular; lobes 5 ovate, 

 minutely tomentose. Petals much longer, elliptic minutely tomen- 

 tose. Female flowers larger. Drupe transversely elliptic oblique, 



