Anisophyllea.] LVi. anisophylle^. 701 



ANISOPHYLLEA, Br. 



Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or rhomboid ; nerves 

 3 to 5, radiating from base, rarely pinnate. Flowers in axillary 

 spikes, single or panicled. Calyx-tube in female ovoid. Petals 

 white or pink, very small or o. Stamens 8. Filaments short ; anthers 

 small, abortive in females. Ovules i in a cell. Fruit drupe or 

 woody oblong or pear-shaped. 



Leaves rhomboid, distichous. 



Flowers fascicled below leaves . , . (i) A. disticha 



Flowers in i in. pubescent spikes . . • (^) A. Scortechinii 



Leaves ovate or oblong; nerves stout radiating 

 from base. 

 Flowers apetalous . . . . . (3) A. apetala 



Flowers petalled. 



Petals deltoid; leaves and fruit pyriform, 



large (4) A. Gaudichaudiana 



Petals divided to base in narrow lobes . . (5) A. Curtisii 



Leaves with pinnate nerves from midrib . . (6) A. Grifiithii 



(i) A. disticha Baill. Adansonia xi. 311; King, I.e. 322. 

 Haloragis disticha Jack, Mai. Misc. vii. 19. 



Shrub about 8 to 10 ft. tall, with pendent branches. Leaves 

 (young red) dimorphous, densely covering the branches, large ones 

 trapezoid, polished green, sub-falcate acute, base cuneate, sub- 

 sessile, pubescent or glabrous, 75 in. long, 3 to '4 in. wide, sub- 

 coriaceous; small ones lanceolate from below the big ones, lying 

 fiat on branch, *! to "25 in. long. Flowers, males on the under- 

 side of the branch, fascicled "05 in. across white; racemes very 

 short. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals shorter, fimbriate. Stamens 8. 

 Females solitary, larger, sub-sessile. Calyx-tube elongate, connate 

 with ovary; lobes 4, triangular. Petals and stamens as in male. 

 Drupe oblong truncate, pulpy, bright red; seed oblong 8-ribbed. 

 Hab. Common in low woods and secondary growth. Singapore 

 common, to Perak, Waterfall, Thai ping (Wray), Kedah, Kulim 

 (Haniff) and Gurun (Robinson). Disirib. Borneo, Sumatra. 

 Native names : Poko Kanchil ; Kayu Pachat. 



(2) A. Scortechinii King, I.e. 325. 



Shrub or treelet 25 ft. tall, habit of A. disticha. Branchlets 

 tomentose. Leaves falcate rhomboid, long acuminate, base oblique 

 acute, glabrous except a few hairs on back and nerves pubescent ; 

 nerves 3 to 5 from base, prominent beneath, 2 "5 to 3 in. long, '6 to 

 1*25 in. wide; petioles '15 in. long. Panicles '5 to i in. long, 

 pubescent i to 2 branches. Male flowers "i in. across ; pedicels as 

 long. Sepals 4 to 5, ovate acute. Petals shorter, trilid, white. 

 Stamens 8. Fruit elhpsoid, 75 in. long, -4 in. through, red. Hah. 

 Dry open woods, local. Pahang, Baloh Residency, Kwantan 

 (Foxworthy). Dindings at Simpit. Perak, Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 

 Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Native name : Kayu Ribu- 

 Ribu. 



