892 Lxxii, coRNACE^. [AlangiutH. 



2. ALANGIUM, Lam. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in axillary fas- 

 cicles or cymes, bisexual, hairy, white, rather large. Calyx-tube 

 toothed or truncate. Petals 5 to 6, linear oblong, valvate. Stamens 

 as many, twice as many or more. Anthers long, linear ; filaments 

 short, hairy. Ovary i-celled, i-ovuled (or 2- to 3-celled at base) ; 

 style very long. Stigma large. Fruit a flattened drupe with thin 

 pulp, crowned by the calyx. About 16 species, Asia, Africa, 

 Australasia. 



Stamens more than 6 (15 to 20) . . . . (i) A. Lamarckii 



Stamens 5 or 6 ; fruit much compressed ; stigma 

 not lobed; leaves thickly coriaceous, large. 

 Calyx with distinct teeth ; leaves broad elliptic, 



cordate hairy beneath often oblique . . (2) A. nobile 



Calyx-limb nearly or quite entire ; leaves oblique 

 at base. 

 Leaves oblong, glabrous ; cymes sessile . . (3) A. Ridleyi 



Leaves oblong, glabrous ; cymes peduncled . (4) A. ebenaceum 

 Leaves thin, coriaceous, base cuneate glabrous (5) A. tutela 

 Calyx toothed ; leaves thin 4 in. long, bases 

 oblique. 

 Leaves lanceolate acuminate . . • (6) A. uniloculare 



Leaves oblong ovate, densely hairy beneath , (7) A. begoniaefolium 



(i) A. Lamarckii Thw. Enum. 133; King, I.e. 76. A. salvi- 

 folium Wangner, in Pfianzenreich 9. 



Shrub or treelet. Leaves oblong elliptic to ovate round, base 

 round, blunt apiculate, glabrous above, hairy beneath; nerves 

 4 to 5 pairs, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide ; petioles -2 to -3 in. 

 long. Flowers in short fascicles of 4 to 8, about -75 in. long; 

 peduncle and calyx tomentose. Calyx cupular, slightly 6-toothed. 

 Petals lanceolate, hairy outside with a hairy line inside. Stamens 18 

 pilose. Fruit ellipsoid contracted below calyx, tomentose 75 to 

 I in. long, -65 in. through. Hah. Forests in low country, not 

 common. Singapore, Sungei Jurong; Changi (Ridley). Perak, 

 Larut (Kunstler). Disirib. Indo-Malaya. 



(2) A. nobile Harms, Pfianzenfamilien iii. (8), 262 ; King, I.e. 79. 

 Marlea nobilis Clarke, I.e. ii. 743. 



A big tree up to 150 ft. tall. Stem 3 to 4 ft. through. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, tip rounded, base rounded, minutely 

 cordate, above glabrous midrib and nerves tomentose beneath 

 densely tomentose (as are young shoots) ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 elevate beneath, 4-5 to 2 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide; petioles '8 to 

 175 in. long. Cymes 4- to 8-flowered, very short, about i in. long. 

 Flowers -5 to -6 in. long. Calyx narrow campaniilate, 6-grooved; 

 teeth large lanceolate 6. Petals narrow oblong, tomentose. 

 Stamens 6. Fruit ellipsoid, tomentose, i in. long, -65 in. wide. 

 Hah. Forests on hills. Singapore (Maingay) ; Bukit Timah. 

 Malacca, Selandor (Cantley), Selangor, Sungei Buloh (Long). 



