Alangium.] 



LXXII. CORNACE^. 



893 



Perak, Goping; Ulu Kal (Kunstler). Penang, road to highlands 

 (Curtis) . Native names : Setubal ; Kalong. 



(3) A. Ridleyi King, I.e. 78. 



A big tree about 80 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic or obovate, short, blunt acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous ; 

 nerves 10 pairs, prominent beneath, 6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 

 wide; petioles -g to 1-3 in. long. Cymes sessile, short, 3- to 5- 

 flowered. Flowers i in. long; pedicels -2 to -25 in. long, velvety. 

 Calyx campanulate truncate, velvety. Petals 6, oblong lanceolate, 

 sub-acute white. Fruit ellipsoid, grooved dark purple, 2 in. long. 



Fig. 75. — Alangium Ridleyi. 



Hab. Lowland woods, apparently rare; I have only seen one tree. 

 Singapore, rockery in Gardens (Ridley) . Native name : Lidah 

 Kerbau. 



(4) A. ebenaceum Griff. King, I.e. 78. Marlea ebenacea 

 Clarke, I.e. ii. 742. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong acuminate, 

 base cuneate, round, glabrous above, minutely scaly beneath; 

 nerves 13 to 16 pairs, prominent beneath, 6 to 10 in. long, 2-5 to 

 4 in. wide; petioles -35 to -8 in. long. Cymes i in. long, 6- to 

 i2-flowered. Flowers sessile -65 in. long, -i in. through. Calyx 

 cupular, short, obscurely toothed. Petals 6 (or 5), linear pubescent. 

 Fruit ovate compressed ridged, i in. long, -6 in. wide. Hab. Dense 

 damp forests. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca, Alor Gajah 



