894 Lxxii. CORNACE^. [AlangiuM. 



(Griffith). Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Foxworthy) ; Weld's Hill, 

 Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 

 names : Lidah Kerbau Putih ; Lidah Lidah Kayu ; Mehdah ; 

 Puchut Kuning. 



(5) A. tutela Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Ixi. 10. 



Small tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate cuspidate, base cuneate, 

 alternate, glabrous, thinly coriaceous; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, elevate 

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

 Cymes of 4 to 5 flowers, short ; peduncles -12 in. long. Calyx-tube 

 •12 in. long narrowed to base, ribbed, limb entire. Petals 5 linear- 

 oblong, -5 in. long. Stamens 6. Hab. Singapore, Ponggol (Ridley). 

 Native name : Kayu Tas. 



This plant is supposed to have the property of keeping off tigers, for 

 which purpose pieces of the wood are worn as a charm. Possibly an intro- 

 duced plant in Singapore, but I have never seen any of it from elsewhere. 



(6) A. uniloculare King, I.e. yy. Marlea unilocularis Griff. 

 NotulcB iv. 679. M. Griffithii Clarke, I.e. ii. 742. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves membranous, 

 obliquely ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base 

 unequal, above glabrous except nerves pubescent, beneath appressed 

 pubescent; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, slender, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-75 

 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -25 to -3 in. long, villous. Cymes 

 peduncled 1-25 in. long; branches spreading, pubescent. Flowers 

 numerous, slender, -4 in. long. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, toothed. 

 Petals 5, linear. Fruit ovate, compressed, narrowed to tip, faintly 

 ridged, green, -6 in. long, -35 in. wide. Hah. Lowland woods. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah; Sungei Buluh. Johor, Batu Pahat. 

 Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Belukur Sawar Chini, Kwantan 

 (Foxworthy). Selangor, Weld's Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Burn- 

 Murdoch). Perak, Goping and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Native 

 names : Plane ; Tenyual Lawat. 



(7) A. begoniaefolium Bail!. Hist. PI. vi. 270. Marlea begoniae- 

 folium Roxh. Hort. Beng. 28 ; PL Corom. iii. 80, /. 283. 



Tree. Leaves ovate acuminate, base round or slightly cuneate, 

 oblique, glabrous except nerves above, densely yellowish tomentose 

 beneath; nerves 5 radiating from base, prominent beneath 6-5 in. 

 long, 4-75 in. wide; petioles tomentose 1-25 in. long. Cymes 

 several- flowered ; peduncle -75 in. long, branches as long. Flowers 

 3 to 15. Calyx turbinate, teeth triangular. Petals i in. long, 

 silk}'-. Drupe glabrous, ovoid, ellipsoid, -4 in. long. Hab. Penang, 

 Pulau Betong (Curtis). Disirib. India, China, Japan, Malay isles. 



3. ARALIDIUM Miq. 



A small tree. Leaves fleshy coriaceous thin, entire, elliptic or 

 deeply lobed. Flowers male and bisexual in large compound 

 panicles, minute. Calyx-teeth triangular spreading, tube cam- 

 panulate. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled, 2 cells 



