Aralidium.] lxxii. cornace^. 895 



aborting; styles distinct subulate. Fruit a large ovoid drupe. 

 Seed I, rugose. Albumen large, ruminate. Species i, Malayan. 

 This plant has often been referred to the Order Araliacece. It is 

 quite unlike anything in that Order, and is abnormal for CornacecB. 



(i) A. pinnatifidum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 763, t. 13; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 726 ; Hemsley, Ic. PI. t. 1549. 



A tree about 20 ft. tall, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Leaves light shining green, 12 to 18 in. long, 8 to 9 in. wide, entire 

 or lobed, the entire leaves oblong shortly acuminate 9 in. long, 

 4 in. wide; nerves 7 pairs; the lobed forms with 8 to 10 oblong 

 acuminate lobes decurrent on the midrib, i in. or more wide; 

 petioles 1-5 to 5 in. long. Panicles much branched, pendulous, 

 18 in. long, puberulous. Flowers very numerous, minute, white. 

 Petals pubescent. Drupe ellipsoid pointed, fleshy, white turning 

 black, 1-35 in. long, -6 in. through. Hah. Common in woods, in 

 lowland districts. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Hullett) ; Kranji. 

 Johor, Sedenak ; Batu Pahat. Malacca, Tabong (Griffith) ; Ayer 

 Panas (Cantley) ; Jasin (Derry). Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. 

 Negri Sembilan, Bukit Klana (Cantley). Selangor, Rawang 

 (Kloss) ; Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; 

 Changkat Serdang (Wray). Kedah, Yan. Distrib. Sumatra, 

 Borneo. Native names : Poko Balai ; Sahalat ; Lempedu Buaya ; 

 Sebalai Tingal. 



4. NYSSA, Linn. 



Tree (or shrubs). Leaves alternate. Flowers capitate on 

 axillary peduncles unisexual, one or few females and many males 

 in a head, each flower bracteate or the males coalescing. Male 

 flowers, calyx short, cup-shaped, 5- to 7-toothed. Petals 5 to 7, 

 imbricate, hairy. Stamens 10, round a circular disc. Female 

 flowers, calyx-tube campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals none. Ovary 

 i-celled, i-ovuled. Drupe oblong or ovoid. Species 5 or 6, chiefly 

 North American, one or more in the tropical Asian mountains. 



(i) N. sessiliflora Hook. fil. Gen. PI. i. 952 ; Clarke, F.B.I, ii. 

 747 ; King, I.e. 79. 



A tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate tapering to both ends 

 or elliptic acuminate, 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; nerves 

 about 8 pairs ; petioles -4 to -6 in. long. Peduncles -5 to i in. long. 

 Heads -3 in. through. Flowers green. Fruit oblong -6 to 75 in. 

 long. Hab. Mountain woods. Very rare. Perak, Gunong Batu 

 Putih at 3400 ft. altitude (Wray). Distrib. India, Burma, Sumatra, 

 Java. 



