﻿CHISOCHETON PBINCEPS, Hemsl. 



Meliace;e. Tribe Trichiliej:. 



C. princeps, Eemsl. (sp. nov.) ; arbor ut videtur palmiformis tnmco 

 simphce, foliis pinnatis amplissimis, rhachi cragsa tereti ] ' 

 foholis oppositis brevissime petiolulatis oblongis v** <"*"*'*" 1 



datis nndulatis supra glabrescentibus rugulosis c , 



tus pubescentibus insigniter elevato-venosi -. 

 tomentosis secus rhachin longissimam pendnlam glomer 

 • o pedicellatis, calyce cupulari, corolte lobis 

 mduplicato-valvatis marginibus laevibus, tubo staniin„„ _. 

 mtus infra medium villoso, dentibus acutis antheris subinclusis altern- 

 anhbas, ovario glabro 5-loculare, loculia uniovulatis, stylo kispidulo 

 tubum stamineum superante, fructu pomiformi siccitatc rugoso plus 

 mmusve 5-lobato, seminibus castaneis. 

 Hab. Penang, at the Waterfall, Mr. 0. Curtis, 1519. 

 Arbor 40-pedalis, foliis 9-10-pedalibns (Curtis). Foliuhr saltern 

 usque ad 18 poll, longa (inferiora nou visa) ct r. poll, lata; petiolnli 

 brevrssimi valde incrassati. Inflorescentia 3 ped. longa (forsan ultra). 

 Flares 15-18 lineas longi. Fructus siccus 2* poll, diametro. Semina 

 If poll, longa. 



This tree must be a very striking object, its enormous pinnate leaves 

 surpassing those of a similar member of the same Order recently 

 figured in this work (pi. 1 708) under the name of Megaphyllcea.— 

 W. B. Hemslet. 



Fig. 1. A flower from which two lobes of the corolla have been remor-.i to lho» 

 the staminal tube and upper part of the si \ 



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 of the pericarp has been remoi ; of ^ e cined 



fruit. Natural size. 



