Chisocheton.} xxxvu. MELIACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 551 



MALACCA, Maingay ; PENANG, Porter. 



A small tree or shrub. Leaves 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 3-9 byl| 3in.; petiolules very 

 short. Panicles nearly as long as the leaves. Flowers |-| in. long, clustered, sub- 

 sessile, dull red. Foung fruit fusiform-oblong, appressedly silky, i in. long. 



** Anthers 6-8. 



t Flowers subsessile or on very short pedicels. 



J Teeth of staminal tube lanceolate. 



4. C. glomeratus, Hiern ; young parts inflorescence lower surface of 

 leaflets and midrib above hispid -pubescent tawny, leaflets 2-5-7 opposite 

 elliptic cuspidate base rounded very shortly petiolulate, panicles supra- 

 axillary equalling the leaves, flowers subsessile clustered, calyx obscurely 

 toothed, petals 4 nearly glabrous, staminal tube 6-toothed teeth lanceolate 

 entire silky inside, anthers 6 somewhat exserted, style very hairy. 

 Schizochiton ? Wall. Cat. 9040. 



PENANG hills, Porter. 



A very lofty tree, and stout in proportion. Leaves 1-1 \ ft., often terminating 

 in a growing point; leaflets 4-8 by 14~2 in. Flowers \ in. long or more, glabrous, 

 white. A specimen in fruit from Malacca (Hb. Griffith, Kew distr. n. 1065), with a 

 leaf 2 ft. long and leaflets 6-10 by 2|-3| in., and fruit 1^ in. long, seems to belong to 

 this species. 



5. C. fragrans, Hiern; subglabrous, leaflets 16-28 subopposite 

 elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate nervose shortly petiolulate, base obtuse 

 oblique, male panicles elongated about equalling the leaves, flowers 

 4-merous, calyx 4-toothed or subentire, teeth of staminal tube 6-5 entire, 

 fruiting racemes elongated pendulous equalling or shorter than the leaves, 

 fruits subglobose somewhat pyriform pedicelled 2-celled, cells 1-2-seeded. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay 324. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 1^ ft., dark green ; leaflets l|-4 by f-l in. ; petiolules |- in. 

 Flowering panicles 1 ft. or more iong, pendulous, supra -axillary ; flowers in. long, very 

 fragrant, shortly pedicelled. Petals slightly imbricated above, glabrous, reflexed to the 

 middle. Staminal tule petaloid, glabrous outside, hairy inside ; teeth lanceolate, acute, 

 spreading. Anthers 6-5, sessile, exserted. Ovary 2 P-celled ; style appressedly hairy. 

 Disk annular, fleshy. Fruiting racemes 1 ft. or more long. Fruits obsoletely tomen- 

 tose, reddish brown r ^l| in. diam., 2-celled; few, many being abortive, on short pedicels 

 stouter than the peduncle. Aril large, fleshy, white, covering half the seed ; bile broadly 

 oval. Cotyledon* greenish, very thick, fleshy, deeply auricled. 



6. C. holocalyx, Hiern; subglabrous, leaflets 17-23 narrowly oblong 

 narrowly acuminate opposite or subopposite petiolulate, base obliquely 

 cuneate, margins narrowly revolute, panicles elongated narrow drooping 

 supra-axillary, flowers 4-merous, calyx truncate entire, staminal tube pu- 

 bescent especially inside 6-8-toothed teeth lanceolate acute entire or bifid, 

 anthers 6-8 somewhat exserted sessile, style appressedly pubescent, disk 

 annular fleshy about equalling the short ovary. 



MALACCA, Maingay; SINGAPORE, T.Anderson. 



Leaves 2-3 ft.; leaflets 3-7 by 1-1 f in. ; petiolules ^-\ in. Panicles nearly equal- 

 ling the leaves with very short divaricate branches ; pedicels very short. Flowers 5 in. 

 long. Petals glabrous except the apex. Ovary 2-celled. " Flowers with a sterco- 

 raceous odour like Psederia" (Maingay}. Closely allied to C. divergens, Blume. 



Teeth of staminal tube oblong. 



7. C. dysoxylifolius, Kurzin Journ. As. Soc. Beny. xL iL'49 (1871); 

 leaflets alternate oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous subcur- 



