Melanochyla.'] XLVI. ANACARDIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 39 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets rather stout, densely clotlied with soft spreading ferruginous tomentum. 

 Leaves 6-14 by 2-4 in., hard, smooth but hardly polished above, with a slender mid- 

 rib, not reticulated; beneath pale with 30-35 pairs of strong arched pubescent 

 nerves, and faint -reticulations ; petiole very thick, - in. Panicle exceeding the 

 leaves, rachis almost villous, branches spreading pubescent. Flowers <J minute, 

 ^ in. diam., in small lateral cymes, shortly pedicelled. Calyx lobed for half 

 way down, lobes obtuse. Petals oblong, obtuse, pubescent outside, villous within, very 

 coriaceous. Filaments rigid nearly as long as the petals. Drupe elliptic, globose, 

 1-1 1 in. diam., orange-yellow, clothed with ferruginous (when dry) pubescence, and 

 full of black varnish. 



2. 1&. ang*ustifolia, Hook. f. ; leaves linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate 

 acuminate quite glabrous, petiole long slender, panicles slender puberulous. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets rather slender, minutely puberulous, as are the panicles. Leaves 6-10 by 

 1| If in., hard, base acute often unequal, margin rather waved, shining on both sur- 

 faces, reticulations not well defined ; midrib slender above, strong beneath ; nerves 

 15-20 pairs, arched ; petiole 1-1 in. very slender, greatly thickened from in. above 

 the base. Panicles chiefly axillary, very slender, longer or shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers in lateral cymules, c? p in. diam. ; like those of M. tomentosa, but much less 

 tomentose. Drupe unripe ^ -f in. diam, globose, apiculate, puberulous. Maingay 

 describes the corolla as imbricate, but I find it to be quite valvate. 



3. XIX. TCaing'ayi, Hook.f. ; leaves narrowly elliptic-oblong or -oblanceo- 

 late abruptly acuminate pubescent beneath, panicle stout tomentose. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree yielding a copious black varnish, Maingay. Branchlets rather slender, gla- 

 brous or pubescent. Leaves 5-8 by 2^ 3 in., rigidly coriaceous, narrowed into the 

 petiole, smooth but hardly shining above, beneath minutely pubescent; nerves 20-25 

 pairs, strong, arched ; reticulations beneath distinct, transverse ; petiole ^ f in. Pa- 

 nicle terminal, stout, ferruginous, Flowers pubescent, $ f in. diam. subsessile ; $ 

 more than twice as large, with an almost urceolate calyx. Filaments rather broad. 

 Ovary globose, hairy. Fruit not seen. 



4. X9X. auriculata, Hook. f. ; leaves narrowly linear-oblong from an au- 

 ricled tapering base recurved acuminate glabrous polished sessile or with a 

 very short enlarged petiole, panicle $ stout pubescent. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets very thick and woody. Leaves 18 by 3-4 in., rigidly coriaceous, appa- 

 rently folded down the middle, recurved, polished on both surfaces, base^-f in. broad, 

 auricles recurved ; nerves about 30 pairs, slightly arched, more prominent above than 

 beneath, transverse reticulations faint beneath ; midrib at the base suddenly expand- 

 ing into a petiole 5- in. long and as broad, which is adnate to the branch. Panicles 

 terminal, smaller than the leaves, rusty-pubescent, rachis very stout. Flowers $ clus- 

 tered about | in. diam. Driipe oblong-globose, lj-1^ in. diam., puberulous, ribbed 

 when dry ; stone very thick. 



18. NOTHOFBCtZA, Blume. 



Small tree. Leaves alternate or opposite, petioled, entire. Racemes short 

 axillary. Flowers small, bracteate, white, polygamous. Calyx small, 4-5- 

 lobed, persistent. Petals 4-5, spreading, imbricate. Disk annular, 4-5-lobed. 

 Stamens 4-5, inserted on the margin of the disk, filaments free hairy. Ovary 

 free, sessile, ovoid, 1-celled ; style very short, stigma simple ; ovule pendulous 



