852 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



coriaceous ; 5- to 7-foliolate, only the lowest pair much smaller than the 

 others ; petiole prominently and very broadly winged ; leaflets elliptic 

 or elliptic-obovate, acute at apex, long-attenuate at base ; both surfaces 

 glabrous ; margins recurved ; middle lobe 6 to 20 in. long, 3 to 6 in. 

 broad, the rest smaller in proportion ; midrib stout, impressed above, 

 raised beneath ; main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominently raised beneath, 

 curving upwards to and along the margin, joined by a conspicuous (on 

 upper surface) network of reticulations ; petiole 3 to 6 in. long, the 

 wings broad below and almost cordate, the breadth (the broadest at 1 to 

 2 in. above the base) reaching 1*5 to 2 in. on either side at widest, curv- 

 ing upwards rather abruptly or gradually to the top, and veined like the 

 leaves ; petiolules often 0, when present scarcely reaching "25 in. long. 

 Panicles terminal or sometimes axillary to the uppermost leaves, 

 sessile or peduncled, puberulous, reaching 2 ft. in length and about 1 ft. 

 in diam. ; rachises angular, channelled ; peduncles up to 8 in. long, 

 very stout, somewhat flattened ; secondary peduncles of branches in 

 whorls of 4 around the main rachis, up to 5 in. long ; flowers in short 

 opposite or alternate many-flowered cymules, about '5 in. long, along 

 the branches ; bracts linear-lanceolate, '1 to '2 in. long, persistent ; 

 pedicels or very short ; flowers light blue with brown markings. 

 Calyx pink, shortly urceolate, tawny-pubescent, "1 to "15 in. long ; 

 teeth short, acute, in fruit slightly enlarged and recurved. Corolla-tube 

 campanulate, '25 in. long, pubescent without, villous within around the 

 point of insertion of the stamens and up to the midlobe of the lower 

 lip; upper lip of 2 ovate acute lobes -1 in. long, the lobes reflexed; 

 lower lip of 3 lobes, side lobes oblong, rounded, -15 in. long, reflexed ; 

 midlobe broad, obtuse, -2 in. long, all puberulous. Stamens exsert ; 

 filaments flattened at base, villous hairy ; anther-cells ellipsoid, rather 

 short, slightly divaricate. Ovary rounded, depressed, villous at top, 

 glabrous below ; style slender, slightly longer than the stamens ; stigma 

 shortly 2-forked. Drupe ovoid-conoidal, smooth, longitudinally ribbed, 

 1"5 in. long by 1 to 1*25 in. broad; pericarp very thick; pyrene with 

 rather soft shell. Seed 1 ; testa membranous ; cotyledons orbicular, 

 flat. 



Peeak : at Simpang, Wray 2029, 2254, 2305 ; in dense jungle on low 

 wet ground near Larut, King's Collector 2064, 6187, 6874, 8299. 



This must be a splendid tree and worthy of cultivation for ornamental purposes. 

 The large fruit, resembling that of the walnut, and the broad wings to the leaf-petioles 

 are very characteristic. 



12. ViTEx GLABRATA, Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 512 (1810). A large 

 tree ; branchlets pale brown, obscurely quadrangular ; innovations 



