1896.] Gr. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 481 



pairs, spreading, not very prominent ; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 16 to 

 2*25 in. ; petiole '3 to *6 in. Panicles axillary, "vvlien in flower shorter 

 than the leaves, when in fruit often longer, puberulous, the brandies 

 divaricate and corymbose, pedicels shorter" than the buds. Calyx 

 glabrous, only about one-fourth as long as the petals. Petals elliptic- 

 lanceolate. Stamens 5, about half as long as tlie petals, the gynophore 

 shorter than the stamens. Ovary obliquely globosely sub-reniform, the 

 style sub-lateral, 2 imperfect ovaries sometimes present. Drupe irregu- 

 larly globose or sub-reniform, much tuberculate, furrowed on one side, 

 about^ 1-5 in. in diam. Willd. Sp. PI. I, 1120 ; DC. Prod. I, 501 ; Blume 

 Bijdr. 1159; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 182, t. 39. G. Benghas, Engler 

 in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 226, t. 6. Stagmaria vernici/lua, Jack in 

 Malay Misc. ex Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. I, 267. 



Pahang: Ridley, No. 1228. 



Distributed over the whole Malayan Archipelago and known to the 

 Malayas as Renghas, which was no doubt the name that LinnaBus 

 intended to use as the specific name, although it appears in his Mantissa 

 as G. Benghas. The copious resin of this tree is acrid, but it forms the 

 basis of an excellent varnish which is exported to China and Japan. 



2. Gluta elegans, Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 310. A small tree, 

 eveiw part except the inflorescence glabrous : young branches slender, 

 with cinereous bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate ; upper surface 

 shining, the lower faintly reticulate aud sub-glaucous ; main nerves 10 to 

 14 pairs, spreading, faint or slightly prominent on the lower surface ; 

 length 3 to 6 in , breadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiole "6 to 1 in., slender, thickened 

 at the base. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, mostly terminal, 

 with alteimate sub-corymbose branches each with 5 to 9 pedicellate 

 flowers, bracteole linear. Flowers nearly "5 in, long. Calyx tubular, 

 split on one side, 4-nerved, glabrous, scarlet, the apex with 2 teeth. 

 Petals 4 or 5, twice as long as the calyx, linear-lanceolate, blunt, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4 or 5, as long as the petals or longer. Gynophore half 

 as long as the corolla. Ovary obliquely ovoid. Drupe oblong, gibbous, 

 glabrous, "75 in. long when dry, the scar of the style nearer the base 

 than the apex. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 22; Engler in DC. Mon. 

 Phan. IV, 225. Syndesmis elegans, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 

 11,315; Cat. No. 1003. 



Penang: Porter, (Wall. Cat. 1003 and 9049). King: King's 

 Collector, No. 1366. Malacca : Maingay, No. 481. Perak : King's 

 Collector, No. 4913. 



Var. Helferi, Hook. fil. I. c. leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, nerves 

 oblique. 



