Dysosoylwm,.] xxxvii. MELiACEffi. (W. P. Hiern.) 549 



11. D. flavescens, Hiern; leaflets 9-13 alternate elliptic acuminate 

 glabrous midrib alone conspicuous, flowers subsessile crowded in elongated 

 axillary spikes 4-3-merous minutely hairy, calyx very short nearly flat 

 tootlied, petals very slightly imbricated pale yellow, staminal tube glabrous 

 below slightly pilose above, disk glabrous exceeding the 4-oelled shortly 

 hairy ovary. 



Malacca, Mavagay. 



Leaves 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 3-5 by 1^-2 in. ; petiolules \-\ in. Flowers i in. ; calyx 

 minutely spongio-pilose (Maingay mss.) ; petals minutely pilose outside, glabrous 

 inside ; anthers black ; style very minutely and sparingly pilose, stigma discoid, sur- 

 rounded at the base by a ring. Dish ddl reddish-orange, entire or undulated at the 

 mouth. Ovules 2 together, superposed. 



12. D. Griffithil, Hiern; leaflets alternate about 11 oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous shining, racemes from the axils of fallen leaves at the 

 lower parts of the branches short, pedicels shorter than the 4-merous 

 nearly glabrous flowers, calyx very short nearly flat, staminal tube puberu- 

 lent outside glabrous inside, disk glabrous equalling or rather exceeding the 

 4 (3-)-celled somewhat hairy ovary, style puberulent. Hartighsea ramiflora. 

 Griff. Notvl. iv. 501. 



Malacca, Cfriffith. 



BrancMets subsimple, elongated, flowering below, leafy above ; youngest parts fer- 

 ruginous-scaly. Leaves I-I4 ft. ; leaflets 4^-5 by 1^ in. ; petiolules J^ in. Flowers 

 pale-yellow, quickly turning brown ; petals ^ in. by ^j- in. Macemes X in. long. — In the 

 axils of the lowest leaves a sbort raceme sometimes occurs. 



+t Leaflets opposite or subopposite. 



13. 2>. cauliflorum, Hiern ; pallid, leaflets about 13 opposite or sub- 

 opposite elliptic or oblong obtusely and shortly acuminate glabrous 

 chartaceous, base cuneate, spikes clustered on the trunk much shorter than 

 the leaves tawny-pubescent, flowers crowded 4-merous, calyx obscurely 

 4-toothed, petals puberulent, staminal tube rather pubescent on both sides 

 8-lobed, lobes notched at apex, anthers 8 included short, style shaggy 

 below not exserted, disk tubular glabrous much exceeding the ovary much 

 shorter than the hairy style obscurely and obtusely 4-toothed, ovary 4- 

 celled hairy '" cells 1-ovuled." {Maingay.) 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 4-8 by 1 J-3J in. Shoots tawny-velutinous ; petio- 

 lules \-\ in. or terminal one longer. Inflorescence 8-4 in. long ; flowers J-| in. long, 

 CO'iy: TT-h i"- ^ong. Fruit 1 in. long, nearly glabrous, 1-2-seeded, subglobose, 4- 

 valved, deep dull red. 



14. D. cuneatum, Hiern; leaflets 13 opposite or subopposite elliptic 

 obtuse oT shortly acuminate glabrous, base cuneate, inflorescence spicate 

 shorter than the leaves, flowers 4-merous subsessile, calyx campanulate 

 obtusely cleft halfway down shortly pubescent, petals nearly glabrous slightly 

 imbricated, staminal tube with 8 hairy lines outside pubescent inside, disk 

 nearly equalling the ovary glabrous outside densely hairy inside, style 

 pilose-pubescent below, ovary densely hairy 4-ceUed, fruit subglobose. 



Malacca, Maingay; (?Sincapore, T. Anderson). 



A large tree. £eaves 2-2^ ft. ; leaflets 4-7 by 2-3 in. ; petiolules J-| in., some- 

 what tumid at base. Flowers | in. long ; calyx nearly half the length of tbe flower ; 

 style robust. Fruit 1 in. long, 3-valved.— Local name "Tautoolan." According to Dr. 

 Maingay's ms. notes, the staminal tube is campanulate, cleft into 10 narrowly quadrate 



