Chisocheton.l xxxvii. MELtACE^. (W. P. Hiern.) 551 



Malacca, Maingay ; PEifANa, Porter. 



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

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

 aessile, dull red. Young fruit fusiform-oblong, appresaedly silky, 1 in. long. 



** Anthers 6-8. 



+ Flowers subsessile or on very short pedicels. 



J Teeth ofstaminal tube lanceolate. 



4. C. g'lomeratus, Hiern ; young parts inflorescence lower surface of 

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

 elliptic cuspidate base rounded very shortly petiolulate, panicles supra- 

 axillaiy equalling the leaves, flowers subsessile clijstered, calyx obscurely 

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

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

 Schizochiton ? W(dl. Cat. 9040. 



Penano hills. Porter. 



A very lofty tree, and stout in proportion. Leaves l-lj ft., often terminating 

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

 white. — h. specimen in fruit from Malacca (Hb. GrilSth, Kew distr. n. 1065), with a 

 leaf 2 ft. long and leaflets 6-10 by 24-34 in., and fruit 1 J in. long, seems to belong to 

 this species. 



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

 elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate nervose shortly petiolulate, base obtuse 

 Qbhque, 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-ceUed, cells 1-2-seeded. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay 324. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 14 ft., dark green ; leaflets 14-4 by |-1^ in. ; petiolules |-J-in. 

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

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

 middle. Staminal tube petalnid, glabrous outside, hairy inside ; teeth lanceolate, acute, 

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

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

 tose, reddish brown,;ii in. diaui., 2-celled; few, many being abortive, on short pedicels 

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

 oval. Cotyledons greenish, very thick, fleshy, deeply auricled. 



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

 narrowly acuminate opposite or subopposite petiolulate, base obliquely 

 cuueate, margins narrowly revohite, panicles elongated narrow drooping 

 supra-axiQary, 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; Sincapoke, T. Anderson. 



Leaves 2-3 ft.; leaflets 3-7 by 1-1} in. ; petiolules J-l in. Panicles nearly equal- 

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

 long. Petcds glabrous except the apex. Ovary 2-celled. — "Flowers with a steroo- 

 raoeous odour like Psederia" ^Maingay). Closely allied to 0. divergens. Plume. 



tt Teeth of staminal tvhe oblong. 



7. C. dysoxyllfollus, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xl. ii. 49 (1871) ; 

 leaflets alternate oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous subcor- 



