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young parts and inflorescence which are puberulons. Leaves 

 trifoliate, petiole thick 1.75 in. long, leaflets coriaceous, obo- 

 vate, narrowed to the base, apex shortly blunt acuminate, 

 entire, nerves about 8 — 10 pairs conspicuous though slender 

 beneath, midrib moderately stout, 4 — 6 in. long, 2 — 3 in. wide, 

 the median leaflets biggest, petiolules .2 — .3 in. long. In- 

 florescence extra-axillary, peduncle 1 — 1.5 in. long, stout, deci- 

 duously puberulons, racemes usually 2 (occasionally only one, 

 rarely 3) widely divaricate 1 — 1.5 in. long, usually unequal, 

 rhachis pubescent. Flowers numerous, crowded small on pedi- 

 cels longer than themselves, glabrous. Bracts minute, acu- 

 minate. Sepals glabrous, suborbicular, imbricate. Petals 

 shorter, claw and bind limb glabrous, scale silky. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Singapore. Bukit Panjang, climbing on trees in swam- 

 py forest {Ridley). Borneo. Mt. Gading, Lundu (Havi- 

 land 987), Baram (Hose 123). 



In spite of the number of species of Allophyll'us described 

 more or less insufficiently by Blume and Eadlkofer I can find 

 no description of any species that fits this; but it seems to be 

 nearest to A. timorensis, Bl. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Gluta virosa, n. sp. 



A large branching tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous 

 lanceolate 9 in. long, 2.75 in. wide, acuminate at both ends 

 blunt, nerves about 18 pairs slightly raised beneath, reticula- 

 tions small fine conspicuous; petiole 2 in. long. Panicles in 

 the terminal axils short. Calyx tube red spathaceous, .2 in. 

 long, split on one side. Petals twice as long, linear oblong, 

 white. Ovary pubescent. Fruit obovoid, smooth, light brown, 

 iieshv, 2.5 in. to 4 or 5 in. loiio - . 



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Selangor. Eantau Panjang (Ridley). Perak. Gu- 

 nong Pondok (Kunstler). Penang. Telok Bahang (Curtis 

 3005), and Penara Bukit (Curtis 1527), Moniots Eoad (Rid- 

 ley). 



Native name "Rengas Kerbau J'alang," i.e. Buffalo on the 

 warpath, on account of its poisonous character. 



I have seen no good flowers of this plant though it does 

 not seem to be rare. Some of the specimens I at first thought 

 were Gl. Wrayi, King, but having seen good specimens of that 

 species at Kew, I am now sure it is a distinct species. Malay 

 collectors are very shy of gathering specimens of any of the 

 Rengas plants, Gluta and Melanorrhea, as they are apt to be 

 poisoned by them. 



R. A. Soc, No. 75, 1917. 



