Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 185 



The stamens are occasionally five in number, with a five- 

 parted perianth and four-celled ovary. 



HEDYCARPUS MALAYANUS. 

 Bera Tampui. Malay, 

 Sumatra. 



A small tree. Branchlets smooth. Leaves alternate, pe- 

 tiolate, broad-ovate, rounded at the base, acuminate, nearly 

 entire, v^^ith recurved edges, sometimes obsoletely crenulate, 

 very smooth, deep green and shining above, and paler be- 

 neath, strongly nerved ; from nine to ten inches long. Pe- 

 Holes thickened at both ends, from two to two inches and a 

 half long. Stipules ovate, acute, deciduous. Racemes prin- 

 cipally from the trunk and larger branches, but sometimes 

 axillary, fascicled or solitary, straight, from two to three 

 inches long ; pedicles supporting several flowers, tomentose. 

 Bracts on the pedicel below its subdivision, small, broad. 

 Perianth small, yellowish, villous, somewhat fleshy, four, 

 sometimes five-parted; segments narrow. Stamens four, 

 sometimes five, alternate with the segments of the perienth, 

 short; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Ovary small, three, 

 sometimes four-celled ; each cell containing two ovula attach- 

 ed to the inner angle. Style scarce any. Stigmas three, 

 sometimes four, fleshy, villous. Fruit about the size of a 

 China orange, with a thick rough rind, three-valved, three- 

 celled ; cells generally two-seeded, partitions opposite to 

 the valves. Seeds enveloped in a white juicy aril, as in 

 the Lansium, &c. Embryo contained in an ample albumen, 

 inverse. Cotyledons flat, foliaceous, cordate, subrotund. 

 Radicle superior, short, clavate. 



Obs, — This is a fruit which ranks in point of taste and 

 flavour along with the Lanseh, &c., but it is by no means so 

 frequently met with. The genus is most nearly allied to 

 Pierardia of Roxburgh, with which it agrees in general 

 habit, in foliage, in the mode of inflorescence, and in the 



