1896t] G. King^ — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 481 
pairs, spreading, not very prominent ; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1'6 to 
2'25 in,; petiole "3 to 'Sin, ParuWea axitkrj, w lien in flower shorter 
than the leaves, when in frnit often longer, pabfTtilous, the bmnches 
divfti'icate and corymbose, pedicela shorter than the bnrla. OahfX 
glabrouSj only about one-fourth as long as the petals. Fetah elliptic- 
lanceolate. Stamens 5, about half as long as the petals, the gynophore 
shorter than the stamens. Ovanj obliquely globosely sub-i-eniform, the 
style sub-lateral, 2 imperfect ovaries sometimes present. Brupe irref^u- 
larly globose or sab-reniform, much tuberculate, furrowed on one side, 
about l»5 in. in diam. Willd. Sp. PI. I, 1120; DO. Prod. I, 501 ; Bfnme 
Bijdi'. 1159; Mns, Bot Lngd. Bat. I, 182, t. 39. G. Reughas, Engler 
in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 2*26, t. 6. Stagmaria vemicijluaj Jack in 
Malay Miso» ex Hook. Gomp. Bot. Mag. I, 267. 
Pahang: Ridley, Xo, 1228. 
Distributed over the whole Malayan Archipelago and known to the 
MalayAs as Renghm^ which was no doubt the name that Liiiucens 
intended to use as the specific name, although it appears in his Mantissa 
as Q. B&nghas, Ttie copious resin of this tree is acrid, but it forms the 
basis of an excellent vat-nish which is exported to China and Japau. 
2, Glcta eiiEgans, Kurz For. Flora Burma, T, 310. A small tree, 
every part except the inflorescence glabrous : young braijpkes slender, 
with cinereous bark. Leaves coi*iaceous, ohlong-lanceohite or elliptic- 
lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface 
ehiniug, the lower faintly reticulate and sub-glaucons ; main nerves 10 to 
14 pairs, spreading, faint or slightly pfominent on the lower surface ; 
length 3 to 6 in , bi-eadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiole '6 to 1 in., slender, thickened 
at the base. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, mostly terminal, 
with alternate sub-corymbose brauches each with 5 to 9 pedicellate 
flowers, bracteol© linear, Floioers nearly -3 in, long. Calyx tubular, 
split on one side, 4-nervcd, glabrous, scarlet, the apex with 2 teeth. 
Fetah 4 or 5, twice as long as the calyx, linear- lanceolate, blunt, spread- 
ing. Stcimens 4 or 5, as long as the petals or longer. Gynophore half 
as long as the corolla. Orary obliquely ovoid. Drupe oblong, gibbons, 
glabrous, *75 in. long when dry, the scar of the style nearer the base 
than the apes. Hook. fil. Fl Br. Ind. II, 22 j Engler in DC. Mon. 
Phan. IV, 225. Syntles^nU eUgans, Wall, in Roxb. Fi. Ind., ed, Carey, 
II, 315 ; Cat. No. 1003. 
Penang: Porter, (Wall. Cat. 1003 and 9049). King; King's 
Collector, jKTo. 1366. Malacca: Maingay, No, 481. Perak : King's 
CoUeclor, No. 4913, 
Var. Helfeiii Hook. fil. I, c. leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, nerves 
oblitpie. 
