500 G. King— Mate7-ialg for a Flora of the Malayan Pminsnla, [No. 3, 
tic, compressed ; the pericaq? fleshy, pale and covered with rosty scurf, 
1 -celled, 1 -seeded, -65 to '8 in. long. 
Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 3315, 3770, 4868, 6549, 6933 : Scor- 
tecliini, No. 2043; Wniy, No. 4J68. 
This planfc is known ti the Malay population of Perak as the source 
of Minyak Flange a dark brown viscid oil wlitcli is in great repate for tho 
cure of certain skin diseases. An interesting note upon the plant and 
its oil by Mr. E. M, Holmes of the Pharmaceutical Society of London 
ia to be fonnd in the Journal and Tranfiactions of that Society, Vol, 
LII, p. 389, The stigma in this species, prior to dissection, appears to 
be sub-globular with a central groove ; and it is only after careful 
maniputation that it is seen to be bent on itself. Some specimens of 
this were by mistake issued f I'om tlie Calcutta Herbarium under the 
name Micimlemm &fficiualej Holmes, 
12. Rhus, Linn. 
Trees or shrmbs, often with an acrid juice- Leaves alternate, simple 
or 1-3 foHolate or pinnate i hafleis entire or serrate, FloweiS small, in 
terminal and axillary panicles, polygamous* Calyx small, 4-6-parted, 
persistent; the segments nnequal or eqtial, imbricate. Petals 4-6, equal, 
spreading, imbriifi^ato. Sfawens 4, 5, 6, or 10, inserted at the base of the 
disc, free; JiianiGiits snbaljirte ; anthers %hovt, imperfect in the 5 flower. 
Ovary sessile, ovoid or globose, 1-cellcd : styl^ 3, free or curved, short 
or long ; stigmas simple or capitfite ; ovuh pendulous fi-om a basal 
fnntcle* Drupe small, dr}', compressed ; stone coriaceous, crustaceous 
OF bony. Seed penduIoMS from the funicle, testa membranous, coty- 
ledons flattish ; radicle hooked, short, superior.— Disr bib ; about 114 
species, mostly eitra-trapical in botli hemispheres, a few Malayan, many 
from ti-opical Africa. 
Rmus Perakensis, Scortecbini MSS. A glabTOus shrub climbing 
to the extent of 15 to 40 feet. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long, unequally piu- 
nato ; Uafets in mther diatatifc pair.*?, opposite, thinly coriaceous, oblong, 
shortly and bluntly acuminate, entire ; the base slightly oblique, 
rounded or eiih-cuneate ] main nerves 16 to 20 paii-s, aub-hoiiaiontal, 
ratlior prominent on the lower snrfaco ; length 2*5 to 3' 5 in., breadth 
1 to 1"4 in.; petiolulea "1 to '15 in., the terminal one "3 or '4 in, 
Pauichs axillniy and terminal, longer than the leaves, pednncalate, the 
bmnclies rattier short, bearing the flowers oo stiiaU ultimfite racemes. 
Flowers numerous, less than *1 in, in diam., on short minutely bracteo- 
lulate pedicels. Calyx wiih 5 unequal oblong blunt spreading segments, 
Petals longer than the calyx, elliptic, blunt, pinuately nerved. Stamens 
5 ; avthers broadly ovate, doisifixed. Drupe compressed, obliquely reni- 
form, orbicular, broader than long, glabrous, "2 in, across. 
