66 CXVII. MYRisTlCACEiE. [Myrislica, 
south, Singapore, Sumbawang; Sungei Buluh; Selitar. Pahang, 
Benchah, Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy); Rumpin (Foxworthy). 
Dindings, Bruas (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Larut and Goping 
(Kunstler). Native name : Maiang Pahong. 
The only wild species I have found in which the seed and aril have any 
spiciness. 
(9) M. crassa King, Ann. Bot. Garcl. Calc. iii. 293, t. 117 ; 
Gamble, lx. 234. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or oblanceolate acute or slightly acuminate, glabrous, 
beneath sub-glabrous; nerves 15 pairs, strongly raised beneath, 
depressed above; 12 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long, 
thick. Male flowers in many-flowered sessile, tomentose umbels 
on short woody peduncles; pedicels *2 in. long. Bracteoles ovate 
oblong. Perianth -2 in. long, tomentose urceolate constrict in 
middle, 3 cleft for one-third. Andrcecium narrow ovoid, stalk 
shorter. Fruit ovoid-globose pointed, base round, red-puberulous, 
2*8 in. long, yellow. Seed ovoid; aril yellow laciniate extending 
to end of seed. Hob. Forests, Singapore, Sungei Moral ; Gardens; 
Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Danan (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray). 
Native names : Pala Bukit; Pala Hutan. 
Cantley says this has the aroma of M.fragans. 
(10) M. Lowiana King, Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. iii. 293, t. 120; 
Gamble, l.c. 235. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves stiffly coria¬ 
ceous glabrous oblong, slightly narrowed at both ends ; nerves 
20 pairs, sunk above, fine elevate beneath; 9 in. long, 3 in. wide; 
petioles 1*25 in. long, stout. Male flowers in dense, many-flowered 
axillary fascicles on short tubercles; pedicels slender red-tomen- 
tose. Bracteole ovate-round. Perianth ovoid, red-pubescent out¬ 
side; teeth cut half-way down, 3, broad triangular. Andrcecium 
ellipsoid on a puberulous stalk; anthers 10 to 14. Fruit ovoid, 
pointed both ends, red-tomentose, 2*5 in. long, ridged. Seed 
ellipsoid blunt at both ends; aril thin covering seed, sides widely 
areolate. Hob. Forests, not common. Muar. Malacca, Merlimau. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Port Weld (Scortechini). 
4. KNEMA, Lour. 
Trees, rarely very large. Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous, 
often red-tomentose at first. Inflorescence of racemose or sub- 
umbellate clusters on thick tubercled peduncles from the axils 
of leaves or from fallen leaves. Flowers rather large for the Order, 
sub-globose or urceolate. Bracteoles persistent about the middle 
of the pedicel or above. Perianth 3-toothed. Andrcecium stalked 
with a peltate round disc; anthers 8 to 20 attached to the edge. 
