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3 . DEHAASIA, Blume. 
Trees. Leaves alternate usually coriaceous often fascicled on 
branch-ends. Flowers small bisexual in axillary peduncled few- 
flowered panicles. Perianth-tube very short; lobes 6, outer 3 
shortest. Stamens g, small, clavate, 2-celled, 2 outer rows introrse, 
3rd extrorse with two large glands to each. Staminodes 4th row 
small or o. Ovary sessile. Drupe oblong, black on a thick fleshy 
red peduncle. Species 10, Indo-Malaya. 
Leaves large coriaceous, obovate; flowers '2 in. across (1) D. microcarpa 
Leaves small coriaceous; flowers hardly -I in. across. 
Leaves broadly obovate; panicle large, many-flowered. (2) D. cuneata 
Leaves oblanceolate blunt; panicle slender, small, 
few-flowered . . . . . . . (3) D. Curtisii 
Leaves stiff coriaceous lanceolate, not glaucous; 
panicles long lax.(4) D. lancifolia 
Leaves chartaceous lanceolate drying black . . (5) D. nigrescens 
(1) D. microcarpa Bl. Rumphia, i. 162, t. 44; Gamble, Journ, 
4 s. Soc. Beng. lx. 62. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall or less. Leaves coriaceous, rather thinly, 
alternate elliptic-oblong to obovate acute or acuminate, base 
cuneate or narrowed gradually, glabrous; nerves prominent 
beneath, 9 to 15 pairs; 10 to 16 in. long, 3-5 to 6-5 in. wide; 
petioles -5 in. long. Panicles 6 in. long, lax many-flowered from 
upper axils; branches 1 in. or less, angled, cymose at top. Flowers 
greenish white, -12 in. long, tube short, lobes outer 3 triangular, 
inner ovate, blunt. Drupe oblong, 1 in. long, black; peduncle 
a little longer, red, very stout. Hab. Not rare, in forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Sungei Jurong; Bukit Mandai. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. 
Malacca (Maingay); Panchur. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Haniff); 
Gunong Bubu and Goping (Kunstler); Trong (Wray). Distrib. 
Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(2) D. cuneata Bl. Rumphia, i. 164, t. 46; Gamble, lx. 64. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through, bark white; young 
parts reddish-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous usually sub-whorled 
at top of branches obovate or oblanceolate acute or blunt, narrowed 
to base, glaucous beneath; nerves 8 to 10 or more pairs sunk 
above, elevate beneath as are transverse nervules; 3 to 6 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Panicles from upper axils 
4 to 5 in. long, tomentose; peduncles long; branches numerous 
spreading lax; cymules few-flowered. Flowers very small, yellowish, 
tube very short, lobes ovate tomentose. Drupe ovoid-oblong, 
■75 in. long; pedicels cylindric, thick about as long. Hab. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut, Thaiping (Wray, 
Kunstler). Dindings, Lumut. Pulau Rawei, Adang islands. Dis- 
trib. Burma, Java, Sumatra. Native name: Medang Ketanah. 
