Baccaurea.] cxxvni. euphorbiaceje. 249 
with transverse nervules prominent beneath and sunk above, 
6 to 7*5 in. long, 3*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles densely velvety, 3 in. 
long. Male panicles on the branches, 1 in. long, tomentose in 
axillary fascicles. Bracts large oblong, tomentose. Flowers 
sessile. Petals 4, ovate, tomentose. Stamens 5 or 6. Pistillode 
minute, tomentose. Female flowers in racemiform panicles, central 
flowers larger than lateral ones. Sepals 5 or 6, oblong-ovate. No 
disc. Ovary ovoid, tomentose. Stigmas sessile, trifid, fimbriate. 
Fruiting racemes 7-5 in. long, pubescent. Capsules globose pubes¬ 
cent, *5 in. through, dehiscing into 3 valves, hairy inside; pedicels 
•25 in. long, pubescent; sepals 5 > ovate blunt. Seed 3, suspended 
from the top of the column. Hab. Lowland forests. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Toas; Tanjong Gol; Selitar. Perak (Kunstler). 
Native name : Rambai hutan. 
(18) B. latifolia King, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 373. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, branches sub-stellately puberulous. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic or elliptic-oblong cuspidate or acute, 
base acute or blunt, tomentose with soft hairs beneath, nerves 
10 to 12 pairs, elevate; 6 to 8 in. long, 3 to 5 i n - wide; petioles 
half as long as blade. Male panicles from the youngest branches 
hoary pubescent, 2 to 4 in. long. Bracts -13 in. long, concave 
hoary, caducous ovate acuminate. Flowers -05 in. wide, pale 
yellow. Sepals 4 or 5, broad. Stamens as many. Fruiting 
racemes from the old wood, 6 to 8 in. long, rachis hoary pubescent, 
pedicels -25 to -5 in. long, woody, with 2 or 3 broad short bracteoles 
jointed below calyx. Capsule *75 i n - through, globose, glabrous, 
pericarp very thick woody. Seeds with orange aril. Hab. 
Singapore, Garden Jungle (Ridley). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(19) B. pyriformis Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 233. B. 
platyphylloides Rax and Hoffm. Pfianzenreich , 68. Baccaurea 
F.G. Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 375 - 
Tree about 60 ft. tall, branchlets pubescent. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous drying dark colour, elliptic ovate or obovate acute, 
base sub-cuneate, edge slightly undulate; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 
pubescent; 4 to 5-5 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 in. long. 
Male panicles raceme-like slender tomentose, 1 in. long, dense. 
Bracts lanceolate tomentose. Flowers 8 to 12 in a bract, sub-sessile 
minute. Sepals 4, ovate tomentose. Stamens 4. Pistillode sub- 
cylindric tomentose. Female panicles stouter; flowers solitary 
in bracts, sessile. Sepals as in male. Ovary triquetrous ovoid, 
tomentose; stigma sessile 3-lobed, fimbriate. Fruiting spikes 
stout, 2 in. or more long. Capsules sessile obovoid pubescent, 1 in. 
long/ -5 in. through; pericarp woody. Hab. Lowland woods, 
Singapore, Garden Jungle (Cantley, Murton, etc.). Chan Chu 
Kang; Kranji (Ridley). Malacca (Maingay); Merlimau (Derry) ; 
Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Penang, Pantai Acheh (Curtis). 
The B. platyphylla Pax, l.c. 67, seems from description to be the same 
thing. It appears to be distinguished by the less pubescent leaves and the 
smaller (probably younger) fruit. 
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