354 cxxix. urticacejE. [Ar to carpus. 
through, covered with short blunt tubercles. Hab. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). 
Possibly only a form of A. peduncularis. 
(7) A. lancesefolia Roxb. FI Ind. iii. 527; King, Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. ii. 13, pi. 11. 
A big tree up to 100 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, ovate- 
lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, glabrous; nerves prominent, 8 to 10 
pairs; 9 to 14 in- long* 4 6 in. or more across, petioles *5 to 
1 in. long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate appressed hairy, -5 to 75 in. 
long. Male heads obovoid-cylindric, 75 to 1 in. long, -5 m. through. 
Fruit oblong, 6 in. long, 3 in. through, brown, anthocarps truncate, 
pubescent. Hab. Common; forests, Singapore Gardens. Johor, 
Pinerong (Cantley). Malacca, Kesang Tua (Goodenough). Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Roxburgh); Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
Native name : Keledang. Use : A very highly valued timber. 
(8) A. polyphema Pers. Synops. ii. 53*1 Hook. fil. F.B.I.v. 
542. 
Tree about 30 to 40 ft. tall, about 1 ft. through. Leaves thin, 
coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, base narrowed; nerves slender, 5 to 
9 pairs, glabrous ^except midrib and petiole which with shoots and 
stipules are stiffly bristly hairy; 6 in. long, 275 in. wide. Male 
spikes slender, cylindric, creamy white, 1 in. long, 15 in. through 
on hairy peduncles 1 in. long in upper axils. Females on trunk- 
tubercles or on branches. Fruit cylindric, smooth, white, 12 in. 
long, 3 to 4 in. through. Hab. Commonly cultivated in all cam- 
pongs, and wild in the following localities in high forest. The wild 
tree is more slender and strongly knotted, and fruit usually smaller, 
than the cultivated form. Hab. Pahang, Tahan River. Negri 
Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Sempang mines, Semangkok; Kwala 
Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Tapah (Wray). Distrib. Java. 
Native names: Chempedak; Bongkong (wild form). Use: A 
very favourite food with natives. It has an unpleasant odour, hence 
Europeans do not eat it. 
(9) A. Maingayi Hook fil. F.B.I. v. 542; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. ii. 11, pi. 8a. . 
Small tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves stiff coriaceous, elliptic- 
obovate, blunt, base narrowed, pubescent beneath; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, 
slightly elevate, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. 
Stipules lanceolate, silky, -5 in. long. Male heads cylindric, 1-5 to 2 
in. long. Fruit 1 in. long, -5 in. through, oblong round; peduncles 
■3 in. long, densely pubescent; anthocarps flat-topped pubes¬ 
cent. Hab. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Toas; Gardens. 
Malacca, Bukit Kayu Arang; Sungei Hudang (Cantley). Pahang 
Lubok Pandan, Temerloh (Foxworthy). Selangor, Damansara 
Road (Bum-Murdoch). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native names : 
Chempedak Ayer; Puda. 
