XXXVII. OLACINE.E. 
Ochanostachys.] 
423 
5 pairs bold beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2’5 in. wide; petioles 
■5 to 75 in. long. Spikes 2 to 3 in. long puberulous. Flowers 
sub-sessile green under *i in. long. Petals ovate acute. Fruit 
oblong 1*5 in. long fleshy, milky, light green. Hab. Common in 
forests from Singapore to Penang. Distrib. Borneo. Native name : 
Petaling. Use: Valuable building timber, though not very large. 
4 . CTENOLOPHON, Oliv. 
Trees. Leaves opposite coriaceous. Inflorescence panicled 
cymose terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual white, medium¬ 
sized. Calyx 5-partite imbricate. Petals 5 oblong. Stamens 10 
free from a short annular disc, unequal ; anthers apiculate, Ovary 
free imperfectly 2-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell; style bifid at tip. 
Fruit coriaceous dehiscing on one side. Seed 1 with an orange 
pectinate aril. Species 2, Malayan. 
Inflorescent pale tomentose ; flowers ‘2 to ’25 in. long . (1) C. parvifolius 
Inflorescence rusty ; flowers *4 in. long . . . (2) C. grandifolius 
(1) C. parvifolius Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 516, t. 43; 
Masters, l.c. i. 577; King, l.c. 106. . . 
Tree about 40 ft. tall, 1 to i'5 ft. through. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong blunt acuminate, base cuneate or rounded dark shining 
green; nerves 10 pairs faint, 2’5 to 4-5 in. long, i’25 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles *3 in. long. Panicles whitish tomentose 1*5 to 3-5 in. 
long, dense many-flowered. Flowers *2 to -25 in. long. Calyx 
round, tomentose outside. Petals coriaceous oblong, tomentose 
outside. Anthers ovate. Ovary woolly;. style glabrous. Fruit 
ellipsoid apiculate grey tomentose 75 in. long. Hab. Common in 
the southern woods. Singapore, Gardens; Changi (Hullett). 
Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca, Sungei Hudang 
(Derry) ; Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Ulu Rumpin (Foxworthy). Selangor, 
Labu. Perak, Batang Padang, Goping and Thaiping (Kunstler). 
Perils, TebingTinggi. Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. 
Native names: Mertas; Mertas Kuning; Bangkal; Pompom 
Paya. 
(2) C. grandifolius Oliv. l.c. 517, t. 43, figs. 8 to 10 ; Masters, 
l.c. i. 577 ; King, l.c.c. . ,* . 
Leaves oblong 3-5 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. across; petioles 
•5 in. long. Branches of panicle stouter. Flowers *4 in. long, 
reddish tomentose. Hab. Forests, rare. Perhaps only a variety 
of the last. Malacca (Maingay). Penang, Muka Head (Curtis). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
5 . XIMENIA, Linn. 
Shrub or low branching tree, spiny. Leaves alternate cori¬ 
aceous elliptic-obovate. Flowers racemose usually bisexual, white. 
