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Leaflets lanceolate 4 by I - 5 in.; spines on fruit 
not conical . . . . . (9) N. mutabile 
Leaflets lanceolate more coriaceous; spines on 
fruit conical . . . ... . {10) N. hamulatum 
Leaflets red-tomentose beneath; fruit covered 
with short soft spines . . , . (11) N. ophiodes 
Petals 5. 
Leaflets hairy beneath; fruit globose tessellate (12) N. malaiense 
Leaves very long; flower and fruit racemes long 
pendulous ; fruit spiny .... (13) N. eriopetalum 
(1) N. glabrum Noronh. Batav. Genootsch. Verh. v. 80 ; King, 
l.c. 433. N. Maingayi Hiern, in Hook. jU. F.B.I. i. 608. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 7 to 11 in. long ; leaflets 
4 to 6 coriaceous elliptic shortly acuminate or blunt, base cuneate; 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. wide; petio- 
lules *4 to *6 in. long. Panicles lax puberulous 8 in. long. Flowers 
less than *1 in. across unisexual. Males, sepals 5 round pubes¬ 
cent. Petals 0. Stamens 6 or 7 pubescent exsert. Female, calyx 
5-toothed. Stamens very short. Ovary obovate pubescent. Fruit 
oblong gibbous on one side, wrinkled not spiny *1 in. long, ‘6 to 
•7 in. wide. Hab. Lowland forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; 
Selitar. Malacca, Batu Tiga; Ayer Panas; Merlimau (Derry). 
Perak, Tapa (Wray) ; Chanderiang (Kunstler). 
var. sufferrugineum. N. sufferrugineum Radik . Uber. Sapind. 
Holl. Ind. 77; King, l.c. 439. 
Inflorescence and backs of leaves rusty tomentose. Malacca 
(Griffith, Maingay). The fruit described as belonging to this by 
Radlkofer is not attached to the specimen, and probably did not 
belong to it. Native names : Redan; Redin. 
(2) N. longana Carnb, Mem. Mus. Par. xviii. 30; Hiern, F.B.I. 
i. 688. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 18 in. long; leaflets elliptic- 
lanceolate acuminate or blunt glabrous rather stiff; nerves 13 
pairs, 4 in. long, 1*25 to 1*75 in. wide; petiolules *15 in. long; 
petioles 3*5 in. long; panicle pubescent. Flowers yellowish white 
*12 to *25 in. wide. Calyx tomentose. Petals 5 or 6 pubescent. 
Fruit globose *5 to *75 in. through, reddish or purple, tubercles 
wrinkled or smooth. Hab. Terutau island (Curtis). 
Often cultivated in India and China and wild in India. The fruit 
resembles that of the Mata Kuching (AT. malaiense), which name Curtis 
gives it, but the foliage is quite different. 
(3) N. lappaceum Linn. Mantissa i. 125; Hiern, l.c. i. 687; 
King, l.c. 436. 
Tree about 30 to 50 ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 
4 to 10 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 elliptic or oblong obtuse, thinly 
coriaceous, 2*5 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 3 in. wide; petiolules *2 in. 
long. Panicles 6 in. long terminal and axillary lax spreading. 
