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XLIII. STAPHYLEACEAS. 
[' Turpinia. 
petiolule 2 to 3 in. long, laterals *5 in. long; petioles *2 in. long. 
Panicle 2 to 3 in. long axillary with short condensed branches 
about i'25 in. long; flowers subumbelled. Bracts minute ovate. 
Pedicels short. Sepals oblong, tip round '15 in. long. Petals 
white about as long. Stamens shorter; filaments short; anthers 
large oblong. Ovary conic grooved. Fruit ovoid (eventually 
globose) with the remains of the styles as conic processes with a 
depression between each, *25 in. through. Hab. Forests. Malacca, 
Nyalas (Goodenough). Selangor, Sempang ^Mines, Semangkok 
Pass (Ridley). 
(2) T. latifolia Wall. Cat. 4939; Ridl. l.c. T. pomifera King, 
l.c. 452, not of DC. 
Tree about 30 to 40 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves over a foot long, 
of 5 stiff dark shining green leaflets ovate-elliptic shortly cuspidate 
or blunt, base round, quite entire or minutely serrulate, 4 in. long, 
3 in. wide or less; petiolules, terminal one 2 in. long, laterals *25 to 
•5 in. long; petioles 3 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary 
very lax spreading, 8 in. long and as wide; flowers cymose and 
racemed at the branch-ends. Sepals ovate blunt *06 in. long. 
Petals oblong blunt longer white. Fruit globose fleshy green ‘5 in. 
through. Hab. Common in woods in the low country. Singapore, 
Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. Muar, Bukit Keyara (Fox). Malacca. 
Selangor, Sungei Buluh; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); 
Togoh (Wray). Penang Hill; Telok Bahang (Curtis, Wallich). 
Native names: Giramong; Geritta; Merbong Jantan. 
(3) T. laxiflora Ridl. l.c. 179 . 
Very big tree 80 ft. or more tall. Leaves 9 to 10 in. long; leaflets 
5 ovate elliptic blunt or acuminate entire or minutely crenulate, 
4 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiolules, terminal one 175 in. long, lateral 
ones -15 to -2 in. long; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles very lax 
slender spreading, 15 in. long, 5 in. or more wide; peduncle and 
secondary peduncles 4 in. long. Flowers sub-racemose distant; 
pedicels *08 in. long; upper part of panicle pubescent. Sepals 
ovate -05 in. long. Petals little longer. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 
Garden Rockery, a big tree. Pahang, Bukit Beserah, Kwantan 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native name: Kapan 
Bukit. 
A much bigger tree with much more lax panicles, which usually appear 
after leaf-shedding. King has written the plant up as pomifera var, 
sphcerocarpa, but it is quite different from the Javanese spheerocarpa Hassk. 
Order XLIV. SABIACE^. 
Climbing shrubs or small to large trees. Leaves alternate, 
simple or compound. Flowers small or minute, bisexual (rarely 
unisexual) usually panicled. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed, lobes imbricate. 
