XLV. ANACARDIACEAS. 
[. Pentaspadon. 
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lax 3 in. long. Flowers white -05 in. long, pedicelled, numerous. 
Calyx-lobes round. Petals obovate round. Drupe elliptic com¬ 
pressed, fleshy-scurfy grey. Hab. Open rocky forest, Perak, Larut 
at 300 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Ulu Selama (Wray). Selangor, 
Kwala Kubu, Negri Sembilan, Ulu Bendol. Native names: 
Poko Minyak Plang; Pelong. Use : The oil used in skin disease. 
(2) P, Motleyi Hook. fU. Linn. Trans, xxiii. 168. 
Very large tree. Leaves 12 in. long, glabrous; leaflets 9 to 12, 
lanceolate oblong, very oblique at base when young, coriaceous, 
5in. long, 1*5 in. wide; nerves 9 pairs. Panicle 6 in. wide, lax with 
short branches, glabrous. Flowers white. *i in. wide. Sepals ovate. 
Petals oblong-obovate. Drupe reniform. Hob. Woods among 
limestone rocks, Perlis, Bukit Lagi. Distrib. Borneo. 
I am somewhat doubtful of the identification. The tree was leafless 
except for a tuft or two of very young leaves, which were sprinkled with 
pale hairs. It bore a quantity of unripe fruit 3 in. long. If not this species 
it must be an undescribed one. 
12 . RHUS, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or pinnate. Flowers 
small in terminal and axillary panicles. Calyx 4- to 6-lobed, 
imbricate. Petals 4 to 6, imbricate. Stamens 4, 5, 6 or 10 free at 
base of disc; filaments subulate. Ovary ovoid or globose, i-celled, 
1- ovuled; styles 3. Stigmas simple or capitate. Drupe dry 
compressed. About 114 species, both hemispheres. 
(1) R. perakensis Scort. in King, l.c. 500. 
Slender climber 10 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; 
leaflets 6 to 8, thinly coriaceous oblong acuminate blunt, base 
slightly oblique rounded; nerves 16 to 20 pairs, prominent beneath, 
2- 5 to 3-5 in. long, 1 to 1-4 in. wide; petiolules *i to -15 in. long, 
terminal one longer. Panicles axillary and terminal; peduncle 
2 to 6 in. long, inflorescence 6 in. long. Flowers yellow less than 
•1 in. long, numerous crowded on short branchlets, racemose. 
Calyx-lobes 5, unequal, oblong. Petals longer, elliptic blunt. 
Stamens 5. Drupes compressed, reniform-orbicular *2 in. across, 
greenish grey. Hab. Open rocky jungle 3 00 f° 800 ft. altitude. 
Local, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Pahang, Pengkalan Manggis, 
Temerloh (Foxworthy). Native name : Jahor. 
13 . MELANOCHYLA, Hook. fil. 
Very resinous big trees. Leaves very coriaceous. Panicles in 
terminal axils. Flowers unisexual, males very small, females 
larger. Calyx-tube cupular, 5-lobed. Petals on disc-edge cori¬ 
aceous, villous on inner face. Stamens 5 on edge of disc, villous. 
Ovary globose, i-celled; style short. Stigmas 3. Drupe globose, 
fleshy, resinous; stone hard. Seed oblong. Species 12, Malay 
Peninsula and islands. 
