XLV. ANACARDIACEAS. 
540 
[Melanochyla, 
•35 in. long, scurfy. Panicles 6 to 7 in. long, minutely tomentose; 
branches spreading 2 in. long, racemose. Male flowers *15 in. long. 
Calyx minutely tomentose, dark brown cupular; lobes ovate acute. 
Petals thrice as long, narrow elliptic, pubescent outside, villous 
inside, yellow. Stamens shorter slightly villous. Hab. Perak, 
Larut 500 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(4) M. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 39; King , l.c. 504. 
Tree. Branches scurfy-puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or 
elliptic narrow, shortly bluntly acuminate, base narrowed acumin¬ 
ate, glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath; nerves 18 to 
24 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 1*25 to 2-25 in. long; petioles ’5 to *6 in. 
long, channelled, slender. Panicle 6 in. long, brown-tomentose; 
branches short. Male flowers ’i in. across, pedicelled, rusty- 
tomentose. Calyx of 5 ovate lobes. Petals elliptic blunt, edges only 
glabrous. Females -25 in. long. Calyx urceolate. Ovary hairy. 
Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
(5) M. auriculata Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 39; King, l.c. 505. 
Stout tree 80 ft. tall, 2 ft. through, glabrous except inflorescence. 
Leaves sessile, oblanceolate-oblong, abruptly acuminate, deep 
shining green; base narrowed auricled; nerves 30 pairs slender, 
12 to 18 in. long, 375 to 475 in. wide. Panicles terminal, 10 in. 
long; branches many, 7 in. long. Flowers on short branchlets. 
Male flowers -i in. long. Females *2 in. long on thick pedicels as 
long. Calyx pubescent, grooved; lobes acute green. Petals 
oblong, villous outside and in, except the glabrous edges, pubescence 
white. Drupe globose flattened, 12-grooved, greenish brown tomen¬ 
tose, 1-25 in. through. Hab. Low damp country in forest swamps. 
Singapore, Gardens; Kranji; Chanchukang. Malacca (Maingay); 
Sempang Jus (Derry). Native name: Mumpian. 
(6) M. rugosa King, l.c. 505. 
Large tree. Branches pubescent and hairy. Leaves narrow 
oblong caudate, base cordate, auricled, above glabrous, beneath 
sparsely hairy on midrib; nerves 25 to 30 pairs, 7 to 15 in. long, 
i-6 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles *35 in. long pubescent, thick. Male 
flowers unknown. Female panicles 6 in. long rusty-pubescent; 
branches few, short. Flower -3 in. across, sessile. Calyx tomen¬ 
tose, lobes orbicular-ovate acuminate. Petals 5, little longer, tri¬ 
angular pubescent, villous at base inside. Ovary conic, tomentose. 
Drupe globose, ovoid, red-tomentose, 1 in. long, ‘9 in. through. 
Hab. Perak, Tapah (Wray). 
(7) M. bracteata King, l.c. 506. 
Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous except pubescent inflorescence. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends; nerves 10 to 
12 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to i’6 in. wide; petioles *5 to 75 in. 
long. Racemes or few-branched panicles terminal, pubescent 
dense-flowered with large ovate bracts. Male flowers *25 in. long. 
Calyx-lobes ovate. Petals lanceolate acuminate, a villous tuft 
