XLV. ANACARDIACE2B. 
Melanochyla.] 
54 * 
on the base inside. Stamens shorter, villous. Drupe ovoid, 
minutely tomentose 75 in. long, greenish yellow. Hab. Rare in 
low ground forest, Perak, Larut below 100 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(8) M. angustifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 39. 
Tree 30 to 70 ft. tall. Stem 2 to 3 ft. through; branchlets rather 
slender, thinly tomentose. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 
glabrous, shortly acuminate, base long cuneate; nerves 12 to 16 
pairs, prominent beneath, 4^5 to 10 in. long, 1*5 to 4 in. wide ; petioles 
75 to 1*5 in. long, slender. Panicles (male) axillary and terminal 
very slender, much-branched, '45 to 18 in. long, 8 in. across or 
less, minutely tomentose. Flowers yellow, less than ‘i in. long. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, lobes acute. Petals oblong much 
longer, pubescent outside, villous inside. Stamens villous. Drupe 
globose-ovoid, 75 in. long, minutely tomentose. Hab. Forests, 
Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). 
(9) M. nitida King, l.c. 507. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, spreading, over 3 ft. thick. Leaves 
oblong-elliptic abruptly blunt, acuminate, base narrowed, glabres- 
cent beneath; nerves 12 to 16 pairs slightly prominent, 4 to 
11 in. long, 2*25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, bases 
thickened. Panicles terminal, minutely tomentose, 9 in. long; 
branches few, ascending. Flowers (male) in sessile eymules on 
spike-like branches, *i in. long, sessile. Calyx brown-tomentose, 
campanulate; lobes triangular acute. Petals triangular-oblong, 
pubescent outside, white with tuft of hairs inside. Stamens villous. 
Females *2 in. long, pedicelled. Ovary hemispheric, tomentose. 
Hab. Open hill woods, Perak, Larut 1000 to 1500 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). Penang, near Cooly lines at 200 ft. altitude; Highlands; 
Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
14 . SEMECARPUS, Linn. fil. 
Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers small, uni¬ 
sexual in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx 5- or 6-lobed, lobes 
deciduous. Petals 5 to 6 , imbricate. Disc broad, annular. Stamens 
5 or 6 at disc-base. Ovary i-celled; styles 3. Drupe fleshy, 
oblong or sub-globose, oblique on a fleshy receptacle formed of disc 
and calyx acrid resinous. Species about 4°* tropical Asia and 
Australia. 
Leaves tomentose beneath . . . . . (1) S. velutina 
Leaves with nerves red-hairy beneath, obovate . (2) S. glomerulata 
Leaves yellow-hairy beneath, oblanceolate . . (3) S. cochinchinensis 
Leaves glabrous 13 to 16 in. long . . (4) S. Curtisii 
Leaves glabrous 4 to 7'5 in. long. . . • (5) S. lucens 
(1) S. velutina King, l.c. 508. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Bark pale; branches 
