Gynotroches.] 
LV. LEGNOTID^E. 
699 
Leaves oblong or elliptic acuminate at both ends, dark shining 
green above, yellowish beneath; nerves 9 to 12 pairs, 3*5 to 5-5 in. 
long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Fascicles 6- to 
10-flowered, -5 in. long. Flowers less than *1 in. across, males 
with perfect white petals; pistil abortive. Female with imperfect 
stamens and petals. Fruit globular, *i in. through, at first red, 
then black. Hab. Common all over the peninsula. In dry woods 
often a fair-sized tree; in wet swamps very slender, about 12 to 
14 ft. tall, with very black bark. Distrib. Malay isles. Native 
names: Janggut Keli ; Mata-Keli; Membelu and M. Kechil. Use: 
Timber for rafters and posts, rather durable. 
3 . PELLACALYX, Korth. 
Slender trees. Leaves opposite bifarious, petioled sometimes 
serrate. Stipules interpetiolar, elongate. Flowers solitary or 
paired, axillary, medium size. Calyx-tube urceolate, adherent to 
ovary at base; teeth 4 to 6, recurved. Petals 4 to 6, lacerate, 
on the edge of calyx-tube. Stamens 8 to 12, on the edge of a 
crenulate disc lining the tube. Ovary half inferior, 5- to 10-celled; 
style subulate. Stigma discoid lobed. Fruit fleshy, globose, 5- 
to 10-celled. Seeds many. Species 3 or 4, Malay Peninsula and 
islands. 
Leaves red-pubescent beneath; calyx-teeth 5 or 6 . (i) p. axillaris 
Leaves glabrous; calyx-teeth 4 . . . (2) P. Saceardianus 
(1) P. axillaris Korth. in Van der Hoev. and De Vr. Tijdsch. 
iii. 20, t. 2; Griff. Notulee iv. 420; Ic. PI. As. t. 486; King, l.c. 320. 
A slender tree about 20 to 50 ft. tall, with horizontal branches. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, base round, sparsely stellate 
hairy or glabrous above, stellate red brown pubescent beneath, 
boldly reticulate; nerves 12 pairs, elevate beneath, 4*5 to 7 in. 
long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 to -3 in. long. Stipules lanceo¬ 
late, pubescent, *35 in. long. Flowers *25 to ‘35 in. long. Calyx- 
tube green, pubescent. Petals white. Stamens brown. Fruit 
pisiform *25 in.- through, brown. Seeds white edged red-hairy, 
toothed. Hab. Common in damp spots in open country and swampy 
edges of woods. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Kunstler) ; Bukit Mandai 
Road; Tanglin. Johor, KotaTinggi. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). 
Selangor. Perak, Larut and Teluk Anson (Kunstler). Province 
Wellesley, Nibong Tebal (Curtis). Penang Road from Balik Pulau 
to Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) P. Saceardianus Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. xvii. 143; 
Hemsl. Hook. Ic. PI. 1546; King, l.c. 321. 
Medium straight, rather slender tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
oblong short-acuminate, base round, above glabrous, beneath 
slightly reticulate, glabrous or very slightly puberulous; nerves 7 
to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 4 to 7 in. long, 1*6 to 2 in. wide; 
