!54 xvi. HYPERICACE^E. [Cratoxylon. 
A very beautiful tree. It sheds its leaves before flowering, and as the 
new leaves appear the flowers are produced. The young leaves are at first 
lanceolate and deep red, then gradually in a few days become green and 
oblong. 
(5) C. Maingayi Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 258; King, l.c. 
145; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 138, pi. 165. 
* Tree about 40 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate 
(young) acute, narrowed to base, 2 in. long, *5 in. wide; adult 
elliptic sub-obtuse, 5 in. long, 2*i in. wide; nerves numerous, 
slender; petioles *25 in. long. Cymes axillary appearing after 
fall of the leaf. Flowers 3 or 4 in a cyme white; pedicels -i in. long. 
Sepals oblong. Petals ‘36 in. long elliptic clawed, basal scale 
lanceolate acute. Capsule *3 in. long; valves -i in. across. Seeds 
*25 in. long; wing unilateral oblong rounded. Hah. Hill forests, 
local. Penang, common all over Government Hill, and very 
conspicuous in flower. Flowers in March. Native name : D’rum. 
This tree sheds its leaves as does C. formosum, and as the young leaves 
appear so do the flowers: The flowers and fruit are much smaller than in 
C. formosum and the flowers white. 
