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XVII. FLACOURTIACEAS. 
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4. HYDNOCARPUS, Gaertn. 
Trees, medium to large. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, serrate 
or entire. Flowers solitary or in fascicles or racemes, axillary 
unisexual. Sepals 5 imbricate. Petals 5 with a scale at base. 
Males, stamens 5 to 8; anthers reniform with large connectives. 
Females, stamens sterile or abortive. Ovary i-celled. Stigmas 
3 to 6 spreading, lobed. Ovules many, on 3 to 6 parietal placentas. 
Berry large globose, rind hard. Seeds many in pulp, testa crus- 
taceous, albumen oily. Species 12, Indo-Malayan. 
Leaves entire. 
Flowers small *05 in.; fruit globose; -75 in 
through ...... 
Flowers 1 in. across; fruit large globose. 
Leaves coriaceous, large, elliptic 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate-elliptic 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong cuspidate . 
Fruit long, pear-shaped; flowers *3 in. across 
Fruit, ovoid velvety; flowers -5 in. across 
Leaves spiny on edge; flowers rather large 
(1) H. nana 
(2) H. castanea 
(3) H. Curtisii 
(4) H. Seorteekinii 
(5) H. cucurbitina 
(6) H. Wrayi 
(7) H. ilicifolia 
(1) H. nana King, l.c. 118; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 128, 
pi. 147. 
Small tree 10 to 20 ft. tall. Stem 2 to 3 in. through glabrous. 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, long acuminate, 
base rounded or euneate unequal, edges minutely serrulate ; nerves 
5 to 8 pairs more or less pubescent prominent beneath, 2 - 5 to 5 in. 
long, 75 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles '25 to *35 in. long. Stipules 
linear-lanceolate pubescent. Male cymes short *2 in. long pubes¬ 
cent. Flowers white *25 in. across. Sepals round pubescent, 
imbricate. Petals smaller fleshy, with long white silky hairs out¬ 
side ; scales small oblong. Females, solitary on *5 in. long pedicels. 
Ovary tomentose. Stigmas 3 large. Fruit globular, brownish 
green velvety-tomentose 1 in. through. Seeds 3 or 4 plano-convex, 
*5 in. long. Hab. Forests 300 to 1500 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Sungei Buluh. Perak, Goping; Tea Gardens; Thaiping Hills 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang, 
Telok Kumba (Curtis). 
var. pubescens. A pubescent form at Goping, Perak (Kunstler). 
(2) H. castanea Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 197; King, l.c. 118. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous, elliptic or oblong, apex blunt, base blunt unequal ; nerves 
4 to 9 pairs, strongly elevate, 7 to 14 in. long, 2'5 to 4-5 in. wide; 
petioles thickened at both ends, geniculate above 75 to 1 in. long. 
Flowers white, fragrant, in axillary clusters of 2 to 6; pedicels 
pubescent, 1-25 in. long. Sepals obovate imbricate, outside tomen¬ 
tose. Petals '6 in. long, linear-oblong; scales linear obtuse. 
Stamens, filaments subulate; anthers ovate. Females as male, 
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