XVII, FLACOURTIACEA). 
160 
[Hydnocurpus. 
but stamens barren and ovary ovoid tomentose. Fruit i to 1-5 in. 
through, brown-tomentose. Seeds large angular. Hab. Not rare 
in dense forests. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Tahan River, 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Batu Caves. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, 
Maxwell’s Hill; Goping (Kunstler). Penang Hill. Lankawi 
Islands, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Distrib. King’s Island, Mergui. 
Native name : Alai Batu. 
Fig. 18. — Hydnocarpus Curtisii. 
(3) H. Curtisii King, l.c. 119; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. vii. 129, 
pi. 148. 
A shrub or treelet 15 to 25 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base unequally rounded or 
cuneate; nerves 7 to 11 pairs, elevate beneath, 6 to 12 in. long, 
2‘25 to 3 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long stout. Male flowers in short 
axillary cymes, 75 in. across. Sepals ovate blunt, minutely 
pubescent '3 in. long. Petals narrow oblong blunt, *5 in. long; 
scales linear -4 in. long. Anthers longer than filaments. Female 
flowers on shorter pedicels. Ovary long, ovoid tomentose. Stigmas 
