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XVII. FLACOURTIACE^E. 
[Hydnocarpus. 
base acuminate; nerves 7 pairs, reticulations distinct, 3 3 5 
to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long. Flowers 
in axillary fascicles or racemes. Buds globular, on pedicels ‘2 in. 
long softly golden velvety. Sepals 4, in 2 pairs round concave, 
brown, imbricate. Petals 4 (or 8 ) smaller, erose abate; scales 
sub-quadrate. Stamens 20, white; filaments short pubescent. 
Fruit globular velvety, 1*5 in. through. Hab. On rocky limestone 
hills often very abundant. Lankawi at Kwah. Perils, very 
common on and round limestone rocks. Distnb. Cambodia and 
Java. 
5. TARAKTOGENOS, Hassk. 
Trees with entire alternate leaves. Flowers in axillary cymes, 
some bisexual, others male only. Males, sepals 4, in decussate 
pairs imbricate round concave. Petals 8 in 2 rows smaller, with 
a fleshy cuneate scale often dentate at the tip to each petal. 
Stamens 20 to 32; filaments short; anthers cordate. Female 
flowers, sepals often 3, petals 6 and stamens 17. Ovary long 
ovoid sulcatewith 4 deflexed stigmatic lobes, i-celled; ovules many 
on 4 parietal placentas. Fruit large globose or ovoid with a hard 
fibrous or woody rind, and several seeds imbedded in pulp. Seeds, 
testa hard, albumen copious, cotyledons large cordate. Species 3 
or 4, Indo-Malayan. 
Ouite glabrous except petals; stamens 20 to 24 
Leaves pubescent to tomentose beneath; stamens 32 . 
(1) T. Scortechinii 
(2) T. Kunstleri. 
fil T. Scortechinii King, l.c. 122. 
Large glabrous tree. Bark dark coloured. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong lanceolate in equilateral or oblong, edges undulate, apex 
shortly bluntly acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 4 to 5 ascending, 
prominent beneath, reticulations prominent, above smooth, 3’5 
to 7 in. long, i -5 to 275 in- wide ; petioles ; 5 to 75 m- long. Cymes 
trichotomous 1 in. long; peduncles *5 m long axillary. Male 
flowers 'S to -6 in. across on pedicels -25 in. to 35 m. long. Sepals 
round glabrous. Petals silky outside; scales less than half as 
long 'Stamens 20 to 24; filaments hirsute. Anthers sagittate. 
Hab Perak, Buiong Malacca (Scortechmi). 
var. gracilipes, King, l.c. Specimens with smaller leaves and 
(2) T. Kunstleri King, l.c . 122; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 
I3I Tree40 to60 ft.tall, ioto 15 in. through. Branchlets puberulous. 
Leaves bright green, coriaceous unequal-sided, oblong-lanceolate to 
elliptic cuspidate; nerves prominent beneath, puberulous, 5 or ° 
pairs, 4-5 to 6 in. long, rj to 3 in. wide; petioles -3 to '5 in. long, 
puberulous. Cymes dense, many-flowered. Male flowers as in 
