XVII. FLACOURTIACEAS. 
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\Ryparosa. 
glabrous. Female, no staminodes. Ovary ovoid angled tomentose. 
Stigmas obovate. Fruit globular yellow 1*5 in. through. Seeds 
5 or 6 oblong, ’75 in. long. Hab. Dense forest, 500 to 3000 ft. 
altitude. Perak, Goping; Batang Padang; Ulu Kerling; Larut 
Hills (Kunstler). 
(5) E. Scortechinii King, l.c. 126; Ann. Bot. Gard. Laic. l.c. 
^Spreading tree 15 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Branchlets 
and inflorescence rusty. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate 01 
oblanceolate shortly acuminate narrowed from middle to base^ 
glabrous dark green above, bluish grey beneath; nerves 5 6 
pairs and midrib prominent, 10 to 15 in. long, 4 to 6 in. wide, 
petioles 2 to 2‘5 in. long thickened and bent at tip. Racemes in 
tufts from tubercles on stem and branches. Males 8 to 12 in. 
long, females shorter. Male flowers, calyx tomentose splitting 
into 3 ovate segments. Petals 4 oblong ; scales round silky. 
Female flowers purple. Ovary tomentose ,4-angled; styles 2. 
Fruit angled when young, transversely oblong when ripe and I’S m. 
long by 1 in. wide, velvet}' brown or black. Seeds 2. Hab. Thick 
forests under 1000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Kwala Tenok. Selangor, 
Ginting Bidai. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall. 
Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. 
(6) Ft. fasciculata King, l.c. 127; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 
135, pi. 158. 
Big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Stem xo to 15 in. through. Leaves 
coriaceous glabrous, narrow oblong acuminate, base narrowed, 
deep green; midrib and nerves 7 pairs and reticulations beneath 
elevate, 9 to 15 in. long, 2-25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1-25 in. 
long. Racemes fascicled on trunk and large boughs, 4 to 7 together, 
from 6 to 8 in. long. Sepals and petals reflexed, rounded, both 
tomentose. Stamens glabrous. Female flowers, staminodes conic. 
Stigmas large, reniform, Fruit sessile, globose-pear-shaped, apex 
mammillate, tomentose 2 in. long, 1 -5 in. through, yellowish green. 
Seeds about 6. Hab. Dense forest, Malacca, at Selandor. Sungei 
Ujong, Bumban (Cantley). Perak, Chanderiang and Ulu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Native names : TajamB’lat; Musakana Putih; Rambai 
Ayam. 
Order XVIII. GUTTIFER/E. 
Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish resinous juice. Leaves 
opposite, coriaceous or more rarely membranous. Flowers solitary, 
fascicled, racemose or panicled, axillary or terminal, white, yellow 
or red, regular, unisexual or bisexual. Sepals 2 to 6 imbricate 
or in decussate pairs. Petals 2 to 6, rarely o, usually imbricate. 
Male flowers, stamens usually indefinite, free, or filaments connate 
