XXV. TILIACEAL 
Elceocarpus .] 
319 
Singapore, Tanglin (Murton). Malacca (Griffith); Hulu Dayong 
(Derry). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Chanderiang (Kunstler); Penang, 
Ayer Hitam (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Native names: Jatek- 
Jatek; Jentek-Jentek. 
Easily recognised by its red tomentum, The flowers are often exclusively 
male. 
(20) E. glabrescens Masters, l.c. i. 403; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 138. 
Tree. Young branches, buds and petioles densely red-tomen- 
tose. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 
edges entire, base rounded above, glabrous except midrib, finely 
reticulate, beneath rufous-pubescent, but finally glabrous except 
midrib; reticulations small, conspicuous; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 
2*5 to 3-5 in. long, 1*2 to i*6 in. wide; petioles 1*25 to 1*75 in. 
long, glabrescent when old. Racemes 1 to 1*5 in. long, axillary and 
below the leaves; rachis and pedicels pubescent. Flowers ’15 in. 
long; pedicels curved, as long. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, pubes¬ 
cent outside. Petals 4, slightly longer, oblong with 6 to 12 short 
teeth, pubescent outside. Stamens 10 to 12, shorter; anthers 
scaberalous obtuse unawned. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Torus a 
shallow villous cup. Drupe oblong-obovoid, narrowed to base, 
•3 in. long, *2 in. wide. Hab. Usually in hill forests. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); Gunong Mengkuang Lebah, 5000 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). Penang, Government Hill (Maingay, Curtis) 
at 2500 ft. altitude. Kedah Peak (Burkill’s collector). 
(21) E. polystachyus Wall. Cat. 2671; Masters, l.c. i. 403; 
King, l.c. 137. 
Small tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets silky, rather stout. 
Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-elliptic acuminate, base broad 
rounded, shortly serrulate or nearly entire, glabrous above, mid¬ 
ribs and nerves beneath hairy; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, prominent 
beneath, reticulations very fine on both surfaces, 5*5 to 77 in. 
long, 2*25 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 2-5 in. long, silky. Racemes 
from upper axils below the leaves 7 in. long; rachis silky-tomentose. 
Flowers '2 in. long, nodding ochreous; pedicels curved as long; 
buds ovoid obtuse. Sepals ovate obtuse, silky outside. Petals 
elliptic-oblong obtuse, entire or slightly lobed, villous on both 
sides. Stamens half as long as petals, pubescent; anthers un¬ 
awned, Torus of 5 thin villous glands. Ovary ovoid villous 
2-celled, Drupe oblong, blunt at both ends, *6 in. long, -35 in. 
through, green, stone minutely rugose, i-celled, i-seeded. Hab. 
Woods in the south. Singapore, common, Bukit Timah; Jurong. 
Johor, Pinerong (Cantley). Distrib. Borneo. Native names: 
Derumo; Darumun Babi. 
(22) E. Mastersii King, l.c. 140. E. Acronodia Masters, l.c. 
i. 401, in part. 
Tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Shoots slightly puberulous, otherwise 
