346 XXXI. KUTACE-iE. [ Tetractomia. 
(1) T. majus Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 491; King, l.c. 211. Tetra- 
merista paniculata Kurz, Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 333. 
Tree with stout branches. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate- 
elliptic blunt; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 8 to 9 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide ; 
petioles 2 to 2-25 in. long, thick. Cymes glabrous, 6 to 7 in. long. 
Flowers *25 in. wide glabrous. Stamens 4, perfect; staminodes 
minute 4. Cocci -5 in. long, keeled. Seed oblong. Hah. Malacca, 
(Maingay). Only once found and locality not certain. 
(2) T. Roxburghii Hook. fil. l.c. 491; Ic. PI. 1512; King, l.c. 
212. Melicope tetrandra Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 257. 
Tree 30 to 80 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through, glabrous. Branches 
rather stout. Leaves sub-coriaceous obovate, tip rounded rarely 
apiculate, long narrowed to base; nerves fine 7 to 9 pairs, 2*5 to 
6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1 rarely 1*25 in. long. 
Cymes pubescent above, 3 to 4 in. across spreading, on a peduncle 
4 in. long. Flowers -13 in. across, pale yellow or greenish white. 
Stamens 8, alternate row attached to sepals. Cocci 1 to 3, *25 in. 
long. Seeds oblong. Hab. Forests to 3000 ft. altitude. Singa¬ 
pore (Maingay). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Derry, Kunstler). Penang 
Hill (Curtis). Native names : Kertak Hudong ; Medang Hudang. 
4 . ZANTHOXYLUM, L. 
Shrubs or trees often prickly. Leaves alternate trifoliate or 
unequally pinnate. Leaflets entire or crenulate. Flowers small 
pink, white or green often unisexual. Calyx 3- to 8-fid. Petals 
3 to 5. Disc small. Stamens 3 to 5. Ovary of 1 to 5 oblique 
i-celled carpels; ovules 2; styles sub-lateral. Fruit of 1 to 5 cocci 
globose, coriaceous-fleshy i-seeded dehiscing ventrally; endocarp 
horny. Seed oblong or globose. Testa bony or crustaceous blue 
or black. About 80 species, tropics. 
Unarmed shrub. Leaves trifoliate; fruit ’3 in. 
through .. ( 1 ) Z. GValifolium 
Rachis thorny; leaves 7- to 9-foliate; fruit 
•25 in. through . . (2) Z. hirtellum 
Thorny tree. Leaves pinnate; fruit *12 in. 
through. (3) Z. myriacanthum 
(1) Z. ovalifolium Wight, III. i. 169; Hook. fil. l.c. 492; King, 
l.c. 213. 
Shrub or small tree. Branchlets puberulous, unarmed. Leaves 
3-foliolate; leaflets sub-coriaceous elliptic-oblong, obtuse-pointed, 
base narrowed, edge crenulate; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 2 to 5 in. 
long, i'2 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles 1*25 to 2'5 in. long; petiolules 
•2 to *4 in. long. Cymes slender axillary; branches few. Flowers 
•12 to *2 in. long few, 4- to 5-merous. Coccus 1, sub-globular, 
pitted, 3 in. through. Hab. Singapore (Wallich 7469). Not seen 
again. Distrib. India. 
Specimen doubtful. Wallich says the branches are armed, but there 
are no spines on the specimens and the Indian plant is unarmed. 
