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leaflets 15 to 29 lanceolate acuminate oblique, base narrowed, 
above glabrous when adult, 1-5 to 3*4 in. long, *5 to 1 in. wide; 
petioles *5 in. long; petiolules less than - i in. long. Panicle 
terminal narrow, lax 4 to 12 in. long; branches spreading. Flowers 
•25 in. across, 4-merous white; pedicels longer. Buds globose. 
Stamens 10. Ovary hairy. Fruit smooth oblong, pulpy pale pink 
translucent -2 in. long. Seed 1 elliptic oblong. Hab. Common in 
open country. Singapore. Tanglin; Pulau Ubin. Malacca, Bukit 
Bruang; Selandor (Cantley). Selangor. Perak, Goping (Kunst- 
ler). Penang, Telok Bahang; Government Hill (Curtis). Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya. Native names: Chenama; Cherek hitam. Use: 
The leaves eaten as a potherb by Tamils, and perhaps introduced 
by them. 
9. MURRAYA, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees unarmed. Leaves pinnate with alternate 
petioled leaflets, bases oblique or cuneate. Flowers solitary or in 
short panicles axillary or terminal. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 
narrow 5, free imbricate. Stamens 10 on an elongate disc, alternate 
ones shorter; anthers ovate. Ovary 2- to 5-celled, narrowed into 
a long style. Stigma capitate. Berry oblong or ovoid 1- to 5- 
celled, 1- to many-seeded. Seeds flat, glabrous. Species 5, tropical 
Asia. 
(1) M. exotica Linn. Mant. ii. 563; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. S02 ■ 
King, l.c. 220. 
A shrub or small tree. Leaves 4 to 5 in. long, deep shining 
green 3- to 8-foliate; leaflets thinly coriaceous, ovate to ovate- 
lanceolate often rhomboid, acuminate tip blunt notched, base 
cuneate, often slightly oblique, 1 to 2 in. long, 4 to 8 in. wide. 
Cymes axillary or terminal an inch long, few-flowered. Flowers 
■5 in. long, white fragrant. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals oblong 
lanceolate. Stamens much shorter. Ovary 2-celled; style long, 
slender. Stigma capitate. Berry ovoid or globose red, *5 in. 
long. Seeds 2. Hab. Wild on limestone hills, often cultivated in 
gardens. Selangor, Bukit Kamuning. Perak, Pondok Tanjong 
(Haron). Distrib. India, China, Australia. Native name: Kamun- 
ing. Use : The roots give the beautiful wood used for Kris-handles 
and sheaths. 
10. MERRILLIA, Swingle. 
Bush to fair-sized tree. Leaves pinnate with many leaflets 
on a winged rachis, alternate oblanceolate acuminate inaequilateral 
membranous. Flowers in short axillary panicles. Sepals ovate 
acute, connate. Petals linear, long, green. Stamens 10 unequal. 
Ovary stalked, hairy. Fruit orange-like. Seeds numerous flat 
densely villous. Species 1, Malay Peninsula. 
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