XXXII, SIMARUBEiE. 
Harrisonia.} 
361 
1 in. long, -3 to - 6 in. wide. Flowers on axillary tubercles, 'i to 
•3 in. long, on slender pedicels, -5 to 75 in. long. Sepals small 
ovate. Petals -i in. long, lanceolate reflexed. Stamens 8, bases 
hairy. Fruit pea-shaped, 3- to i-celled. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
I have seen no specimen. Distrib. Andamans and Philippines. 
2. PICRASMA, Blume. 
Trees or shrubs, bitter. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers small 
unisexual, in axillary panicles. Calyx small, 4- to 5-toothed. 
Petals 4- or 5-valvate. Disc thick, entire. Stamens 4 or 5, hairy, 
no scales. Ovary 3- to 5-partite, free; styles united in middle only. 
Fruit 1 to 3 fleshy or coriaceous drupes surrounded by the enlarged 
coriaceous petals. Species 4, Indo-Malaya, China, Japan, America. 
(1) P. javanica Blume Biydr. 248; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 520; 
King, lx. 227; Berm. PI. Jav. Rar. 197, t. 41. 
free 30 to 60 ft. tall; leaflets 3 to 7, membranous, elliptic to 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or (old leaves) undulate, base 
narrowed or rounded; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to -5 
in. wide. Panicles white, 6 in. long (the peduncles 4 in. long). 
Flowers numerous, crowded at branch ends small, white. Sepals 
ovate, pubescent, minute. Petals ’i in. long, ovate concave. 
Stamens 4; filaments pubescent in male, villous in female. Disc 
woolly. Style single. Drupe 1 to 3, enlarged; petals ’3 in. across. 
Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (fide King). Distrib. Java. 
3 . BRUCEA, Mill. 
Bitter shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, large, membranous. 
Flowers very small in very small cymes racemed on a long rachis. 
Calyx 4-partite, imbricate. Petals 4, linear, minute. Disc 4-lobed. 
Stamens 4. Ovary 4-lobed, or of 4 free carpels. Drupes 4, ovoid.? 
Seed 1. Species 6, tropics of Old World. 
(1) B. sumatrana Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 449; Hook. fd. F.B.I. i. 523 ; 
King, l.c. 228. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaflets 9, 
lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate-dentate, base oblique acute 
softly pubescent; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 1*5 to 3*5 in. long; whole 
leaf 10 to 14 in. long; petioles 2-5 -to 5 in. long; petiolules *i in. 
long. Panicles 2 to 3*5 in. long. Flowers minute, purple, pubes¬ 
cent. Drupes ellipsoid oval black. Hab. Open country, widely 
spread from Singapore to Perlis on both coasts. Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya. Native names : Kosam (Chinese); Cherek Jantan; 
Embalau, or Embalau Padang or Embalau Betina; Hampedu 
Bruang; Lada Pahit. Use : The fruit used for dysentery. 
4. EURYCOMA, Jack. 
freelets or tall slender shrubs. Bark and wood bitter. Leaves 
on the apex of the branches paripinnate; leaflets numerous glabrous 
