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capsular dehiscing into 3 lobes, with 3 winged seeds. {King, Journ. 
Hs. Soc. Beng. lxii. (2), 235.) Species 250, tropics of both worlds. 
Perianth pentamerous. 
Fruit capsular; seed winged . . . .1. Triomma 
Perianth 3- to 6-merous; fruit drupaceous. 
Stamens 6; calyx small; drupe large; stone 
triquetrous stony . . . . .2. Canarium 
Drupe usually small; stone crustaceous ellipsoid 3. Santiria 
Stamens 3 or 6; calyx large; drupe oblique 
globose ....... 4. Trigonochlamys 
Stamens 3, calyx small; drupe gibbous globose 5. Icicaster 
1 . TRIOMMA, Hook. fil. 
Tree. Leaves imparipinnate exstipulate. Leaflets few. 
Flowers bisexual small in terminal panicles. Sepals 5 ovate. 
Petals 5 ovate little longer. Stamens 5; filaments very short; 
anthers minute. Ovary ovoid; ovules 2 in each cell. Stigma 
sessile. Fruit dry dehiscent opening into 3 ovate acuminate 
woody valves, pyrenes solitary 3-angled with a large sub-orbicular 
wing. Species 1, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 
(1) T. malaccensis Hook. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 171; 
Ic. PI. 2824, 2825; King, l.c. 236; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc 
S. Br. 35, p. 86. 
An aromatic resinous tree about 60 ft. tall or more and 2 ft. 
through with grey flaky bark. Leaves 6 to 10 in. long; leaflets 9 
coriaceous oblique elliptic or ovate lanceolate acute or acuminate; 
nerves 7 pairs, 3*5 to 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petiolules *2 in. long, 
terminal one ’5 in. long. Panicle 3 in. long tomentose much 
branched. Flowers ’2 in. across pedicelled whitish green. Anthers 
chestnut. Fruit 2*75 in. long, 2’i in. wide, base broad on a stout 
2 in. peduncle. Hab. Forests in the south. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Ginting Sempah. 
2 . CANARIUM, Linn. 
Big trees resinous. Leaves imparipinnate alternate. Flowers 
in terminal or axillary panicles or racemes small, unisexual, males 
smaller in larger inflorescences, females larger in smaller inflores¬ 
cences. Bracts conspicuous. Calyx campanulate 3-lobed valvate. 
Petals 3, usually longer. Stamens 3 or 6 on edge or outside the disc 
or free, or confluent at base with no disc. Ovary 3-celled, cells 
2-ovuled; style various or none. Stigma capitate. Drupe 
elliptic with hard fleshy outer coat, stone usually triquetrous, 
very hard, 1- to 3-celled. Species about 90, tropical Asia. 
Stamens 3 . (1) C. caudatum 
Stamens 6. 
Filaments united in a tube. 
Leaves glabrous; flowers large -3 in. long . (2} C. grandiflorum 
Leaves slightly pubescent on nerves, glaucous 
beneath. (3) C. purpurascens 
