XXXV. MELIACE^. 
[Sandoricmn. 
386 
petioles -35 in. long, terminal one 1-25 in. long. Panicles 3 in. 
long, slightly puberulous. Flowers *35 to *45 in. long. Calyx 
cup-shaped almost entire, puberulous. Petals long elliptic glabrous. 
Staminal-tube thick cylindric, dilated upwards. Hab. Malacca 
(Maingay), only known from Maingay's specimen. 
4 . MEG APH YLLiE A , Hemsl. 
Tree. Leaves large pinnate; leaflets oblique. Panicles narrow 
raceme-like. Flowers over 1 in. across. Calyx cylindric, fleshy 
annulate, 3- to 5-lobed. Petals 10, narrow elliptic, coriaceous 
in 2 series. Stamen-tube cylindric, mouth crenulate; anthers 10 
included. Disc cushion-sliaped, lobed. Ovary on disc 7-celled; 
style thick. Stigma capitate. Capsule large, 7- to 9-lobed, peri¬ 
carp 1 in. thick. Seeds exarillate. Species 2, endemic. 
Leaves 6 to 7 ft. long. (j) M. perakensis 
Leaves 1 to 2-5 ft. long. (2) M. annulata 
(1) M. perakensis Hemsl. Ic. PI. 1708; King, l.c. 24. 
About 40 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 7 ft. long; leaflets oblong, fleshy- 
coriaceous, sub-acute, base sub-cuneate truncate 12 to 15 in. long, 
3 to 4 in. wide; petiolules -35 to 75 in. long; nerves 10 to 15 pairs. 
Panicle 16 to 20 in. long; rachis 4-angled. Flowers 125 in. across, 
1 in. long, cream colour. Calyx puberulous with a thick lobed 
ring outside. Stamen-tube shorter than petals, pubescent inside 
only. Fruit globose-pyriform minutely tomentose, 3 in. through, 
brown. Hab. Dense hill-forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 
(2) M. annulata Ridl. Chisocheton annulatus King, l.c. 31. 
Tree. Leaves 18 to 30 in. long; rachis pubescent, base cuneate 
minutely pubescent all over; leaflets 4 to 7 pairs membranous 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate; nerves 12 to 14 pairs 
oblique, prominent beneath, 9 in. long, 3 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules 
•25 in. long. Panicles supra-axillary puberulous, about as long as 
the leaf; branches short, spike-like, few. Buds clubbed, *5 to 
*6 in. long. Calyx campanulate tomentose, covering the petals in 
bud, a thickened wavy band round the middle, 4 broad teeth. 
Petals 6 or more, the outer three silky outside, the inner ones 
glabrous. Stamens 12. Ovary conic pubescent, 5-celled. Hab. 
Dense forest at 2000 ft. altitude. Perak, Maxwell's Hill (Curtis). 
This appears to me certainly a Megaphyllcsa. 
5 . CHISOCHETON, Bl. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves equally pinnate; leaflets opposite 
more or less oblique. Flowers bisexual in extra-axillary (rarely 
axillary) panicles or spike-like racemes. Calyx cup-shaped or 
cylindric entire or 4- to 5-toothed. Petals 4 to 5 (or more) usually 
linear, at first cohering in a tube, then recurved. Stamen-tube 
tubular 4- to 12-lobed at top; anthers linear included or some- 
