388 xxxv. meliace^e. [ Chisocheton. 
Reservoir Woods. Johor, Serom. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Talan 
(Cantley). Perak, Salama, Larut (Kunstler). Dindings, Pangkor. 
Native name : Poko Jurai. 
(3) C. erythrocarpus Hiern, l.c. i. 550; King, l.c. 31. 
A big tree 80 ft. tall. Branchlets velvety tomentose. Leaves 
12 to 15 in. long; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs coriaceous elliptic-oblong or 
broad ovate, shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 
glabrous except midrib above, pubescent beneath; nerves 6 to 7 
pairs, 2-5 to 5*5 in. long, 135 to 2 in. wide; petiolules -2 in. long. 
Panicles extra-axillary -4 in. long tomentose; branches short. 
Flowers 35 in. long. Calyx cylindric truncate tomentose. Petals 
elliptic silky outside. Stamen-tube shorter silky below, villous 
inside, teeth 5 or 6 emarginate. Stigma cylindric. Fruit sub- 
globose 2 in. through minutely tomentose blood-red. Seed exarillate 
1 in. long orange red. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Pulan Ubin. 
Malacca (Maingay). Selandor. Native name: Rongga. Use: 
The timber is good. The seeds are said to be poisonous. 
(4) C . penduliflorus Planch, in Hook. fil. F.B.l . i. 550 ; King, l.c. 28. 
Shrub 6 or 8 ft. to 20 ft. tall. Branches, leaf-rachis and inflores¬ 
cence velvety. Leaves 15 to 24 in. long; leaflets 5 pairs elliptic- 
ovate to oblanceolate shortly cuspidate base narrowed; nerves 15 
to 18, pairs, above glabrous or hairy, midrib always hairy beneath, 
3 to 9 in, long, 13 to 3 in. wide; petiolules less than *i in. long. 
Panicles raceme-like 2 ft. long tomentose pendulous. Flowers 
dull pink in scattered clusters, *75 to 1 in. long, clavate in bud. 
Calyx short, hairy, tubular; mouth entire or lobed. Petals 5 
linear-spathulate silky. Stamen-tube narrow, nearly glabrous. 
Fruit fusiform pubescent. Hab. Forests. Johor, Batu Pahat; 
Simpai (Kelsall). Malacca (Maingay); Machap. Tebung Road 
(Derry). Sungei tljong (Cantley). Bindings, Gunong Tungul, 
Penang (Porter); Moniot’s Road (Curtis). 
var. Kunstleri. C. Kunstleri King, l.c. 27. Leaves larger. 
Panicle with the flowers crowded at the tip only. Calyx rather 
larger. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Native names : Medang 
Kasunko; Sangol Lotong hitam. 
A rather variable plant in size of leaves and amount of pubescence. It 
has also sometimes infertile clavate flowers with a filiform base. 
(5) C. princeps Hemsl. Ic. PI. t. 1844; King, l.c. 29. 
An unbranched tree with long pendulous leaves 9 to 10 ft. long, 
very like those of C. rubiginosus, but larger; leaflets elliptic-oblong 
coriaceous, 9 to 10 in. long; nerves 15 to 30 pairs. Panicles 3 ft. 
or more long; branches short and stout bearing a round head of 
flowers 3 in. through. Calyx *2 in. long, cup-shaped truncate 
tomentose, much smaller than in C. rubiginosus. Petals 5, linear 
spathulate silky outside white nearly 13 in. long. Stamen-tube 
shorter. Fruit 23 in. through sub-globular. Seeds 3 to 5, 175 in. 
