394 xxxv. meliaceab. [ Dysoxylum. 
colour; pericarp almost woody. Seeds i in. long, aril bright red. 
Hab . Common in forests. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Griffith). 
Pahang River. Dindings, Gunong Tungul. Penang, Pulau Betong 
(Curtis). Native name: Kasai Tembaga. 
(8) D. turbinatum King, l.c. 43. 
Small tree 12 to 18 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Leaves 10 to 
16 in. long, glabrescent; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs thinly coriaceous 
glaucescent beneath, elliptic abruptly bluntly acuminate, base 
rounded or cuneate slightly oblique, glabrous except midrib and 
nerves slightly hairy; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, very bold beneath, 
3 to 8 in. long, 1 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules -35 in. long. Panicles 
supra-axillary 3 to 11 in. long, pubescent; branches few short 
with 5 to 10 flowers each. Flowers silvery white, *45 in. long. 
Calyx cupular short with 4 distinct teeth pubescent. Petals 4 
linear-oblong silky pubescent outside, nearly glabrous within. 
Stamen-tube cylindric, teeth 8, puberulous outside. Disc glabrous 
mouth pilose, much longer than ovary. Ovary pilose. Fruit 
depressed-globular with a short pseudo-stalk scaly, 1*5 in. long. 
Hab. Woods south of the peninsula. Singapore, Bukit Timah. 
Johor, Ivwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, 
Klang (Foxworthy). 
(9) D. costulatum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 21 ; King, 
l.c. 43. D. brevipes Hiern, l.c. i. 546. * 
A glabrous tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through. Leaves 
9 to 14 in. long; leaflets sub-coriaceous 4 pairs elliptic-oblong 
cuspidate, base acute oblique ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs bold beneath, 
3-5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. wide; petiolules *3 in. long. Panicles 
axillary and terminal 8 in. long; branches raceme-like. Flowers 
•2 in. long white alliaceous. Calyx cup-shaped short 4-toothed. 
Petals 4, oblong obtuse puberulous outside. Staminal tube cylindric 
8- toothed glabrous outside, villous within. Ovary glabrous, bruit 
depressed-globular tapering to a pseudo-stalk 1*5 in. long, 4-celled; 
pericarp woody, red. Hab. Forests in the south. Singapore, 
Selitar. Johor, Castlewood. Pahang River. Malacca (Maingay, 
Griffith) ; Selandor and Merlimau (Cantley). Selangor, Dusun 
Tua. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. Native 
names : Chikeh; Kulin. 
(10) D. macrothyrsum Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 20; 
King, l.c. 44. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 6 to 20 in. through. Leaves 16 to 18 in. 
long; petioles and rachis puberulous; leaflets thinly coriaceous 
3 to 4 pairs, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, base cuneate 
oblique glabrous; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 to 
9- 5 in. long, 2 to 4*5 in. wide; petiolules '25 to *4 in. long. Panicles 
racemiform slender puberulous 4 to 7 in. long. Flowers '5 in* l° n g» 
white. Calyx very short broad toothed puberulous cup-shaped. 
Petals 4 much longer, narrow oblong sub-acute silky. Stamen- 
