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Aglaia.] 
brown scaly. Leaves 5 to 9 in. long; leaflets 5 to 7 oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, or ovate, opposite thinly coriaceous bluntly acuminate, base 
cuneate, glabrous above, scaly beneath; nerves 6 to 9 pairs slender, 
2 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules *2 in. long. Panicles 
3 to 8 in. long. Branches spreading, dense-flowered. Flowers 
depressed globular ’035 in. long, on pedicels as long. Calyx small, 
lobes 5 orbicular scaly. Petals 5 elliptic or obovate glabrous, much 
longer. Stamen-tube truncate campanulate. Fruit ovoid or sub- 
globose brown scaly. Hab. Common in forests and lowland woods. 
Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Reservoir Woods. Pahang, Pulau 
Tiuman (Kloss); Labong Endau (Evans). Malacca (Maingay); 
Ching (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler); Temengoh. 
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, Pulau Betong and 
Government Hill (Curtis). Disirib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : 
Belankas hutan (lit. King-Crab tree, as the flowers resemble its 
eggs); Subulat jantan; Tumilang. 
(9) A. argentea Bl. Bijdr. 170; King, l.c. 70; Koorders and 
Valeton, Ic. Bogor. i. t. 13. 
A slender tree 10 to 20 ft. tall. Shoots, leaves except upper 
side and inflorescence covered with pale tomentum and silvery 
scales. Leaves 24 to 30 in. long; leaflets 7 to n alternate thinly 
coriaceous deep green above, brown or silvery beneath, oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, base cuneate or rounded; nerves 
12 to 24 pairs elevate beneath, 5 to 9 (terminal 12 to 15) in. long, 
2 to 5 in. wide; petiolules ‘2 in. long. Panicles very dense 3 to 
5 in. (in fruit 8 in.) long or more ; rachis thick. Flowers numerous 
sessile sub-globular, *08 in. long. Calyx deep cut into 5 round 
lobes, scaly. Petals twice as long orbicular glabrous. Stamen-tube 
globular; anthers 5. Fruit ovoid or obovoid rusty-pubescent 
and scaly brown, -8 to 1*25 in. long. Hab. Widely spread, but not 
common, in forests by rivers. Perak (Kunstler). 
var. eximia Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iv. 55. Petals 
elliptic. Stamen-tube ovoid. Leaflets cinnamon beneath not shining, 
15 to 25 opposite sub-sessile, base round, 3 to 6 in. long. The 
commonest form. Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). Temengoh 
(Ridley). 
(10) A. splendens Koorders and Valeton, Ic. Bogor. i. t. 14. 
A. argentea var. Cnrtisii King, l.c. 71. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 3 to 5 in. through. Leaves 12 in. or more 
long with distant oblong leaflets 15 to 19 narrowed slightly at each 
end, smooth above, silvery beneath; nerves about 20 pairs, slender, 
slightly elevate beneath, hardly visible above, midrib strongly 
elevate beneath, 6 in. long, 175 in. wide; petiolules *i in. long. 
Inflorescence shorter than the leaves. Flowers '15 in. long. Calyx 
short, lobes rounded scaly. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous. 
Staminal-tube globose. Fruit pear-shaped silvery grey. Hab. 
