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long, tripinnate, red scaly with numerous racemes of pale pink 
flowers about -2 in, across. Calyx-lobes ovate, sub-acute. Corolla- 
lobes ovate acute not glandular. Drupe black, -2 in. through, 
globose, ribbed when dry. Hab. Common in forests throughout 
the peninsula from Singapore to Kedah and Tringganu. A number 
of varieties are recorded. 
var. polyneura Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 520 has leaves up 
to 15 in. long and 4-5 in. wide, elliptic, nerves very prominent. 
Singapore to Perak. 
var. complanata Clarke , l.c. Leaves lanceolate, smaller as are 
the panicles. Hab. Singapore, Malacca, Penang, etc. 
var. elliptica King and Gamble, lx. More robust, leaves stiffer, 
7 in. long by 8 in, vide. Panicle robust. Hab. Perak, Relau 
Tujor (Wray). 
var. salicifolia King and Gamble, l.c. Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 
7 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; nerves inconspicuous. Hab. Perak, 
Malacca. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native names: Mantua Pelan- 
dok; Mantulong; Maranting; Marabuloh; Mumbuloh; Munsial; 
Nauli-nauli; Jerok putih. 
(29) A. petricola Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 159. 
Shrub; young parts red-scurfy. Leaves elliptic obtuse, slightly 
narrowed to each end, coriaceous; nerves fine, numerous, gland- 
dotted beneath, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, 
winged to base, red scurfy. Panicles terminal dense, 2 in. long, 
red scurfy; branches 7 to 8, short, *5 in. long with cymes of 3 to 4 
flowers. Corolla pink, -25 in. across, Idbes ovate blunt. Buds 
acute. Stamens eglandular. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan to 
7186 ft. altitude. On rocks (Ridley). 
(30) A. platyclada King and Gamble, l.c. 132. 
Small tree or shrub, 10 to 15 ft. tall, glabrous; branchlets with 
zigzag rib from petiole to petiole, above flattened. Leaves char- 
taceous oblong abruptly acuminate, base narrowed, rounded, 
red-scaly when young; nerves 14 to 18 pairs, strongly elevate 
inarching beneath; 4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles very 
short or 0. Panicles pyramidal scaly, 2- to 3-pinnate, 4 to 5 in. 
long, rachis flat. Flowers very small in dense umbellate clusters. 
Bracts foliaceous spathulate-lanceolate. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 
pink. Corolla white, -07 in. wide, lobes ovate-acuminate. Drupe 
globose, dark blue, *2 in. through. Hab. Dense forest. Rare. 
Perak, Ulu Bubong and Goping (Kunstler). 
(31) A. divergens Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85; King, l.c. 133. 
Small tree 20 ft. tall. Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 
chartaceous elliptic to lanceolate, shortly acuminate, base blunt, 
gland-dots very conspicuous on edge; nerves fine, distinct, 8 to 
12 pairs, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 to *3 in. long. 
Panicles lax terminal; rachis flattened, rusty pubescent, 2 to 
3 in. long. Flowers umbelled red; pedicels short, thick. Buds 
