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ovules at the top of the lignified placenta. The cotyledons filled 
with starch-grains. 
15. SHoREA THORELII, Lanessan, Pl. Utiles Col. Fr. (1886) 
302 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fasc. 15 (1890), t. 233. 
Cochinchina. 
Stylopodium elongate, hairy, as well as ovarium. 
16. S. vULGARIS, Lanessan, Pl. Utiles Col. Fr. (1886) 301 ; 
Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fasc. 15 (1890), t. 232.—Pl. II. 
figs. 15, 16. . 
Filaments of the inner stamens thickened above; upon the 
thickened portion is inserted a short stipes, bearing the anther. 
17. S. Prerret, Hance in [London] Journ. Bot. xvi. (1878) 
302. 
Cambodia. 
Incomplete specimens, in young fruit only, in British Museum, 
similar in appearance to S. vulgaris, Pierre. In the ‘ Fl. For. de 
la Cochinchine’ this species is not mentioned. 
18. S. cosrata, King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. lxii. pars 2 
(1893), 119. 
Penang. 
I find 20 stamens ; King says 15. 
19. S. uriLIs, King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. lxii. pars 2 
(1893), 119. 
Penang. 
The posterior anther-cells ciliate at top; appendages of con- 
nective thick, blunt, a little longer than anther, densely ciliate. 
20. S. BARBATA, sp. nova. Arbor, ramulis petiolisque trans- 
verse rimosis. Folia discoloria, ovato-lanceolata acuminata, 
acumine lineari obtuso, supra glabra infra minute tomentosa, 
nervis secundariis utrinque 8-10, nervis tertiariis approximatis 
inconspieuis. Flores parvi. Stamina 20-30, antheris apice basi- 
que barbatis, connectivi appendice lata dense barbatá. Pistillum 
atylopodio tomentoso, stylo brevi glabro. 
Batang, Malacca (Ridley, nn. 1784, 1789). _ 
Branchlets dark grey. Leaves matted on the underside with 
dense greyish-yellow pubescence; blade 2—4, petiole 4 in. long. 
Buds ovate. Flowers in short, mostly unilateral spikes, these 
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