88 SIR DIETRICH BRANDIS—AN ENUMERATION 
D. Philippine Islands. 
41. SHOREA CONTORTA, Vidal, Sinopsis, Atlas (1883), 15, t. 15. 
fig. e, et Pl. Vase. Filip. 61. 
Luzon (Vidal, nn. 987, 2159). 
Leaves glabrous, ovate, acuminate, margin undulate ; secondary 
nerves 6 pairs ; tertiary nerves parallel, not conspicuous, joined by 
reticulate veins. Anthers linear; appendix of connective very 
short. Ovary glabrous; style cylindrie, articulate with ovary, 
stigma minutely papillose. Wings of fruiting-calyx twisted, 
very unequal, the two largest 3—5 in. long, with 10-12 prominent 
nerves, the third 21 in. long, the others much smaller. Fruit 
tomentose, acuminate ; base of fruiting-calyx pubescent. 
Anomalous, on account of the short anther-appendage and 
the style articulate with ovary. 
42. S. POLITA, Vidal, Sinopsis, Atlas (1883), 15, t. 15. fig. d, et 
Pl. Vase. Filip. 61. 
Luzon (Vidal, nn. 71, 77, 989, 2155, 2166, 2168). 
Leaves glabrous, elliptic and elliptic-lanceolate, slightly undu- 
late, 3-5 in. long, petiolelin. Secondary veins 14 pairs; tertiary 
inconspicuous, parallel, joined by dense reticulate venation. 
Flowers in unilateral spikes in large terminal panicles, the 
branches of which are slender. Calyx pubescent, sepals densely 
clothed with long hairs. Anthers linear, the filaments of the 10 
episepalous stamens connate; appendage twice the length of 
anther. Ovary glabrous, style cylindric, stigma 3-dentate. 
43. S. PHILIPPINENSIS, sp. nova. Ramuli pilis stellatis tecti. 
Folia elliptica, petiolis et paginá inferiori pilis stellatis obtectis, 
nervis secundariis utrinque 10-12, nervis tertiariis inconspicuis. 
Stamina antheris linearibus longe aristatis. Ovarium cum styli 
basi puberulum, stylo filiformi glabro ovarium excedente. 
Luzon (Vidal, n. 983). 
Petioles and inflorescence pubescent with stellate hairs. 
Leaves—blade 11-21 in. long, petioles 4 in. Bracts enclosing 
the buds subpersistent ; appendage filiform, longer than anther. 
Stigma minute. 
2. Hopeoides, Heim.—Stamens 20-30. 
44. Š. GRATISSIMA, Dyer in Hook. J- Fl. Brit. Ind. i. (1872) 
307 ; King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, lxii. pars 2 (1893), 115. 
