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54. SHoREA FORBESII, sp. nova. Arbor magna, ramulis nigres- 
centibus pube stellata obtectis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, oblongo- 
lanceolata, supra glaberrima nitida, infra squamulis minutis 
rotundis lepidota, margine revoluta, stipulis minutis caducis, 
nervis secundariis utrinque 12 inferne cum costá valde promi- 
nentibus, tertiariis parallelis obscuris. Panicule racemose, breves 
axillares et in ramis vetustis provenientes, floribus brevissime 
pedicellatis a bracteolis 2 persistentibus fultis. Calycis segmenta 
imbricata, extüs pubescentia, 3 exteriora longiora in acumen 
lineare intus pubescens prolongata, 2 interiora breviora rotunda 
intüs glabra nitida. Petala lineari-faleata, extüs tomentosa. 
Stamina 15-20, filamentis basi dilatatis, antheris brevibus ellip- 
ticis, aristá antheras quater superante. Ovarium glabrum in 
stylopodium minute puberulum angustatum, stylo brevi glabro. 
New Guinea, Sogeri region at 3000 feet elevation (Forbes, 
861, April 1886). 
Flowers pink-cream. Blade 3-4 in., petiole 1-i in. long; 
flowers 1-3 in. long, buds short, conical ; fruit unknown. 
55. S. PARVIFOLIA, Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. (1872) 
805; King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, lxii. pars 2 (1893), 
112. 
Penang; Perak ; Malacca (Maingay, n. 206) ; Singapore. 
Secondary nerves 9-12 pairs; tertiary parallel, oblique, some 
at right angles to midrib. Appendage of connective as long as 
anther, at first incurved, afterwards deflexed. Style cylindric, 
shorter than stylopodium. 
56. Š. SQUAMATA, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. (1862) 193; 
Vidal, Pl. Vasc. Filip. 62.—Hopea squamata, Turcz. in Bull. 
Soc. Mosc. xxxi. 1858 (pars 1), 239; A. DO. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 
(pars 1), 635. 
Ins. Philipp. (fl. and unripe fruit), Cuming, nn. 883, 892; 
Borneo, Beccari, n. 3010 (ripe fruit). 
Leaves coriaceous, from a rounded base ovate-oblong, upper- 
side glabrous, underside rough with tufts of stellate hairs; 
secondary nerves 14-18, curved, tertiary veins parallel; blade 
4-8 in., petiole š in. long. Flowers bibracteolate in unilateral 
spikes, these distichous in long axillary and terminal panicles, 
bracts oblong-spathulate. Filaments of the 5 inner episepalous 
stamens with a thick rounded base, upon which the 5 outer epi- 
sepalous filaments are inserted ; appendage of connective slightly 
