Mntprinh for a Flora of ffie Mnlnynn Penmanln. 485 



ciuerooTis-tornentose branclilefs and nurnerons softly ptibpf5cent flowers ; 

 bracts large, obovate, concave, nierabi-anous. Floiorrs 25 in. lonoc, on 

 pedicels sliorter than the budp. Cahjx narrow!}' ovoid, very merabranons. 

 Petals narrowly oblong, villous on both surfaces, inserted towards tlio 

 base of the short disc. Stamens 5. Ovary shortly stalked, densely 

 pilose, attenuated into a style longer than itself. Drupe unknown. 

 Engler in DC. Mon. Phan, IV, 235. Stigmaria verniciflua, Jack ? in 

 Wall. Cat. 980. 



I have seen only Wallich's specimen of this in the Calcutta set of his 

 plants. The specimen is a very poor one, and the above desciiption is 

 taken mostly from Sir Joseph Hooker. Mr. Derry collected in Malacca, 

 (Herb. No. 10 10) a plant of which there are two fruiting specimens 

 in the Calcutta Herbarium which, from the shaf)e of its leaves, I would 

 have referred to this, were it not that I'emiiins of numerous stamens 

 persist at the base of one of the young fruits. Mr. Derry's plant must 

 I believe belong to an as yet undcscribed species. 



3. Melanorrh(ea Woodsiana, Scort. MSS. in Herb. Calc. A tree 60 

 to 100 feet high ; young branches velvetty-fer-rugineous. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, elliptic or elHptic-rotund, the apex obtuse or 

 rounded or emarginate, the edges sub-xindulate, the base rounded or sub- 

 cuneate ; upper sui'face glabrous, the transverse reticulations rather 

 distinct ; the lovter surface densely and uniformly rusty-tomentose, or 

 glabrescent with age : main nerves 15 to 24 pairs, sub-horizontal, very 

 prominent on the lower surface slightly so on the upper, length 4 to 

 5-5 in., breadth 1*75 to 3-5 in. ; petiole 1 to 1*35 in , deeply channelled, 

 dilated at the base, tomentose or glabrescent. Panicles from the upper 

 leaf -axils, longer than the leaves, on long peduncles densely and 

 minutely rusty-tomentose, branching more or less trichotomously towards 

 the apex ; the ultimate branches compressed, cymulose. Floivers sub- 

 sessile, '25 in. long, enveloped while in bud by imbricated concave 

 broadly-ovate tomentose bracts ; buds narrowly elliptic ; the spathaceous 

 calyx membranous, veined, puberulous. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 5, 

 anthers versatile, filaments hairy. Ovary obliquely ovoid, style lateral. 

 Drupe elliptic, smooth, without a pedicel ; the enlarged petals nariowly 

 elliptic, obtuse, puberulous, red in colour, 1"5 in. long and '75 in. broad 

 (perhaps not quite fully grown). 



Perak : Scortechini, No. 2086 ; King's Collector, No. 7788. 



This has as yet been collected only by the late Father Scortechini 

 and Mr. Kunstler, and their specimens have no ripe fruit. It approaches 

 M. Maingayi in its leaves, but has much more tomentose panicles. The 

 great distinctive mark, however, is that the flower buds of this are each 

 enveloped in a large concave sheathing bract. As regards the pubes- 



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