506 Materials for a Flora of fhe Malayan Peninenld.' 



depressed-hemispheric, sessile. Calyx coriaceous, tomentose outside, 

 divided into 5 orbic alar-ovate acuminate concave conniving eegraents. 

 Petals 6, not much exceeding the calyx, coriaceous, broadly triangular, 

 minutely pubescent, with a small villous patch at the base in front. 

 Stamens rudimentary. Ovary broadly conical, rusty-tomentose ; the 

 style terminal, glabrescent, shorter than the ovary ; stigma capitate, 3- 

 lobed. Drupe globular-ovoid, very rugulose, rufousrtomentose, '75 to 1 

 in. long and '65 to '9 in. in diam. (probably not quite mature). 



Perak, at Tapu ; Wray, No. ]301. 



A species with leaves somewhat like those of M. auriculata, but 

 smaller : collected only once. 



'7. Melanochtla BRACTEATi, King n, sp. A tree 50 to 80 feet high ! 

 young branches slender, glabrous, with pale lenticellate bark. Leaveg 

 coriaceous, naiTOwly oblong-lanceolate, tapering to each end, the apex 

 caudate-acumitiate, the base narrowly cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous s 

 the upper shining ; the lower dull, paler than the upper, glaucescent ; 

 main nerves JO to 12 pairs, slender, faint, curving upwards : length 4 i& 

 6 in., breadth 1 to 1'6 in. ; petiole '6 to '75 in., thickened in the lower 

 half. Male flowehs '26 in. long, crowded in small sub-sessile cymules ou 

 axillary or terminal rusty-pubescent congested racemes or few-branched 

 panicles as long as or longer than the leaves ; bracts at the bases both 

 of the cymules and of the individual flowers, ovate, acuminate, concave, 

 rusty-pubescent like the calyx and petals, and as large as the flowers. 

 Calyx campanulate, with 6 ovate acute segments. Petals 5, longer than 

 the segments of the calyx, lanceolate, acuminate, with a dense villous 

 tuft on the lowei' half of the anterior surface. Stamens 6, shorter 

 than the petals ; the anthers linear, glabrous ; the filaments thick, com- 

 pressed and densely villous from base to apex. Disc lining the inflated 

 tube of the calyx, ovary none. Female flowers not seen. Drupe ovoid or 

 ovoid-globular, minutely tomentose, about '75 in. in length, the pericarp 

 with a thick black juice. 



Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 6549 and 7303. 



A very distinct species distinguished by the small size of its leaves 

 and by its congested bracteate inflorescence. 



8. Melanochyla angustifolia. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 39. A 

 tree: young branches slender, covered with a thin close layer of very 

 minute tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, the edges slightly undulate, the base cuneate, 

 sometimes unequal, both surfaces glabrous, the lower reticulate : main 

 nei'ves 12 to 16 paii's, spreading, prominent like the midrib on the 

 lower surface, less so on the upper, length 4*5 to 10 in., breadth 1*5 to 

 4in. ; petiole '75 to 1"5 in., dilated and channelled neai' the base. 

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