Materials for n Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 509 



tei'minal, sfoutly pedunculate, rnsty-tomentose, those with female flowers 

 longer than the leaves, those with males shorter ; the branches of both 

 short, ascending, those of the male more numerous. Male flowess 'X 

 in. in diarn., much crowded in short sub-globulnr sessile cyraose 

 fascicles ; calyx cupular, flat, with 5 spreading broad triangular acute 

 teeth, pubescent outside ; petals 5, longer than the sepals, broadly 

 elliptic, acute, glabrescent. Stamens 5, the filaments longer than the 

 petals ; disc broad, convex, fleshy, hairy in the middle ; ovary none. 

 Female flowers less numerous than the males and twice as large : 

 calyx rusty-tomentose and petals pubescent outside; petals acute. 

 Stamens with very small anthers. Ovary obliquely hemispherical, 

 slightly compressed, densely rusty-tomentose : styles 3, short, horizon- 

 tally radiating, pubescent ; stigmas truncate. Drupe transversely oblong, 

 •35 in. from base to apex and '6 in. from side to side, compressed, 

 sparsely tonientose, the enlarged peduncle about one-third of its length, 

 thin, cup-shaped, sparsely pubescent. 



Peiak : King's Collector, Nos. 7439, 7622 and 7655. 



Allied to 8. Anacurdium, Linn, fil., but well distinct from that and 

 from any other hitherto described species. 



2. Semecarpus Curtisii, King n. sp. A small tree : young 

 branches stout, their bark pale. Leaves coi'iaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, 

 shortly and bluntly acuminate, the edges slightly undulate, gradually 

 narrowed from the upper third to the stout petiole, upper surface 

 shining, greenish when dry, reticulate ; the lower dull, pale from very 

 minute scales ; main nerves 18 to 20 in., spreading and intei-ai-chino- 

 within the pale cartilaginous edge, very prominent and pale on the 

 lower surface, faint on the upper ; length 13 to 16 in., breadth 4 to 5 

 in. ; petiole 1"5 to 2 in., very stout. Panicles much shorter than the 

 leaves, branching from near the base ; the branches ascending, angled, 

 ttiwny-puberulous, the ultimate brauchlets cymose. Flowers unisexual 

 and the sexes on different panicles, shortly pedicelled. Maze flowers 

 "15 in. in diam. ; calyx cupular, with 5 ovate sub-acute spreading 

 segments, minutely tomentose externally : petals 6, spreading, much 

 longer than the calyx, elliptic, obtuse, minutely tomentose on the 

 outer, glabrescent on the inner surface ; stamens 5, longer than the 

 petals, the anthers small, the filaments narrow, compressed ; disc sub- 

 convex, pubescent; ovary 0. Female flowers larger than the male • 

 sta<nens rudimentary ; ovary obliquely globose-ovoid, compressed, densely 

 tomentose ; styles 3, radiating, horizontal or depressed, glabrous, bifid at 

 the apex. Drupe unknown. 

 Tongka : Curtis, No. 2930. 



A very distinct and handsome species ; readily recognised amono-st 



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