2i6 XX. DiPTEROCARPACE^. [Diplerocarpus: 



Selama (Wray) ; Kwala Kangsar (Foxworthy) ; Penang, Waterfall. 

 Disirib. Sumatra. Native name : Minyah Keruwing Dadeh. 



(6) D. fagineus Vesque, Compies rend us Ixxviii. 625 ; King, 

 I.e. 94. D. prismaticus Dyer, Joiirn. Bot. 1874, p. 104, t. 144, fig. 17. 



A tree 40 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets and buds glabrous, or 

 when quite young pulverulent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic acute 

 or elliptic-ovate, base long cuneate, edges undulate, backs glau- 

 cescent, glabrous or the nerves appressed hairy, 10 to 13 pairs, 

 2"5 to 3-25 in. long, 13 to 175 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long, rather 

 slender. Panicles slender, glabrous, 2 to 3 in. long, 3- to 4-flowered. 

 Flowers 1-25 in. long. Calyx-tube campanulate with 5 ridges, 

 small lobes short round, long ones linear, -2 in. long. Petals oblong 

 blunt, -65 in. long, backs mealy. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, 5-angled, 

 glaucous, I in. long, outer wings linear-oblong, base narrowed, 

 2'5 to 3 in. long, 75 in. wide, the inner lobes very short, hardly 

 distinct. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills, 500 to 1000 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). Penang Hill, 500 to 600 ft. altitude (Curtis). 

 Disirib. Borneo. 



This has the smallest leaves of any of our species. 



(7) D. oblongifolius Bliiine, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 36; 

 Dyer, Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 105. D. pulcherrimus Ridl. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. iii. 283. 



A large tree 40 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, 

 long-elliptic acute or acuminate, base narrowed rounded ; nerves 14 

 pairs slender, prominent beneath, conspicuous above, 6 to 8 in. 

 long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide ; petioles i in. long. Flowers in silky axillary 

 panicles, 6 in. long, sub-sessile. Calyx-tube 5-angled, silky, 75 in. 

 long, short lobes oblong silky, long ones lorate, over -5 in. long. 

 Petals lorate blunt, pubescent outside, cream yellow tinted rose 

 colour, 2 in. long, "5 in. wide. Fruit pink, glabrous when ripe, 

 i'25 in. long, obconic, 5-ridged ; outer wings lorate lanceolate 

 blunt, 4 in. long, i in. wide ; nerves 3, branched, inner wings short 

 lanceolate velvety "2 in. long. Hab. Overhanging streams in dense 

 jungle chiefly on the east coast. Pahang, Tahan River, very 

 abundant; Lipis (Foxworthy). Tringganu, Sai Telubin (Down). 

 Perak (Scortechini). Disirib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native name: 

 Neram or Nerrum. 



The flowers of this beautiful tree are very fragrant. It is one of the 

 smallest trees in the genus. The wood is red and fairly good. 



(8) D. grandiflorus Blanco, F. Filipp. {Ed. 2), 314; Dyer, 

 Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 106, t. 45, fig. 19; King, I.e. 95. D. pterygo- 

 calyx Scheff. Obs. Phyt. ii. 35. (Fig./, p. 212.) 



A vast tree 100 to 150 ft. tall. Branchlets hoary at length 

 glabrous. Leaves stiff coriaceous, ovate-elhptic, base broad, edges 

 entire or undulate, crenate glabrous ; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, strongly 



