2i8 XX. DiPTEROCARPACEiE. [Dipterocurpus. 



stout velvety, 75 in. long. Flowers 2 or 3, raceme and calyx-tube 

 golden-pubescent. Calyx-tube -5 in. long, short lobes 'i in. sub- 

 triangular, long lobes linear oblong, '5 in. long. Petals about 

 •75 in. long, glaucous, pubcrulous outside. Fruit sub-globose, 

 •5 in. long with 5 low wings pubescent. Sepaline wings oblong, 

 narrowed, blunt at tip, glabrous; nerves and reticulations promi- 

 nent 3'5 in. long, nearly i in. wide, short inner lobes ovate '25 in. 

 long, rarely 2 in. long. Hah. Penang Hill (Burkill). Lankawi, 

 Burau Bay (Ridley). Disirib. Tenasserim, Andamans, Siam. 



I only found fruit of this, the rest of the description from Burmese 

 specimens. 



3. ANISOPTERA, Korth. 



Vast trees with buttresses. Leaves usually coriaceous. Flowers 

 in lax terminal and axillary panicles, medium or small, white or 

 yellow. Calyx-tube short adnate to base of ovary. Petals contort 

 at base longer. Stamens indefinite ; anthers oblong-ovoid long- 

 awned. Ovary 3 (rarely 4- to 5)-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell ; style 

 oblong. Fruit adnate to calyx-tube; wings 2 long linear oblong, 

 strongly 3-nerved and reticulate. Species 6, Malayan. 



Petals acuminate lanceolate. 



Leaves coriaceous, broad oblong, tomentose beneath (i) A. costata 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, yellow scaly beneath . (2) A. Curtisii 



Petals oblong blunt. 



Leaves coriaceous, yellowish beneath not scaly . (3) A. marginata 



Leaves sub-coriaceous, green, glabrous . . • (4) A. Isevis 



Petals linear. 



Leaves thin, glabrous . . . . . (5) A. thurifera 



(i) A. costata Korth. Verh. Nat. GescJi. Bot. 67, t. 6; Ridl. 

 Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 25. 



A gigantic tree, 120 to 150 ft. tall with large buttresses. Leaves 

 coriaceous, glabrous above with close yellow brown tomentum 

 beneath, oblong blunt, base broad ; nerves 25 pairs elevate beneath, 

 4 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long, rough. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal 6 in. long, covered with scurfy wool in tufts. 

 Flowers "25 in. long, yellow. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, tomentose. 

 Petals glabrous, lanceolate acuminate. Fruit globular i in. through, 

 tomentose, light brown, outer wings 7 in. long, i'5 in. wide, linear- 

 oblong obtuse, 3 strong nerves, transverse bars elevate, 3 inner 

 wings very narrow, i to 3 in. long, with 2 main nerves. Hab. 

 Dense jungle, Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca, Batu Tiga. 

 Negri Sembilan, Kwala Pilah (Burkill). Selangor, Banji, Kajang 

 (Mitchell). Disirib. Borneo, Tenasserim. Native names : Mer- 

 sawar Ular ; Mersawa Merak ; Sepah Petri. 



(2) A. Curtisii King, I.e. 100. (Fig. 22 c, d, p. 212.) 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Branchlets tomentose. Leaves oblong 

 acute, base obtuse or broadly elliptic, above glabrous, beneath 



