220 XX. DiPTEROCARPACE^. [Aiiisoplera. 



Stamens 12 to 14. Fruit globose '6 in. long, smooth, outer wings 

 linear spathulate dilated upwards gradually, 3-nerved reticulations 

 prominent, 4 in. long, '5 in. wide near the top, inner wings 'i in. 

 long linear^ Hab. Rare in forests. Perak at Sungei Njing, Plus 

 Reserve (Burn-Murdoch). Disirih. Philippines. 



4. PENTACME, DC. 



Trees with broad leaves obtuse or cordate at the base. Flowers 

 large, panicled. Calyx-tube short, lobes imbricate. Petals broad, 

 thin, rounded. Stamens 15 ; filaments short, broad ; anthers 

 much larger, the cells each bearing 2 appendages and the connective 

 I, so that each anther has 5 terminal points. Ovary glabrous; 

 style filiform. Fruit ovoid acuminate, free from the sepals, which 

 are connate only at the base ; wings 3 long narrow thin, many- 

 nerved, 2 shorter, all narrowed towards base and thin, expanding. 

 Species 3, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula north, and Phihppines. 



(i) P. malayana King, I.e. 107; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 

 151, pi. 184. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic to 

 ovate, shortly acuminate, base broad round sub-cordate; nerves 

 16 pairs, 5 to 7 in. long, 275 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. 

 long. Panicles lax spreading, 6 in. long, axillary. Flowers cream 

 colour, 75 in. wide. Sepals ovate acute, tomentose. Petals 3 

 times as long, partly puberulous outside. Stamens nearly as long, 

 connective-awn shorter and thicker than the others deflexed. 

 Fruit ovoid apiculate, i in. long, wings 4 in. long, '6 in. wide ; 

 nerves 9, 3 short, wings linear-oblong, 2 in. or less long, narrow. 

 Hah. Limestone rocks usually near the sea. Kedah Peak, Semling 

 (Bell and Haniff) . Lankawi, Pulau Segai ; Terutau (Curtis) . 

 Perils, near Chupeng. Native name : Temah Batu. 



5. SHOREA, Roxb. 



Large, often vast trees 180 ft. tall with buttresses. Leaves 

 entire, coriaceous, rarely large. Stipules large or small, persistent 

 or fugacious. Flowers small or medium in lax panicles usually 

 axillary. Flowers secund, more or less silky. Sepals imbricate 

 2 external, 3 within. Petals contort, white, yellow or red. 

 Stamens 15, 20 or 30; anthers ovate or oblong, connective usually 

 awned. Ovary 3-celled, often with a stalk (stylopodium), cells 

 2-ovuled; style subulate. Stigma minute, entire or 3-toothed. 

 Fruit surrounded by the dilate bases of the petals sometimes 

 adnate to it ; wings 2 shorter and narrower, 3 long linear-oblong, 

 thin with 8 to 10 nerves. Species about 60, India, Cochin-China, 

 Malay islands. 



The timber is of two classes : a soft red wood, Seraya or Meranti, and a 

 dark hard, very valuable wood, Dammar Laut. The Dammar is opaque or 



