224 ^^- DIPTEROCARPACEiE. [ShoVCa. 



Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrih. Sumatra. Native name : 

 Damar Laut daun besar. 



(6) S. sericea Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 306; King, I.e. in. 

 Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets tomentose. Leaves cori-. 



aceous oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate or sub-acute, 

 base rounded or sub-cuneate, above glabrous, midrib and nerves 

 depressed, beneath stellate pubescent, and warty especially on 

 midrib and 22 pairs of nerves, 3*5 to 6*5 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. 

 wide; petioles -6 to -8 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 3 to 7 in. long; ultimate branchlets with 4 or 5 secund sessile 

 bracteate flowers. Bracts broad ovate, silky outside. Sepals 

 ovate, golden-silky outside. Petals similar, half silky. Stamens 40 

 in several rows ; filaments longer than the ovate anthers, no awns. 

 Ovary conic silky. Fruit ovoid, '5 in. long, outer wings linear 

 obtuse narrowed to base, 3*5 in. long, "6 in. wide, lo-nerved, 2 inner 

 ones 2*5 in. long. Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Main- 

 gay). Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Thaiping (Kunst- 

 ler). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Distrih. Borneo. Use: 

 Timber for planks and furniture. 



(7) S. palustris Ridl. n. sp. 



Tree. Branches rather stout. Leaves broadly blunt elliptic, 

 base round, thickly coriaceous, above glabrous; nerves sunk 

 beneath, scurfy on the strongl}^ raised midrib and 13 pairs of nerves, 

 6 in. long, 3"25 in. wide ; petioles thick, scurfy, "5 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary, scurfy-pubescent in fruit, 6 in. long. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruit ovoid sub-cylindric acute, '25 in. long, •15 in. through, pale 

 tomentose, much longer than the short calyx-cup which is velvety 

 pubescent, outer three wings thin, oblong-linear, tips round, 

 pubescent at the base, i"25 in. long, -25 in. wide, one a little shorter 

 than the other 2 ; nerves 6 to 8, nervules branched, inner wings 

 linear-acuminate, pubescent hairy '25 in. long. Hah. Malacca, 

 Merlimau (Foxworthy) . Native name : Meranti Paya. 



Allied to S. sericea, but leaves quite different in shape. Fruit smaller 

 with the 3 large wings unequal. 



(8) S. parvifolia Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 305 ; King, I.e. 112. 

 Tree 40 to 150 ft. tall, 24 in. to 4 ft. through. Branchlets at 



first densely hairy. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate-caudate, base sub-cuneate, above glabrous, beneath 

 scurfy on the midrib and nerves; nerves 12 pairs oblique, incon- 

 spicuous above, transverse nerves and reticulations very small 

 distinct, 2-5 to 4 in. long, i to i-8 in. wide; petioles -35 to 45 in. 

 long, scurfy. Panicles axillary and terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, many- 

 flowered, scurfy-tomentose. Flowers -25 in. wide white or pink, 

 secund sub-sessile. Sepals ovate acute tomentose. Petals twice 

 as long, elhptic, half silkj^ Stamens 15 ; filaments 4 times as long 

 as anthers ; awns as long as anthers, deflexed. Ovary puberulous. 



