Shorea.] 



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Fruit ovoid-globose apiculate; outer wings linear-oblong, tip 

 rounded, base narrowed, thickened base shorter than the nut, 

 I "5 in. long, '5 to '25 wide, inner ones half as long, narrower. Hab. 

 Common in forests. Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Pahang, Selangor 

 and Negri Sembilan. Native names : Meranti Kerap ; Meranti 

 Sarang Punai; Meranti Daun Kechil; Meranti Samah; Meranti 

 bunga. 



(9) S. acuminata Dyer, I.e. i. 305 ; King, I.e. 



A tree 100 to 150 ft. tall. Branchlets scurfy. 

 blunt, "5 to 75 in. long, 5-nerved, red, long persistent on the branch 

 tips. Leaves ovate to lanceolate acuminate, base usually rounded 

 unequal, drying dark brown; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, prominent 



113- 

 Stipules oblong 



Fig. 24. — Shorea macroptera. 



beneath, midrib and nerves scurfy, scaly when young, 3 to 4'5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide ; petioles -3 to '4 in. long, scurfy. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal 2 to 3 in. long, stellate pubescent, many- 

 flowered. Flowers '3 in. long secund. Sepals ovate, grey tomen- 

 tose. Petals twice as long, broad ovate pubescent outside. Stamens 

 15 in 3 rows ; filaments longer than anthers ; awns minute. 

 Fruit cylindric-conic apiculate, puberulous '25 in. long. Sepal 

 bases shorter; outer wings narrow, oblong blunt, narrowed to 

 base, 10- to 12-nerved, 2 in. long, '25 in. wide, 2 inner ones narrow 

 linear, 75 in. long. Hab. Woods, Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith) ; 

 Bukit Sadanen (Goodenough) ; Merlimau (Derry) . Negri Sembilan 

 (Burn-Murdoch); Pasoh and Pasir Panjang (Burkill). Distrib. 

 Lingga, Borneo. Native names : Rambeh Daun; Meranti Hijau. 



(10) S. macroptera Dyer, I.e. i. 308 ; King, I.e. 113. 



Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Stem straight smooth, grey. Leaves 



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