Shorea.] xx. dipterocarpace^. 227 



short ovate; awns longer. Ovary ovoid-conic, glabrous below, 

 tomentose above. Fruit ovoid apiculate tomentose, outer wings 

 linear-oblong, sub-spathulate, widest at tip narrowing gradually 

 downwards, membranous, 5-nerved, 2"25 in. long, -4 in. wide, 

 inner ones i'5 in. long narrower. Hab. Forests, Pahang Lipis 

 and Bentong (Foxworthy). Perak, Thaiping Hills 500 to 800 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). 



I have never seen good specimens of this tree. 



(13) S. Maxwelliana King, I.e. 114. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 15 in. through, almost glabrous. 

 Leaves small, coriaceous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, often bluntly 

 caudate, shining above, base slightly unequal and very shortly 

 cuneate; nerves 6 to 7 pairs inconspicuous above slender, raised 

 beneath; nervules very numerous, rather irregularly parallel, 

 invisible (upper surface minutely reticulate, dotted), smooth 

 beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, i"3 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles "4 in. long. 

 Panicles axillary, slender, 4 in. long with branches "25 in. long, 

 stellate-puberulous. Flowers pedicelled. Sepals unequal oblong 

 blunt, pubescent. Petals oblong, bases concave tomentose out- 

 side. Stamens 10 ? ; filaments short, broad ; anthers elongate ; 

 awns as long. Fruit globular tomentose, free from wing bases, 

 outer wings oblong blunt, narrowed downwards, pubescent at least 

 when young, 7-nerved, i*5 in. long, '4 in. wide, inner ones similar, 

 but only -5 in. long with 5 nerves. Hab. Rare. Open jungle. 

 Perak, Thaiping Hills, 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang, 

 Ayer Hitam (Haniff). 



This differs from S. Ridleyana in the thicker leaves with different venation 

 and the long slender stellate tomentose panicles. 



Allied to this is a plant represented by a specimen collected by Good- 

 enough at Ayer Panas in Malacca, No. 1290, and called Chingal. The small 

 ovate-elliptic caudate blunt leaves are more stiffly coriaceous with fine incon- 

 spicuous nerves about 4 pairs, faint, very lax, reticulations short, panicles 

 pubescent; young fruit entirely sparsely tomentose, the smaller wings more 

 than half as large as the longer ones. It is probably a distinct species, but 

 the specimen is insufficient for identification. 



(14) S. materialis Ridl. Agric. Bull. Straits ix. 183. 



A big tree. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, shortly acute acumin- 

 ate, base broad round, occasionally cordate, glabrous stiffly cori- 

 aceous, above smooth pale, beneath silvery-scaly; nerves obscure 

 above, elevate beneath, decurrent on the ribbed midrib 10 to 12 

 pairs, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide (young leaves 9 in. long, 5 in. wide) ; 

 petioles scaly scurfy or glabrescent, i in. long. Panicles axillary 

 and terminal, 3 to 6 in. long with 6 to 10 branches, '5 in. long, 

 bearing 8 to 10 nearly sessile secund flowers ; whole panicle white- 

 mealy. Bracts ovate very small caducous. Sepals ovate, round, 

 •05 in. long, white silky. Petals linear -5 in. long, narrow, base 

 ciliate, glabrous inside, silky velvety outside, slightly imbricate, 



