230 XX. DiPTEROCARPACEiE. [Shoreu. 



cuneate, glabrous, minutely reticulate and whitish beneath ; nerves 

 8 or 9 pairs ascending; nervules very numerous, close parallel, 



3 to 3*5 in. long, -8 to i-8 in. wide; petioles 75 to -g in. long. 

 Panicles numerous, many-flowered, hoary. Flowers nearly '5 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate tomentose. Petals 3 times as long, narrow 

 oblong, blunt, outside silky at base, hoary above. Stamens 30; 

 awns with 3 to 5 cilia. Ovary ovoid tomentose-silky ; style 

 glabrous. Fruit ovoid, shortly beaked silky, -5 in. long, longer 

 than sepal bases, outer wings 3 large, spathulate oblong, narrowed 

 downwards, 7-nerved, 2 in. long, "3 in. wide at tip, inner ones 

 I in. long, I in. wide, linear, all rather thin and strongly reticulate. 

 Hab. Rare and local. Penang Hill at 2000 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



(20) S. albaRidl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 171. 



Tree 100 ft. tall, 4 ft. through, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate blunt, base shortly narrowed, 

 coriaceous, very finely reticulate above ; nerves and midrib sunk 

 above, slender prominent beneath ; nervules numerous parallel 

 undulate, reticulations invisible below, 3*25 in. long, i"5 in. wide; 

 petioles '5 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, 2"5 in. long, 

 white-mealy. Branches '5 in. long. Flowers very shortly pedi- 

 celled, white, -25 in. wide. Sepals ovate sub-acute, white-tomentose. 

 Petals ovate blunt, woolly on both sides, slightly contort. Stamens 

 about 30, inner whorl with short, broad filaments shorter than the 

 oblong bifid anthers ; awns longer densely ciliate. Ovary conic 

 tomentose to the style base; style rather short, glabrous. Fruit 

 unknown. Hab. Very rare. Penang, Batu Feringhi, near the 

 Ice- works (Curtis). 



(21) S. barbata Brandts, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 81. 



A big tree 120 to 160 ft. tall. Branchlets dark grey transversely 

 ringed. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base round or very 

 shortly cuneate, above glabrous minutely reticulate, beneath 

 minutely pubescent ; nerves 6 pairs fine, inconspicuous above, 

 nervules beneath parallel, 3 to 3-5 in. long, I'l to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles -5 in. long. Panicles elongate axillary and terminal, 



4 to 6 in. long. Branches short distant, -5 in. long, stellate-hairy. 

 Flowers sessile silky-tomentose, small. Sepals ovate obtuse. 

 Petals tomentose outside. Stamens 20 to 30 ; anthers bearded 

 at both ends; awns shorter than anthers, bearded. Pistil tomen- 

 tose; style glabrous. Fruit globose beaked, -25 in. long; outer 

 wings elliptic-oblong rounded, 1-2 in. long, -6 in. wide, inner wings 

 75 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Batang Malacca (Goodenough) . 

 Negri Sembilan (Burn-Murdoch) ; Pasoh and Bukit Panjang (Fox- 

 worthy). Pahang, Rumpin River (Henbrey). Native names: 

 Resak ; Resak Hitam. Use : The timber is highly valued. 



(22) S. utilis King, I.e. 119. 



A vast tree, glabrous except inflorescence. Branchlets dark 

 coloured. Leaves coriaceous shining, ovate-lanceolate caudate- 



