Hopea.] XX. dipterocarpace^. 239 



racemes; panicles "6 to i in. long, racemes -25 in. long. Sepals 

 black resinous, ovate obtuse. Petals linear obtuse. Fruit "25 in. 

 long, ovoid-conic, outer wings oblong linear blunt, narrowed to 

 base, 1-5 in. long, -25 in. wide, inner sepals ovate truncate, tightly 

 clasping the nut and shorter than it. Hab. Common in forests. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah, etc. Johor, Pinerong (Cantley). Negri 

 Sembilan, Pasoh (Foxworthy). Perak at Goping (Kunstler). 

 Distrih. Sumatra. Native names : Merawan ; Mengarawan or 

 Pengerawang. 



(11) H. pubescens Ridl. 



Tree. Branches, petioles and inflorescence thickly pubescent 

 velvety. Leaves elliptic-ovate, caudate, tip blunt, base rounded 

 or shortly cuneate, coriaceous glabrous above except the sunk 

 midrib in young leaves fringed with hairs, midrib beneath pubes- 

 cent ; nerves hardly visible, numerous and close, i in. long, '5 in. 

 wide; petioles 'iS in. long pubescent. Panicles numerous axillary 

 pubescent '5 in. long with 4 or 5 short branches. Flowers 'OS in. 

 long, pendent. Calyx glabrous. Sepals lanceolate. Petals little 

 longer, oblong silky, especially on edge. Stamens minute; anthers 

 globose with a very fine awn on the top. Ovary conic glabrous; 

 style slender, no stylopodium. Hah. Pahang, Lubok Layang and 

 Bukit Putus, Temerloh (Foxworthy) ; Sungei Benchah, Lipis 

 (Foxworthy). Native name : Merawan or Penggawan Bunga. 



9. COTYLELOBIUM, Pierre. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous with inarching nerves. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal. Sepals tomentose sub-equal, lanceolate. 

 Petals short. Stamens 15 in 2 unequal rows ; filaments very short ; 

 anthers linear hairy, prolonged connective subulate or conic. Ovary 

 hemispheric pilose. Style long, subulate. Fruit globose ; outer 

 wings 2, spathulate much narrowed at base, inner ones ovate acute 

 not half as long, all free to base. Species 4 or 5, Malay Peninsula, 

 Borneo and Siam. 



Very near Synaptea, but the habit different, the leaves stiffly 

 coriaceous oblong with fine close nerves. 



(i) C. flavum Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine 16, t. 256^ ; Brandts, 

 I.e. 115, pi. iii. figs. 22-24. 



A big tree. Branchlets under side of leaves and petioles densely 

 dotted with minute stellate hairs. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded; nerves numerous, 

 very indistinct inarching within the edge, 3 to 3-5 in. long, 1-5 in. 

 wide; petioles "25 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, grey 

 tomentose. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals little longer -5 in. 

 long, glabrous; anthers linear hairy, connective- appendage short, 

 filaments short. Ovary tomentose. Fruit globular tomentose, 

 •25 in. long ; outer wings 2, spathulate linear-oblong, base narrowed 



