242 XX. DiPTEROCARPACE^. [Synaptea. 



calyx for half its length ; large wings oblong, tip rounded, 5-nerved, 

 glabrous, 3 in. long, -8 to "9 in. wide ; 3 short wings ovate acuminate, 

 strongly 5-nerved. Hah. Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 



(6) S. cuspidata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 172. 

 Tree. Branches and petioles scurfy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 



long-cuspidate blunt, base narrowed coriaceous, finely reticulate; 

 nerves elevate beneath, 11 pairs, 5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles 

 1*5 in. long. Flowers unknown. Fruit ellipsoid, scurfy, -5 in. 

 long, larger wings linear-oblong 3 in. long, -36 in. wide; nerves 

 5, free nearly to base, smaller ones '75 in. long, cuspidate. Hab. 

 Bindings (Ridley's collector). Native name : Resak. 



This is evidently allied closely to S. perakensis, but the petioles are very 

 much longer and the smaller sepals in fruit have very long narrow points. 



(7) S. perakensis Ridl. Vatica perakensis King, I.e. 103 ; 

 Aim. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 149, pi. 181; Brandis, I.e. 132, pi. 3, 

 figs. 18, 19. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Branchlets slender, 

 scurfy stellate-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate acuminate to caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, 

 glabrous, finely reticulate, midrib above puberulous; nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs prominent beneath, 2*5 to 5 in. long, "8 to i'3 in. wide; 

 petioles '25 to i"5 in. long. Panicles axillary and extra- axillary, 

 I to 2 in. long, slender, minutely tomentose. Flowers '4 in. long, 

 pale yellow. Sepals lanceolate blunt, grey, tomentose. Petals 

 twice as long, quite glabrous. Ovary minutely tomentose. Fruit 

 ■3 to '5 in. through, quite free, globose tomentose, 2 long wings 

 oblong-lanceolate, narrow at base, 5-nerved, 2*5 in. long, 5 in. 

 wide, small wings lanceolate acuminate. Hab. Forests. Perak, 

 Thaiping Waterfall (Wray, Kunstler). Pangkor (Curtis). Common. 



(8) S. faginea Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 242. Vatica 

 faginea Dyer, F.B.I, i. 301 ; King, I.e. 105. Vatica Curtisii King, 

 I.e. 105; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 151, pi. io2B. 



A tree 20 to 70 ft. tah, 1-5 to 2 ft. through. Young branches 

 slender, ashy-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic 

 acuminate blunt, glabrous; nerves 9 to 13 pairs, finely reticulate 

 on both sides, 3 to 5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide. Panicles 2*5 to 3 in. 

 long, tomentose. Flowers -5 in. long, dark red. Sepals densely 

 tomentose, connate half-way, lanceolate, shghtly unequal, spreading. 

 Petals oblong blunt, glabrous except edge. Pistil tomentose. 

 Fruit globular adherent to calyx for half its length ; 2 large wings 

 narrow oblong blunt, 5-nerved, 2 to 2*5 in. long, -5 to 7 in. wide; 

 the three smaller ones sub-spathulate unequal, less than '5 in. 

 long. Hab. Hilly jungle, rather scarce. Selangor, Weld's Hill, 

 Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Bindings, 

 Pangkor (Curtis). Penang (WaUich, Shorea pinangiana, Hopea 

 faginea No. 963); Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim, Cochin- 

 Chin a. 



