Synapiea.] xx. dipterocarpace^. 243 



(9) S. cinerea Ridl. Vatica cinerea King, I.e. 104; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. v. (2), p. 150, pi. 183 a. 



Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets scurfy. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate sub-acute, base rounded 

 or sub-cuneate, finely reticulate, both sides glabrous ; nerves 6 to 8, 

 faint, 2'25 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles "3 to -5 in. 

 long. Panicles scurfy, i"25 to 2 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers 

 •45 in. long. Sepals sub-equal lanceolate sub-acute, tomentose. 

 Petals oblong-lanceolate half pubescent outside. Fruit globular, 

 attached half-way to calyx ; large wings red oblanceolate rounded : 

 nerves 5, 2 in. long, "5 in. wide, small wings lanceolate obtuse, 

 •25 in. long. Hab. Lankawi island at Kwah (Curtis). Pulau 

 Adang (Ridley). 



(10) S. reticulata Ridl. Vatica reticulata King, I.e. 106. 

 Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through, glabrous except 



inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late acuminate at both ends blunt, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 9 

 pairs, conspicuously laxly finely reticulate both sides, 2'5 to 3*5 in. 

 long, I to 1-25 in. wide; petioles '4 in. long. Panicles lax, slender, 

 2 to 3 in. long, puberulous; pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals unequal 

 lanceolate blunt, pubescent on both sides. Corolla dull dark blue 

 {fide Kunstler probably claret colour). Ovary pubescent, hemi- 

 spherical ridged. Young fruit, wings linear-oblong, smaller ones 

 half as long. Hab. Dense jungles on hills 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Corolla, stamens and ripe fruit not seen. 



11. VATICA, Linn. 



Medium or tall but not vast trees. Leaves coriaceous, often 

 rather small. Panicles axillary. Flowers as in Synaptea. Sepals 

 equal or nearly so in fruit ovate or oblong, little or not longer 

 than the sub-globose fruit. Species 10, Lido-Malaya. This 

 genus differs only in the fruit from Synaptea. 



Sepals in fruit ovate or oblong, covering fruit . (i) V. Kunstleri 



Sepals usually much shorter than fruit, thin. 



Fruit small crustaceous; sepals spreading little 



longer than fruit ; leaves small . . . (i) V. pallida 



Fruit globose, corky ; sepals much shorter ; 



leaves large . . . . . • (s) V. Scortechinii 



Fruit unknown. 



Panicles scurfy tomentose ; stipules o . • (4) V. Kelsalli 



Panicles thin glabrous ; stipules large ovate . (5) V. stipulata 



(i) V. Kunstleri Ridl. Retinodendron Kunstleri King, I.e. 

 129; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 157, pi. 189B. 



Shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall to a tree of 30 ft. high. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 sub-acute to acuminate, base cuneate above glabrous; nerves 

 pubescent beneath, glabrous, 7 to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 

 2*25 to 4*5 in. long, 1-25 to i 75 in. wide; petioles "25 to -4 in. 



