244 ^^- DiPTEROCARPACEiE. [Vatica. 



long. Racemes axillary i to i"5 in. long, scurfy. Flowers "4 in. 

 long, waxy yellow. Sepals very short ovate puberulous. Petals 

 green, oblong-elliptic oblique blunt. Fruit globular with a long 

 curved beak, '25 in. through; wings equal oblong-obtuse, thickly 

 membranous, glabrous, 3-nerved, 13 in. long, 13 in. wide, covering 

 the fruit. Hah. Low wet ground in open jungle. Perak, Larut 

 (Kunstler) ; Tapa (Wray). 



(2) V. pallida Dyer, in Hook. fd. F.B.I, i. 302. Retinodendron 

 palhdum King, I.e. 128. 



Small tree about 30 ft. tall. Branches long and slender, glabrous. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate caudate, base 

 cuneate ; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, thin, reticulations not conspicuous, 

 4"5 to 5"5 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -i^ to '25 in. long, 

 wrinkled. Panicles 3 to 6 in. long. Branches slender puberulous. 

 Flowers yellowish white; pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals 'i in. long, 

 lanceolate connate for a quarter of length, puberulous. Petals linear- 

 oblong obtuse puberulous scurfy on the back much twisted in bud 

 •4 in. long. Stamens, anthers ovate, connective-appendage very 

 short ; filaments very short. Ovary pubescent. Fruit spherical, 

 •25 in. through. Sepals membranous linear-oblong, very much 

 shorter. Hab. Stony jungle, Penang Hill. Common from the 

 Waterfall to 800 ft. altitude (all collectors). 



(3) V. Scortechinii Ridl. Retinodendron Scortechinii King, 

 I.e. 128; Ann. Bat. Gard. Cale. v. (2), 157, pi. 190. 



Medium to tall tree. Young branches red-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous oblong, tip sub-acute, base narrowed obtuse; nerves 

 14 to 18 pairs spreading, prominent beneath, 7 to 10 in. long, 2*6 

 to 3*2 in. wide; petioles "6 to 75 in. long. Panicles crowded at 

 the tip, axillary stellate-rufous-tomentose. Flowers "6 in. long; 

 pedicels 'i in. long. Sepals ovate acute, connate half-way, red- 

 tomentose. Petals oblong obtuse, half woolly outside, much longer. 

 Stamens elliptic 5 inner ones longer. Fruit globose rufous-scurfy, 

 •65 in. long; wings ovate, coriaceous, stiff ribbed much shorter, 

 not refiexed. Hah. Rare. River banks. Pahang, Tahan River 

 (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). 



(4) V. Kelsalli Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 54, p. 27. 



A tree. Leaves glabrous lanceolate obtuse; nerves 5 pairs 

 conspicuous, finely closely reticulate beneath, 5 in. long, i*2 in. 

 wide; petioles '5 in. long. Panicles 2 to 3 in. long, scurfy-tomen- 

 tose. Flowers numerous, white, •13 in. long, pedicellate. Sepals 

 lanceolate obtuse, scurfy. Petals little longer blunt, scurfy. 

 Stamens 10; anthers elliptic, prolongation of connective very 

 short rounded. Pistil glabrous; style short, stout. Stigma obo- 

 vate. Fruit unknown. Hab. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 



(5) V. stipulata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 82, p. 172. 

 Tree? quite glabrous except the flowers. Branchlets slender. 



Leaves coriaceous lanceolate-acuminate, shortly narrowed at the 



