Balanocarpus.] xx. dipterocarpace^. 247 



(3) B. ovalifolius Ridl. Joiirn. F.M.S. Mas. x. 130. 



Tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate cuspidate, base shortly 

 cuneate ; nerves numerous fine inconspicuous, reticulations minute, 

 3 in. long, i'5 in. wide; petioles '5 in. long. Panicles lax, 2 in. 

 long, glabrous, rather few-flowered. Sepals imbricate, sub-cori- 

 aceous, glabrous, ovate, blunt. Petals twice as long, oblong blunt, 

 pubescent outside, '15 in. long. Stamens 15 ; awns hair-like 

 longer than the rest of the stamens. Ovary with a glabrous cylindric 

 stylopodium. Hah. Penang (Curtis 426) ; Ayer Hitam (Haniff). 

 Native name : Pinang Baik. 



Near B. Curtisii, but leaves broader and flowers larger; Brandis suggests 

 it is the Bornean B. latifolius, but the venation is quite different, and it has 

 a stylopodium. 



(4) B. anomalus King, I.e. 132 ; Brandis, I.e. 109. 



Tree nearly glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate acuminate, base sub-cuneate ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, very fine. 

 2'25 to 2*5 in. long, i to 1*3 in. wide; petioles •6 to -7 in. long. 

 Panicles numerous. Flowers pedicelled, "15 in. long; on branchlets 

 •75 in. long of panicle 3 in. long, pubescent. Sepals ovate obtuse 

 tomentose. Petals elUptic blunt, silky outside, twice as long as 

 sepals, spreading. Stamens 15 ; filaments long, dilated ; awns 

 as long as anthers. Hah. Lankawi islands (Curtis). Native name : 

 Malaut. 



(5) B. pubescens Ridl. 



Tree. Branchlets slender, pubescent. Leaves oblong shortly 

 cuspidate acuminate, base round, coriaceous, above smooth, glab- 

 rous except the thickly pubescent midrib, beneath strongly 

 pubescent on the midrib and 11 pairs of elevated nerves, 5 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide; petioles densely pubescent, thick, 'i^ in. long. 

 Panicles short, axillary, glabrous, few-flowered, i in. long. Flowers 

 very small, '2 in. long, sub-sessile. Sepals coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 imbricate, glabrous. Petals much longer, narrowly linear, silky 

 outside, blunt. Stamens not seen. Ovary conic, glabrous with a 

 conic stylopodium. Fruit elhpsoid, nearly i in. long. Sepaline 

 cup -5 in. long, black, with 5 short, ovate, blunt broad lobes. The 

 whole fruit covered with a thick coat of resin. Hah. Pahang. 

 Tanjong Api, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Native name: Merawan 

 Mata Kuching. 



(6) B. Heimii King, I.e. 133. B. Wrayii King, I.e. 134. 



Tree 50 to 60 or more ft. tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate acumin- 

 ate, base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous above except the velvety 

 midrib; nerves at base 9 to 10 pairs elevate beneath, velvety 

 pubescent at base, 4 to 6 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles 

 velvety, '3 to -4 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 4 in. 

 long with about 8 branches, i in. long. Flowers sub-secund, 

 •3 in. across, shortly pedicelled. Sepals short round, pubescent, 

 edge ciliate. Petals short, glabrous, oblong, tips pubescent only, 



