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height and 2 to 4 feet in diam. of stem ; branchlets stout, uppermost 

 •5 in. in diam., prominently pitted with the scars of fallen leaves, densely 

 ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves chartaceous ; obovate, obtuse at apex, 

 cuneate at base; glabrous above except on the midrib which is strongly 

 pubescent, densely ferruginous-tomentose beneath ; margins recurved ; 

 8 to 10 in. long, 4 to 5 in. broad ; midrib very thick ; main-nerves 18 

 to 22 pairs, rather irregular, starting at about 70° to 80° with the midrib, 

 straight at first then arching at and along the margin, impressed above;. 

 reticulations obliquely transverse, prominent ; petiole "7 to 1 in. long, 

 thick, densely ferruginous-tomentose, enlarged at base. Floivers not 

 seen. Fruit an oblong, glossy, bright green berry, 2 in. long, 1-seeded. 

 Seed oblong, acute at both ends, rounded on the back, flattened at the 

 hilum, 1-2 in. long, -5 in. broad ; testa thin, chartaceous, shining, 

 chestnut-brown ; hilum oblong ; cotyledons oblong, fleshy. Dichopsis 

 Clarkeana, Brace MS. in Herb. Calc. 



Peeak : at Waterfall Hill, 600 feet, Wray 530 ; on open hills near 

 Larut at 500 to 1,000 feet. King's Collector 3796. 



Wray says the gutta it gives is not enough in quantity to be worth extraction. The 

 tree is evidently closely allied to P. Maingayi, and might almost be made a variety 

 of that species. 



4. Palaquium Gutta, Burck in Ann. Jard. Buit. V. 24, t. IV. 

 (1885). A large evergreen tree; branchlets rough, prominently marked 

 with the scars of fallen leaves and with longitudinal wrinkles ; 

 innovations minutely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; 

 obovate or obovate-oblong, abruptly and usually shortly acuminate 

 at apex rarely rounded, cuneate at base ; margins slightly recurved ; 

 glabrous above, densely appressed-golden-silky-pubescent beneath 

 especially when young, when old glabrescent ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1"5 

 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 

 24 to 30 pairs, indistinct, starting at rather more than 60° with the 

 midrib, parallel and arching only close to the margin ; secondary 

 nerves and reticulations inconspicuous, the latter very oblique ; petiole 

 1 to 1'5 in. long, slender, grooved above, slightly thickened at base, 

 appressed-golden-pubescent. Floivers in fascicles of about 4 to 5, in 

 the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves on the previous 

 year's wood ; pedicels thick, -1 to -2 in. long, somewhat angular, 

 densely golden-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 6; 3 outer valvate, triangular- 

 ovate, "3 in. long ; 3 inner imbricate, rather longer and more acute, 

 golden-pubescent without. Corolla rotate-campanulate ; tube shorter 

 than the calyx ; lobes 6, ovate, obtuse, imbricate and twisted at first, 

 afterwards spreading, -25 in. long, glabrous. Stamens 12, opposite to 

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