Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 367 



acute, rounded or emarginate ; minutely denticulate or sub-entire, 

 glabrous above except the 16 to 20 pairs of sub-horizontal pubescent nerves, 

 fuscous-tomeutose beneath ; blade 35 to 7 in. long by 2"75 to 3'5 in. broad, 

 petiole about I in., tomentose. Flowers solitary, G to 8 in. in diam. ; pe- 

 duncles stout, tomentose, 2'5 in. long. Sepnls reflexed, ovate, concave, 

 thick, minutely adpressed-tomentose in the middle externally, the mnrgins 

 RTid inner surface glabrous. Petals obovate, yellow, veined. Stiijvias 

 about 15, long, linear, recurved. H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. I, 70; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. I, 36; iMiq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, Pt. ii, 12. 



Penang and Perak. In tropical forests. 



I have seen no ripe fruit of this, nor have I found any description of 

 the ripe fruit. I am therefore unable to say wliether the sepals and 

 seeds are those of a Dillenia or a Wormia. This comes near D. aurea, 

 but the panicles are much laxer and the petioles longer. 



3. D. AUREA, Sm. Ex. Bot. 93, t. 92. A tree, the branchlets as 

 thick as tlie little finger, glabrous, scabrid ; young parts rufous-serice- 

 ous. Leavps obovate, blunt or acute, crenate-dentate, glabrous above 

 except the 20 pairs of pubescent, bold, sub-transverse nerves; under' 

 surface softly puberulous ; length of blade 5 to 8 in. : breadth 3 to 4*5 

 in. ; petiole 1'25 to 2 in., sheathing at the base. Flowers solitary, from 

 shortened branches, 4 to 5 in. in diam. ; peduncles stout, 1 in. or more. 

 Sepals oblong, obtuse, concave, fleshy, adpi-essed-pubescent externally 

 when young, when old glaucous. Petals obovate, yellow, veined. Sti(jmns 

 about 10, linear, radiate. DC. Prodr. i. 76; Wall. Cat. 6624; H. f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 70; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 37; IMiq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, 

 pt. ii, J 2 ; Martelli in Malesia III, 155. D. ornata, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i, 

 21, t. 23; Cat. 947. D. speciosa, Griff. Notul. iv, 703. Golhertia 

 obovtita, Bl. Bijdr. 6. 



Throughout the Indo-Malayan region, at low elevations. 



4. D. RETiciTLATA, King, n. sp. A large tree. Leaves very coria- 

 ceous, obovate-elliptic, obtuse ?, dentate ; the base truncate, cordate ; 

 tipper surface glabrous except the impressed midrib and nerves which 

 are pubescent ; under surface pubescent, tlie midrib and nerves very 

 strong; reticulations minute, very bold, areolate; neives 32 to 36 pairs, 

 sub-horizontal; length of bhide 10 to 18 in., breadth 7 to 12 in., petiole 

 2 to 3 in., winged, much expanded at the base. Cymes lateral and terminal , 

 short, branching, 10- to 12-flowered, pubescent; pedicels stout, bracteo- 

 late. Sepals thick, broadly elliptic to orbicular, 1 in. in diam., pubescent 

 externally. Petals oblong, concave, 1'5 in. long. Stamens in many series ; 

 the outer inflexed, introrse ; the inner erect and extrorse. Pistils about 

 9, puberulous ; stigmas linear, radiating, ovules ex-arillate. 



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