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pubescent, 5 iii. in diam,, sub-globulai", slightly compressed. Seeds 

 oblong, compressed, the testa spongy, 1 in. long, with a large obovate thick 

 spongy terminal wing 2*5 in. long and 1'25 broad. Roxb. Corom. PI. 

 iii. 84, t. 287; Fl. lud. iii. 152 ; Kurz Fl. Br. Burm. i. 134; Pierre Fl. 

 Forest. Coch-Chine, t. 196; Wall. Cat. 1125. Pterygota Boxburghii, 

 Schott & Eiidl. Melet. P. alata, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 234. 

 S. coccinea, Wall. Cat. 1122, partly. S. Heynii, Beddome Flor. Sylvat. 

 t. 230. 



Perak, Scortechini: Audamans, Kurz. Distrib. Brit. India, Cochin- 

 Chiua. 



18. S. LTNEARICARPA, Mast. in Hook. fil. Br. Ind. i. 360. A tree 

 60 to 80 feet high : young branches thick, striate, deciduously pulveru- 

 lent-tomentose, leaf- cicatrices large. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oi'bicular, 

 blunt or very slightly narrowed at the apex, edges entire, base deeply 

 cordate, 7-nerved ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; lower deciduously 

 pulverulent, hairy, almost glabrous when old, minutely reticulate, the 

 midrib and 4 or 5 pairs of lateral nerves prominent : length and breadth 

 6 to 12 in. ; petiole 2"5 to 6 in., sulcate, pulveruleut-tomentose. Panicles 

 axillary, solitary, stout, erect, as long as or longer than the leaves, rusty 

 pulverulent-tomentose as are the outer surfaces of the calyces, the 

 lateral branchlets short ; bracteoles numerous, rotund, concave, cadu- 

 cous ; flower-buds globose, sessile. Calyx rotate, the tube "1 in. long, 

 with 5 slightly longer ovate acute lobes, tomentose externally, glabrous 

 within. Staminal column not so long as the calyx-tube, glabrous ; anthers 

 10, each with a short filament, cuneate, 2-celled ; ovaries (rudimentary 

 in some flowers) about 3, free, each 1 or 2-ovulate ; style short ; stigma 

 entire, small. Follicles (? ripe) linear-lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. long and 

 •6 in. broad, stipitate, longitudinally ridged and covered outside and 

 inside with yellowish tomentum as is also the single oblong seed. 



Malacca, Maiugay. Perak ; Scortechini, King's Collector. 



The flowers and follicles of this are, in my opinion, those of 

 Scaplmini rather than of Firmania, to which section Dr. Masters has 

 referred it. 



19. S. SCAPHIGERA, Wall. Cat. 1130. A tree 90 to 120 feet hio-h : 

 young branches rather thick ; the bark pale, minutely warted and striate, 

 glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, ovate to oblong-ovate, sub-acule 

 or bluntish-acuminate, entire; the base louuded or sub-truncate, often 

 faintly cordate or emarginate, 3 to 5-nerved ; main nerves 2 to 4 pairs 

 8ub-erect, prominent on both surfaces ; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 275 

 to 4'5 in. ; petiole 2 to 5 in., thickened at both ends. Panicles only at 



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