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2. Antsoptera, Korth. 



Resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather- veined and finely 

 reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Floivers in lax 

 terminal panicles Calyx-tuhe very short, adnate to the base of the 

 ovary ; the segments imbricate, then subvalvate. Stamens oo ; anthers 

 ovoid with a long subulate connective, outer valves larger. Ovary 3- 

 (rarely 4- 6-) celled ; style fleshy, ovoid or oblong, vrith an attenuate 

 3-5-fid apex ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit adnate to the calyx-tube, in- 

 dehiscent, l-seeded, crowned by the accrescent calyx-segments, of which 

 2 form linear-oblong lobes. Cotyledons fleshy, unequal ; radicle superior. 

 — DiSTRiB. Malay Peninsula and Ai'chipelago to New Guinea. Species 

 about 6. 



]. Anisopteba Curtisii, Dyer MSS. A tree 80 to 120 feet high : 

 young branches slender, minutely scui-fy-tomentose. Leaves oblong, 

 tapering to both ends, the apex sub-acnte or acute, the base narrowed but 

 rounded ; the upper surface glabrous, sliining, the lower densely ochx-a- 

 ceous-lepidote and sparsely stellate-pubescent ; main nerves 18 to 20 

 pairs, spreading : length 2 to 3"5 in., breadth "75 to 1'25 in., petiole "5 

 to "75 in. Accrescent calyx-lobes 3'5 to 45 in. long, linear-spathulate, 

 shining, 3-nerved : the transverse veins bold and numei'ous. 



Penang : Curtis. Perak : King's Collectors. 



Var. latifolia : leaves broadly elliptic, blunt, the bases I'ounded but 

 narrowed. 



Penang : Curtis, No. 1400. 



The vernacular name of this in Penang is Ringhong. 



3. Vatica, Linn. 



Large or moderately sized resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, 

 feather- veined and finely reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or incon- 

 spicuous. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, usually tomentose 

 before expansion. Calyx-tube short, free, or adnate to the base of the 

 ovary ; segments somewhat acute, imbricate, then sub-valvate. Stamens 

 15 ; anthers oblong, extei-nal valves larger, connective apiculate. Ovary 

 3-celled ; style short, subulate, or apex clavate or capitate; stigma entire 

 or 3-toothed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit leathery, indehiscent, 1- 

 seeded, surrounded by and sometimes partly adnate to the accrescent, 

 membranous, nerved and reticulate calyx-lobes, two of which expand 

 into narrow wings 2 or 3 in. long, the other three being much smaller. 

 Cotyledons fleshy. 



DiSTRiB. Tropical Asia and chiefly Malaya ; species about 10. 



Synaptca is a genus established by GriflUh (Notulae IV., 516, Tab. 

 585 A, fig V.) for a tree collected at Mergui, and named by him Synap- 



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