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Leaves 2*5 to 3'5 in. long, with about 7 or 8 



pairs of faint, main nerves, minutely reticulate. 9. V. reticulata. 



1. Vatica perak'ensis. King, n. sp A tree 60 to 80 feet liigli ; 

 young bi'anclies slender, deciduously scurfily stellate-pubescent, the 

 bark rather pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, rarely 

 oblauceolate, more or less bluntly acuminate, sometimes caudate, the 

 base cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous, the midrib on the upper puberu- 

 lous ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, rather prominent beneath ; length 2*5 

 to 4 in., breadth '8 to 1"3 in., petiole "4 to "5 in. Particles axillary and 

 extra- axillary, crowded near the ends of the branches, 1 to 2 in. long, 

 minutely pale tomentose, as are the ovate-lanceolate calyx-lobes. 

 Fhnoers '4 in. long. Petals narrowly oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Stamens 

 slightly apiculate. Oya?-?/ minutely tomentose ; stigma conical. Ripe fruit 

 '3 in. in diam., globose, the style persistent, minutely tomentose, quite 

 free from the calyx ; the two accrescent calyx-lobes oblong-ob-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, obscurely 5-nerved, 25 in. long and "5 in. broad ; minor lobes 

 unequal, lanceolate-acuminate, the largest about '85 in long. 



Perak : King's Collector, Wray ; a common tree. Pangkore : Curtis. 



The nearest ally of this is Vatica Bantamensis, Benth. and Hook. ; 

 but that has rather larger and more coriaceous leaves, which are perfect- 

 ly glabrous ; larger flowers Avith petals scaly externally and a more scurfy 

 inflorescence ; moreover the whole of the accrescent calyx-lobes of its 

 fruit are more coriaceous and the minor lobes are blunter. 



2. Vatica Lowii, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high : young 

 branches, petioles, inflorescence and calyx densely rusty, scurfy-tomen- 

 tose with stellate hair intermixed, the branches ultimately glabrous 

 and with dark bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, sub-acute, the base 

 rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the midrib puberulous on the upper ; 

 main nerves 13 to 15 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath ; 

 length 2-5 to 3"5 in., breadth 1 to 1 "5 in., petiole '3 to "4 in. Panicles 

 axillary and tei'minal, much crowded towards the ends of the branches ; 

 •75 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers "25 in. long. Oalyx-lobes lanceolate, acumi- 

 Bate, oblique. Petals narrowly oblong, obtuse, almost glabrous. Stamens 

 short, unequal-sided, apiculate. Ovary depressed, tomentose, style 

 capitate. Ripe fruit globular, '25 in. in diam, deciduously rufous-scurfy ; 

 the style persistent, quite fi-ee from the calyx. Two largo calyx- wings 

 naiTOwly oblong, sub-acute, scarcely narrowed at the base, 5-nerved, 

 275 to 3 in. long, and '6 in. broad ; the three smaller lobes sub-equal, 

 about "5 or "6 in. long, lanceolate, obtuse. 



Perak : Scortechini, No. 2108 ; King's Collector, No. 7496. 

 This species is closely allied to V. Maingaiji, Dyer ; but has smaller 

 flowers, and rather larger leaves with considerably longer petioles. 



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