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at one side, glabrous inside and on one half outside, pubescent on 

 the other. Slameiis 15, in 3 rows ; all the filaments broad, those of the 

 outer two rows shorter than those of the inner: anthers short, broadly 

 ovate, inappendiculate. Ovary conical, pale tomentose : style short, 

 stigma small. Fruit (perhaps not mature) ovoid, apiculate, minutely 

 pale tomentose, "6 in. long. Sepals all enlarged, membranous, reti- 

 culate, concave at the base ; the three outer narrowly oblong, obtuse, 

 very little narrowed to the base, 7-nerved, 275 in. long and '75 in. 

 broad ; the two inner '8 in. long, linear, about 1 -nerved. 



Penang : Curtis, No. 1396. 



A species known only from Penang, and collected only by Mr, 

 Curtis : remarkable for its almost racemose inflorescence, and curiously 

 glandular leaves. 



3. Shorea Curtisii, Dyer MSS. in Herb. Kew. A tree 100 to 

 150 feet high ; young branches slender, at first minutely stellate- 

 puberulous, ultimately dark-coloured and glabrous. Leaves coinaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate ; the base sub-cuneate, or almost 

 rounded ; upper surface of young leaves minutely pubescent, of adults 

 glabrescent or quite glabrous, the lower uniformly covered with very 

 minute rufescent (young), or pale (adult) tomentum : main nerves 10 

 to 14 pairs, ascending, rather sti-aight, prominent beneath : length 3 

 to 4 in., breadth 1'2 to 1'4 in., petiole "4 to "6 in. Panicles axillary 

 or terminal, 2 to 3 in. long, the rachis slender, glabrous. Flowers about 

 •3 in. long, in distichous secund rows of 4 or 5, on the short lateral 

 branchlets, enveloped while in bud by broad deciduous puberulous 

 bracts. Sepals ovate, tomentose outside, glabrous inside, slightly un- 

 equal. Petals twice as long as the calyx, linear-oblong, obtuse, stellate- 

 pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 15, in three rows ; the 

 filaments elongate, broad (those of the outer row longest); anthers shoi't, 

 ovoid-globose, not apiculate. Ovary elongated ovoid, tomentose in the 

 upper, glabrous in the lower half : style short, stigma small. Ripe 

 frtiit narrowly ovoid, apiculate, "75 in. long, pale tomentose ; calyx- 

 ivings all enlarged and membranous, free from the fruit : the three 

 outer linear-oblong, 8-nerved, 225 in. long, and about "5 in. broad ; 

 the two inner about 1 in. long, bluntly spathulate and with fewer 

 nerves. 



Penang : Cui-tis, Nos. 427, 1394 and 1395. 



Perak: King's Collector, No. 8143. 



The vernacular name of this in Penang is Maranli Tai. 



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4. Shorea SERiCEA, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind., I., 306. A tree 

 60 to 60 feet high ; young branches rugulose, warted and scurfily 



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