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ed, about 4 times as long as the broad short anthers ; apiculas of con- 

 nective very slender, about as long as the anther, deflexed. Ovary 

 elongate, puberulous ; style rather short ; stigma small. Ripe fruit 

 ovoid-globose, "4 in. long, thinly adpressed pale tomentose. Sepals 

 all enlarged and membranous, concave at the base so as to embrace 

 the ripe fruit, but not adnate to it : the three outer narrowly oblong, 

 obtuse at the apex, slightly narrowed to the base ; 7-nerved, 2'5 

 in. long ; the two inner from one-half to one-third shorter, nar- 

 rower and fewer nei-ved. Shorea disticha, Scortechini MSS. in Herb. 

 Calcutta. 



Malacca: (Kew Distrib.) No. 206. Penang : Curtis, No. 201. 

 Perak : Scortechini, No. 1965. Wray, No. 1282. 



6. Shorea acuminata, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind., I., 305. A 

 tree 100 to 150 feet high ; young branches minutely greyish tomentose, 

 ultimately dark-coloured and glabrescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to 

 lanceolate, acuminate, the base often unequal-sided, rounded or some- 

 times emarginate ; upper surface glabrous except the puberulous 

 midrib ; the flower glabrous, with a few scattered stellate hairs : main 

 nerves 7 to 9 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath : length 

 3 to 4 5 in , breadth 1'75 to 2'5 in. ; petiole '3 to '4< in., tomentose. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, crowded near the extremities of the 

 branches, 2 to 3 in. long, minutely stellate-pubescent, many-flowered. 

 Flowers "3 in. long, distichous, secund, about 5 on each lateral branch, 

 bracteolate. Sepals ovate, unequal, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. 

 Petals twice as long as the calyx, spreading, broadly ovate, puberulous 

 outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 15, in thi-ee rows, the inner row 

 shorter : filaments broad, much larger than the short, ovate, minutely 

 appendiculate anthers. Ovary ovoid, tapering, pubescent: style short, 

 stigma small. Ripe fruit turbinate, with 3 slightly vertical grooves, 

 apiculate, puberiilous, "5 in. in diam., attached by its base to the calyx : 

 sepals all enlarged, concave at the base so as completely to cover 

 the fruit, membranous and reticulate; the 3 outer narrowly oblong 

 obtuse, contracted towards tlie base, 10- or 11- nerved, 35 in. long, 

 and 7 in. broad ; the two inner 1 to 1*5 in. long, under '25 in. broad, 3- 

 to 4-nerved. 



Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 205 (?). Griffith, No. 1762. 

 Perak : King's Collector, No. 8009. 



7. Shorea macroptera. Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1, 308. A 

 tree 60 to 80 feet high : young branches with dark-brown bark, minu- 

 tely lenticellate and puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong (usually 

 narrowly), shortly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate or rounded : upper 

 surface glabrous, shining, the midrib and nerves puberulous: lower 



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