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Known only by Curtis' specimens, and readily recognisable by its 

 beautil'ully ciliate-ciested anthers. 



IC). SiioiiEA DTiLis, King, n. sp. A large tree ; all parts except 

 the inflorescence glabrous: young branches slender, dark-coloured. 

 Leaves coinaceous, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, or shortly and 

 abruptly acuminate, the base slightly cuneate ; main nerves about 7 

 paii'S, oblique, not prominent on either surface ; length 2*5 to 3 in., 

 breadth '9 to J '2 in., petiole '4< in. Panicles axillary, stellate-puberu- 

 lous, about as long as the leaves ; their lateral branches distant, very 

 short, minutely tomentose, 3- or 4-fl.owered. Floioers sub-sessile, glo- 

 bular in bud, under "2 in. long. Sepals ovate-orbicular, blunt, the 

 outer 3 very tomentose outside, the inner 2 less so ; all glabi'ous inside. 

 Petals broadly oblong, blunt, more or less sericeous in both surfaces. 

 Slame^is 20 ; filaments slightly dilated, about as long as the ovate 

 anthers ; apical process of connective about as long as the anther, 

 ciliate. Ovary sericeoiis, elongated-conic, gradually tapering into the 

 short glabrous style ; stigma minute. Pipe fruit ovoid, apiculate, pale, 

 adpressed-sericeous, "4 in. long, closely invested by, but free from, 

 the concave bases of the accrescent sepals. 8epoIs of fruiting calyx 

 all enlarged, membranous, reticulate, deciduously puberulous ; the 3 

 outer oblong, vei'y obtuse, 5-nerved, 1"25 in. long, and '-i in. broad; the 

 inner 3 half as long, or less, and much narrower. 



Penang : Curtis, No. 423. 



This species, which JVIr. Cui'tis describes as yielding the most 

 durable timber in Penang, -was at one time quite common thex"e, but 

 it is now almost extinct. Its vernacular name is Dammar laut. 



17. SiiOUEA COSTATA, King, n. sp. A tree ; young branches dark- 

 coloured, lepidote-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, sub- 

 acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or sub-cuncate base; both 

 surfaces glabrous, the transverse veins distinct, especially on the lower : 

 main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, oblique, rather straight, slightly pro- 

 minent beneath ; length 3 to 4*25 in,, breadth 1-2 to 1'5 in., petiole 

 •8 to 1 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, 1"5 to 2*5 in. long, scaly- 

 pnbcrulous, the lateral branches very short and few-flowei-ed. Floicers 

 small. Sepals broadly ovate, yellowish-tomentose outside, glabrous 

 inside. Stamens 15 ; all with dilated filaments longer than the ovate 

 anthers, those of the inner row with the apical process of the connec- 

 tive short and glabrous, those of tlic outer rows Avith longer ciliate 

 apical connectives. Ovary ovoid-conical, densely yellowish-tomentose ; 

 style very short. Pipe fruit ovo'n\, apiculate, sparsely puberulous, 75 in. 

 long ; sepals all enlarged, concave and dilated at the base, membran- 

 ous and reticulate ; the three outer narrowly oblong, obtuse, much 



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