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1. HoPEA NERVOSA, King, n. Bp. A tree 60 to 70 feet high : yonng 

 branches dark-coloui'ecl, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, the base rounded or very slightly cuneate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous ; main nerves 16 to 18 pairs, spreading, bold 

 and prominent on the lower ; length 3'5 to 5 in., breadth 1*5 to 2*25 in. ; 

 petiole "5 to '75 in,, transversely wrinkled when dry. Floioers unknown. 

 Bipe fruit ovoid-rotund, apiculate, glabrous, '5 in. long ; the two outer 

 sepals much enlarged, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly nari'owed to 

 the concave thickened smooth base, 10-nerved, 4 to 4'5 in. long, and 

 •6 to '75 in. wide ; the three inner sepals not quite so long as the fruit, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, thickened, smooth, closely embracing but not 

 adherent to the fruit. 



Perak : King's Collector, No. 3690. 



This is a very distinct species, belonging to the group of Hopea 

 with the nerves of the leaves bold. It is so distinct that, contrary to my 

 general practice, I venture to name it without having seen the flower. 



2. Hopea Curtisii, King, n. sp. A tree 50 to 60 feet high : 

 young branches slender, dai"k-coloured, lenticellate, almost glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate 

 or acute, the base slightly unequal-sided, rounded, rai'cly sub-cuaeate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, the upper slightly pu.berulous on the midrib 

 near the base, the lower with several hairy glands at the base, the 

 midrib sparsely and minutely stellate-puberulous ; main nerves 10 to 

 13 pairs, curving, ascending, prominent beneath ; length 3'5 to 4"5 in., 

 breadth 1*75 to 2'5 in. ; petiole "4 in., puberulous when young. Pani- 

 cles axillary and terminal, lax, few-flowered. Floioers about "2 in. 

 long, pedicelled. Sepals broadly ovate, blunt, concave, tomentose out- 

 side, glabrous inside ; the inner two rather smaller and more glabrous 

 than the others. Petals oblong, oblique, falcate, obtuse, partially tomen- 

 tose outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 10, the filaments short, dilated ; 

 anthers ovate, short, the connective with an apical awn longer than 

 the anther. Ovary broadly ovate, puberulous at the truncate apex, 

 otherwise glabrous : style short. Ripe fruit ovoid, apiculate, pale 

 striate, "3 in. long ; outer two sepals accrescent, narrowly-oblong, reti- 

 culate, membranous, obscurely 5-nerved, obtuse, slightly narrowed 

 to the concave smooth base, 1'75 to 2'5 in. long and from '35 to '6 in. 

 broad ; the three inner non-accrescent sepals about as long as the 

 fruit. 



Penang : Curtis No. 1562. Perak : King's Collector, 8161. 



3. Hopea micrantiia. Hook. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxiii, 160. 

 A tree 60 to 80 feet high : young branches slender with dark-coloured, 

 lenticellate bark and minute brownish pubescence. Leaves coriaceous, 



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