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Fruiting-cfilyx shorter tlian the fruit. 



Leaves 3'5 to 6 in. long : fruit "4 in. in diam. 1. B. pallidum. 



Leaves 7 to 10 in. long : fniit *65 in. in diam. 2. R. ScortecMnii. 

 Fruit ing-calyx longer tlian the fruit ... 3. R. Kunstleri. 



1. Retinodendron PALLiDiUM, King. A small tree (fide Dyer) : 

 young hi'anches slender, deciduously pnherulous, their bark pale. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acuminate; the edgea 

 entire, recurved -when dry ; the base acute : both surfaces glabrons, 

 the upper shining; main uei-ves 9 to 10 pairs, curving, oblique ; length 

 3'5 to 6 in., breadth 1'2 to 1*8 in., petiole "4 to "5 in. Panicles axillary, 

 rarely extra-axillary, pubei^ulons, 1 to 3 in. long. IPhnoers '45 in. long ; 

 Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, scurfy-pubescent. Petals oblong, lanceo- 

 late, sub-acute, stellate-pubescent externally. Anthers broadly ovate, 

 with a short blunt apiculus. Ovary puberulons ; stigma capitate, lobed. 

 Fruit globulai', about "4 in. in diam., glabrous, shining, very minutely 

 and sparsely lepidote, partially covered in the lower half by the slightly 

 unequal, spreading or sub-reflexed, narrowly-oblong, membranous, 

 3-nerved, reticulate calyx-lobes. Vatica pallida, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. I, 302. 



Penang : Maingay, on Government Hill, at an elevation of about 

 800 feet; Curtis, No. 117 ; King, Kunstler. 



This is known only from Penang. It is evidently a rare tree. Its 

 fruit somewhat resembles (except in size) that of V. luncea^folia, Blume. 



2. Retinodendron Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A tall tree : young 

 branches rather stout, densely furfnraccous-pubescent. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex ; the base slightly nar- 

 rowed, rounded : both surfaces glabrous : main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, 

 spreading, curving, prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper, 

 surface when dry, the transverse venation bold : length 7 to 10 in., 

 breadth 2*6 to 3'2 in , petiole '6 to •75 in. Panicles crowded towards 

 the apices of the branches, mostly axillary, 2 to 2"5 in. long, the 

 i"achises brownish flocculent stcllate-tomentose, as is the calyx exter- 

 nally. Flowers "6 in. long. Valyx-lohcs ovnte. Petals thick, oblong, 

 blunt, puberulons externally, glabrous within. Stamens elliptic, apicu- 

 late. Ovary minutely tomentosc ; stigma clavato. Ripe fruit sub- 

 globular, sub-rugose, vertically grooved, minutely rufous-scurfy, about 

 65 in. in diam , laxly embraced in the lower half by the broadly ovate, 

 membranous, many-nerved, reticulate, sub-equal calyx-lobes. 



Perak: Scortechini, Nos. 1940 and 1942. 



The calyx-lobes are nearly equal in size, quite free from the fruit, 

 much shorter, and they embrace only its lower half. This species is 

 allied to Reliiiodendron Bassak, Koith. (Nat. Gesch. Nod. Ind. 56, t. 8,) 



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