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■when expanded, minutely yellowish-pulvcrulenfc, tomentose outside, 

 glabrous inside. Stamens 15, sub-equal : apical awn curved, longer 

 than the anther. Oi'a?"?/ ovoid, narrowing upwards into the style ; stigma 

 minute. Fruit ovo\di, very slightly apiculatc, striate, pale pubescent, 

 about "6 in. long and "3 in. in diam., the persistent calyx covering the 

 lower third, of the fruit, sub-glabrous, thickened and. concave at the 

 base; the teeth deltoid, spreading. Richetia penangiana^'H.Qixn. in'BxxW. 

 Soc. Linn. Paris, 1891, p. 980. 



Penang : on Government Hill, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet, 

 Curtis, .Nos. 1429 and 1393 ; Hullett, N'o. 188 ; King's Collector, No. 

 1534. Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 3333, 3707. 



Tlie leaves of this species, although larger, resemble those of B. 

 Ciirtisii : but the fruits of the two are quite different. One of Mi\ 

 Curtis' specimens, No. 429 (communicated from Kew), forms the type of 

 a new genus called BicJietia, which M. Heim has founded. (1. c. p., 975, 

 also in his " Recherches sur les Dipterocarpacees " p. 50), without having 

 seen its flowers. I have retained for this M. Heim's specific name, while 

 referring it to Beddome's older genus. The vernacular name of the 

 species is Dammar Etavi. 



3. Balanocarpus anomalus, King. A tree : young branches slender, 

 dark-coloured, minutely lenticellate, the tips puberulous. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, ovate, acuminate ; the base broad, sub-cuneate ; both surfaces 

 glabrous ; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, ascending, curving, not prominent : 

 leno-th 2-25 to 2-5 in., breadth 1 to 1-3 in., petiole 6 to -7 in. Panicles 

 numerous, axillary and terminal, longer than the leaves, pubescent, 

 their lateral branchlets bearing 6 to 8 sub-secund flowers. Flou-crs 

 shortly pedicelled, '15 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, connate at the 

 base, obtuse, minutely tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Fefals 

 elliptic, blunt, yellowish adpressed-sericeous outside, glabrous inside, 

 only about twice as long as tlie sepals, spreading and reflexed so as to 

 expose the stamens and pistil. Stamens 10, in two rows ; the filaments 

 longer than the anthers, dilated ; anther short, ovate, its connective pro- 

 duced into an apical awn as long as itself. Ovary ovoid, striate, pubes- 

 cent, style short and thick, stigma small. 



Kedah : Curtis, No. 1(554. 



Mr. Curtis is as yet the only collector of this, and his specimens 

 have no fruit. I refer it to this genus, although its flowers differ from 

 those of the other species known to me, in having petals only about 

 twice as long as the sepals, spreading and reflexed so that the andro- 

 gynoeciura is quite exposed ; and in having only 10 stamens In other 

 respects the s])ccimens agree with Balanocarpus. Its vernacular name 

 in Kedali is Malaut. 



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