Plate 2402, 



SHOREA RIGIDA, Bmndis. 



DiPTEEocARPACE^. Tribe Shores. 



S. Ti^i^^ Brmidis (sp. nov.) ; arbor ingens, ramuHs petioHsque 

 verrucoso-scabris, novellis steJlato-tomentosis, foliis rigide coriacois 

 iiiargiue revolutis elliptico-oblongis supra glaberrimis nitidis infra 

 l)]Jis stellatis hirsutis nervis secundariis utrinque 18 arcuatis subtus 

 valde prominentibiis nervis tertiariis parallels, floribus sessilibus in 

 pamculis axillanbus et terminalibus, ebracteatis, sepalis injequaliljus 

 extus pilis longmsculis hirsutis intus ad apicem puberulis, petalis 

 oblongis obtusis apice barbatis, staminibus circiter 50, filamentis basi 

 connatis petahsque adhairentibus antheras ter vel qnater superaiitibus 

 anthens fere orbicularibus omnino exappendiculatis, ovario inferne 

 glabro, superne in stylopodiuni elongato-conicum pilis longiusculis 

 tomentosum angustato, stylo teuui glabro stylopodium vix cTquante 

 stigmate lato obtuse 3-dentato, fructu tomentoso acuminato basi 

 tantum calyeis segmentis tecto. 



Hab. Singapore (garden jungle), Hldle;!/ (No, 6393). 



f poll longus. Calycis 



iructiteri segmenta tria majora lineari-oblonga, obtusa, basi angustata, 

 lU-nervia, 4-5 poll, longa. Fructus % poll, longus. Cotuledonea crass:«, 

 carnosffi, major bifida ; radicula brevis. 



Attains 180 feet, with a tall clean stem. Foliage light green ; 

 flowers creamy white in great masses ; wings of fruiting calyx red- 

 dish brown. Flowers in July, 



This species belongs to the small section of Shorea with inappendi- 

 culate anthers which now comprises 6 species of the Malay P(ininsula, 

 bumatra, and Borneo. Some of these, like .S", leprosula, Miq., have 

 J 5 stamens, w^hile others (S. sericea, riyida) have a large number. 

 D. Brandis, 



Tig. 1. Portion of leaf showing stellate indumentum. 2. Expanded flower. 



^- &ame enlarged. 4. Stamen. 6. Vertical section of ovary. Except fia 2. 

 'n icirged. i ^ n ' 



