Shorea.] xxv. DIPTEROCARPEJE. (W. T. Tliiselton Dyer.) . 307 



doubt as to the identity of this species. Koxburgh states the number of stamens to be 

 100, but this is clearly an error. 



13. S/oblong-ifolia, Thwaites .Enum.. '36; leaves oblong shortly acu- 

 minate base truncate or emarginate both surfaces glabrous lateral nerves 

 about 15 pairs, panicles terminal or axillary, stamens 80-100. A. DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. 2, 629. 



CEYLON ; Southern districts of the Island, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-6 by If -2 4 in. ; petiole A-f in. Panicles 6 in. long, race- 

 mose, hoary. Flowers yellow, odorous, shortly pedicelled; buds densely hoary. 

 Anthers with a terminal bristle about their own length and two minute lateral ones. 

 Capsule | in. long, ovoid, silky-pubescent ; bases of the fruiting calyx-segments 4 

 as long as the capsule, oblong, gibbous, puberulent ; wings 2 by f in., spathulate, 

 obtuse. 



14. S. lissophylla, Thwaites Enum. 402 ; leaves oblong-cordiform 

 slightly acuminate base emarginate both surfaces glabrous lateral nerves 

 about 7 pairs prominent beneath, panicles small terminal or axillary, 

 stamens about 35. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 630. 



CEYLON ; Hinidoon Pattoo and Singhe-rajah Forest, Thwaites. 



A large tree, twigs black when dry. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-3 in. ; petiole ^-\ in., rugose. 

 Panicles- about 3 in. long, racemose, glabrous. Flowers shortly pedicelled ; buds hoary. 

 Anthers bearded. Fruit unknown. 



15. S. stipularis, Thwaites Enum. 36 ; leaves oblong shortly acuminate 

 or subobtuse base rounded coriaceous both surfaces glabrous midrib chan- 

 nelled above very prominent beneath lateral nerves about 15 pairs. A. DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. 2, 631. 



CEYLON ; between Ratnapoora and Galle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2-4 in.; stipules 4-1 by ^- in., ovate, suboblique, with 

 numerous slender nerves, very persistent; petiole 1^-1^ in. Flowers unknown. Capsule 

 subconic, smooth; (winged calyx-segments 5-54 by 1 i n -> H-14-nerved, Thwaites}. 



16. S. assamica, Dyer ; leaves broadly elliptic or elliptic-oblong very 

 shortly acuminate base rounded both surfaces glabrous midrib channelled 

 above lateral nerves about 17 pairs hispid beneath rather prominent above. 



UPPER ASSAM ; banks of the Duhing river, O. Mann. 



Young twigs thinly pendulous. Leaves about 34 by If in., shining above. Flowers 

 unknown. Capsule f in., ovoid, acuminate, glabrous; bases of the fruiting calyx- 

 segments about 4 as l n g as the capsule, broadly ovate, gibbous ; wings 4 by | in., 

 linear, subacute, about 12-nerved. 



17. S. gratissima, Dyer ; leaves elliptic acuminate base acute both 

 surfaces glabrous margins undulate lateral nerves about 14 pairs incon- 

 spicuous, panicles terminal and axillary, stamens 20-25. Hopea gratissima, 



Wall. Cat. 960. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



Branches slender. Leaves 2^-4 by 1J-1| in. ; petiole f-1 in. Panicles 3-6 in., 

 glabrous, black when dry. Flower-buds hoary; pedicels about T V in. Anthers with a 

 terminal seta. 



18. S. reticulata, Thwaites ms. ; leaves lanceolate with a long acumi- 

 nate point base acute shining above glabrous beneath margins undulate 

 lateral nerves about 10 pairs hardly prominent beneath. 



CEYLON. 



Twigs slender, pale. Leaves 3-4 by If in. ; petiole | in., decurved. Flowers un- 



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