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long, and :3 in. broad, narrowed to above the concave base ; the two inner l in. 
long, linear-lanceolate, few-nerved. 
Penang: Curtis, No. 1578. 
Known only by Curtis’ specimens, and readily recognisable by its beautifully ciliate-crested anthers. 
Pirate 187A. Shorea ciliata, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, fruiting branch; of natural size; 3 & 4, sepals; 5 
and 6, petals; 7 and 8, anthers; 9, ovary; 10, section of same: enlarged. 
PLATE 187B. 
Hopea Curtisin, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, рі. 2. p. 124. 
rat. Ord, Dipterocarpec. 
A tree 50 to 60 feet high; young branches slender, dark-coloured, lenticellate, 
almost glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate 
or acute, the base sometimes slightly unequal-sided, rounded, rarely sub-cuneate; both 
surfaces glabrous, the upper slightly puberulous on the midrib near the base, the lower 
with several hairy glands at the base, the midrib sparsely and minutely stellate-pube- 
rulous; main nerves 10 to 13 pairs, curving, ascending, prominent beneath ; length 3:5 
to 45 in. breadth 1:75 to 25 in.; petiole '4 in., puberulous when young. Panicles 
axillary and terminal, lax, few-flowered. Flowers about 72 in, long, pedicelled. Sepals 
broadly ovate, blunt, concave, tomentose outside, glabrous inside; the inner two rather 
smaller and more glabrous than the others. Petals oblong, oblique, faleate, obtuse, 
partially tomentose 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-globular, apiculate, pale striate, "82 in. long; outer two sepals accrescent, 
narrowly-oblong, reticulate, membranous, obscurely 7- to 8-nerved, obtuse, slightly nar- 
rowed to the concave smooth base, 1:75 to 2:5 in long and from “85 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. 
Pirate 187B. Hopea Curtisii, King. 1, fruiting branch; 2, nearly ripe fruit: of natural size. 
PLATE 188. 
БновЕА THISELTONI, King in Journ. Аз. Soc. Bengal, for 1898, pts 2; p. 122. 
A tree 60 to 80 fect high; young branches rather stout, the bark dark-coloured and 
lenticellate, but covered at first by a pale-grey, deciduous pellicle. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong to elliptic, rarely oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, sub-acute, slightly 
narrowed to the rounded base; both surfaces glabrous, the lower when very young 
sparsely lepidote, puberulous especially on the midrib and nerves, brown when dry: 
main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, ascending, slightly curved, bold and prominent on the 
under surface like the midrib; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2:25 to 3-25 in.; petiole 
"6 to “8 in, stout. Panicles axillary and terminal 2 to 3 in. long, velvety, the 
flowers rather crowded, apparently ebracteolate. Fiowers sessile, “5 or “б in. long: 
Sepals ovate, sub-acute, unequal; the 3 outer tomentose outside, glabrous inside; 
the 2 inner smaller, nearly glabrous, the edges ciliate. Petals much longer than the 
Ann, Roy. Вот. Garp. Carc, Vor. У. 
