156 : ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
sepals, linear-oblong, obtuse, expanded at the base, glabrous, except one-half of the 
outer surface which is adpressed-pubescent. Stamens 15, in 3 rows, the filaments of 
all dilated, unequal; the anthers shortly ovate, each with a short apical appendage 
from the connective. Ovary narrowly conical, tomentose, tapering into the short 
glabrous style, stigma minute. Ripe fruit narrowly ovoid, apiculate, minutely 
pale-tomentose, substriate, 1°2 in. long, and 6 in. in diam., the pericarp thick and 
woody. Persistent sepals with much thickened concave woody bases, forming a cup 
embracing the lower half of the fruit, the apices of the outer three prolonged into 
membranous linear-oblong sub-obtus» wings, one of them exceeding the fruit and 
sometimes 1°5 in. long; one of the inner sepals shortly winged, the other often 
broad obtuse and not winged. 
Perak: common King’s Collector. 
In this plant the fruit is much larger than is usual in the genus, and its pericarp is hard and thick. 
The bases of the sepals are greatly thickened and concave, and they form a cup which embraces closely, 
but does not adhere to, the lower half of the fruit, the apices of some of them being winged as above 
described. In these respects the species resembles certain other Malayan species of Shorea, e.g., S. Marti- 
тапа Scheff., S. scaberrima, and S. stenoptera, Burck. Judging from the leaf-specimens on which Miquel 
founded his Hopea Singkawang, that plant must be а close ally of this. A specimen (flower only) collected 
by H. O. Forbes in Sumatra (Herb. No. 2952) must also be closely allied to this. It differs however 
by its conspicuously bracteolate inflorescence. Beccari’s Nos. 2631 and 3507, which form the types of 
Heim’s species S. brachyptera, are also allied to this. 
Prate 188. Shorea Thiseltoni, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, branch with young fruit; 3, ripe fruits; 4, ripe fruit 
removed from the accrescent ca'yx: of natural size; 5, flower-bud; 6, calyx, ovary, and style; 7, petal; 8, young fruit; 
9 to 13, accrescent sepals of young fruit; 14, group of stamens, showing one of each of the three rows: enlarged ; 15 
& 16, stamens: much enlarged. 
PLATE 189A. 
ПОРЕА INTERMEDIA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, рі, 2, р. 126. 
A tree 60 to 80 feet high; young branches rather dark-coloured, puberulous. Leaves 
coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, the base cuneate, both surfaces 
glabrous; main nerves numerous, faint; length 2°5 to З in. breadth 1 to 15 іш; 
petiole “85 to ‘6 in., slender, puberulous but finally glabrous. Panicks as in H. 
_Mengarawan, the flowers pedicellate. Sepals sub-equal; the two outer ovate, acuminate; 
the three inner broader and more obtuse, all resinous outside, glabrous and smooth 
inside. Petals twice as long as the sepals, narrowly oblong, obtuse, falcate, densely 
sericeous externally, glabrous within. Stamens 12; the filaments dilated, shorter than 
the anthers; the anthers ‘short, crowned by a straight awn from the connective longer 
than the stamen. Ovary hour-glass shaped; style |short, stigma small. Ripe fruit ovoid, 
apiculate, “3 to ‘5 in. long, pale, striate; the two outer sepals accrescent, narrowly 
oblong-obtuse, narrowed to the base, reticulate, obscurely 5- to 7-nerved, 1°25 to 1°75 in. 
long and '25 in. broad; the inner three sepals not accrescent, not. longer than the 
fruit, and closely embracing it. 
Penang: Curtis, No. 425 and 1398. Perak: King’s Collector, No. 3709. 
Prare 1894. Hopea intermedia, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, young fruit; 3, mature fruit: of natural size; 
4, flower-bud ; 5, flower; 6, calyx cut орго i show ovary; 7, petal with three stamens at its base; 8, ovary : enlarged; 
9, three stamens: much enlarged. 
