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PLATE 189B. 
RETINODENDRON KoxstLERI, King in Journ. Аз. бос. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2 p. 129. 
Nat. Ord. Dipterocarpee. 
A tree 20 to 50 feet high, sometimes a shrub; young branches, slender, deciduously 
stellate-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, some- 
times slightly obovate, sub-acute or shortly and bluntly acuminate; the base cuneate 
rarely rounded; upper surface glabrous, the midrib and nerves pubescent; the lower quite 
glabrous; main nerves 10 to 13 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath 
2-95 to 45 in. breadth 1:25 to 1:75 in., petiole *25 to 4 іп. Racemes axillary, 1 to 
1°5 in. long, sparsely scaly. Flowers “4 in. long. Calyz-lobes ovate-lanceolate, puberulous. 
Petals oblong-elliptic, oblique, obtuse, puberulous outside. Anthers sub-sessile, cach with 
a stout apiculus as long as itself. Ovary puberulous, stigma capitate. Ripe fruit globu- 
lar, with a long curved apical beak, glabrous, about :25 in. in diam.  Culyz-iobes all 
accrescent, sub-equal, oblong, tapering slightly to the sub-obtuse apex, the base slightly 
auricled, thickly membranous, glabrous, 3-nerved, the longest about 1:3 in. long and 
“35 in. broad, loosely surrounding, and longer than, the fruit. 
Perak: Scortechini, Wray, King's Collector; very common at low elevations. 
length 
In this species all the five calyx-lobes are accrescent and of nearly equal size. 
from the ripe fruit, round which they form a loose semi-inflated investiture. 
bancana, Scheffer ( = Retinodendron bancanum). 
They are quite free 
Its nearest ally is Райса 
PrarE 189B. Retinodendron Kunstleri, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, ripe fruits; 3, a ripe fruit with the accres- 
cent calyx-lobes removed; 4, accrescent ealyx-lobe : of natural size; 5, calyx, ovaries and style; 8, petal 
$5, ; 7, ovary and 
style; 8, anthers: enlarged. 
PLATE 190. 
RETINODENDRON SCORTECHINII, King in Journ. Ав. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 128 
A tall tree; young branches rather stout, densely furfuraceous-pub +. Leaves 
coriaceous, 
oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex; the base slightly narrowed, rounded : 
both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, spreading, curving, prominent on the 
lower, sub-depressed on the upper surface when dry, the transverse venation bold: length 
7 to 10 in., breadth 2:3 to 3:25 іп,, petiole "6 to ‘75 in. Paneles crowded towards the 
apices of the branches, mostly axillary, 2 to 2:5 in. long, the rachises brownish flocculent 
stellate-tomentose, as is the calyx externally. Flowers “6 in. long.  Calyz-lobes 5, ovate. 
Petals 5, thick, oblong, blunt, puberulous externally, glabrous within. An/hers 15, dili oic. 
apiculate, the filaments very short. Ovary broadly ovoid from a truncate base, minutely 
tomentose, stigma clavate. Ripe frut sub-globular, sub-rugose, vertically grooved, minutely 
rufous-scurfy, about ‘75 in. in diam., laxly embraced in the lower half by the broadly 
ovate, membranous, many-nerved, reticulate, sub-equal calyx-lobes. 
Perak: Scortechini, Nos, 1940 and 1942. 
The calyx-lobes are nearly equal in size, quite free from the fruit, much shorter, and they embrace 
only its lower half. This species is allied to Retinodendron Rassak, Korth. (Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. 56 
t. 8), but has broader leaves and much more condensed panicles than that species. 
Prate 190. Retinodendron Scortechinii, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, branch with ripe fruit: of natura! size; 
3, calyx; 4 & 5, petals; 6 & Т, stamens; 8, ovary, style, and stigma; 9, section of ovary: enlarged 
Ах». Roy. Вот. GARD. Carc, Vor. V. 
