148 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
PLATE 179B. 
GORDONIA IMBRICATA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pt. 2, p. 204. 
A tree? Young branches rather stout, glabrous, dark purplish-brown when dry. 
Leaves coriaceous, oval-oblong, sometimes slightiy oblanceolate, the apex obtuse, slightly 
emarginate, the edges thickened and slightly recurved, quite entire or very faintly sub- 
serrulate; the base slightly narrowed, roundish ; both surfaces shining, the upper greenish ; 
the lower dull, tinged with brown when dry, midrib bold; nerves about 12 pairs, thick 
but inconspicuous; length 1:75 to 2:25 in., breadth ۰9 іс 1:25 m.; petiole "15 in. stout. 
Flowers only in the upper axils, about 1 in. in diam., axillary, solitary, sub-sessile; the 
buds elongate-obovoid; the bracts numerous, closely imbricate, passing into the sepals, all 
orbicular and pubescent externally with broad searious glabrous edges. Petals much 
larger than the sepals, orbicular, densely and minutely pubescent externally, fleshy with 
thin glabrous edges. Stamens numerous; anthers ovate, about one-fourth of the length of 
the slender cylindric filaments. Ovary ovoid-conic, ridged, adpressed-pubescent, 5-celled. 
Style single, boldly 5-ridged; stigmas distinct, small. Fruit slightly under 1 in. long, 
`4 in. in diam., 5-angled, adpressed-pubescent, subtended by the elongate imbricate cup 
formed by the sepals and bracts. Seeds "75 in. in length, of which one-half is wing. 
Perak; Scortechini, No. 402b. 
_ Father Scortechini’s scanty specimens are accompanied by no notes; but, from the species of Hyme- 
nophyllum growing on the branches of some of them, I conclude that they were collected probably at 
elevations of 4,000 or 5,000 feet. The remarkable imbricate buds at once distinguish this species. 
Ртате 179B. Gordonia imbricata, King. 1, branch with flower and ripe fruit; 2, vertical section of a capsule; 
3, seeds removed from capsule; 4, single seed: of natural size. 
PLATE 1680. 
 DrerEROCARPUS KussrLERI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pt. 2, p. 87. 
at. Ord. Dipterocarpee. 
A tree 80 to 120 feet high; young branches flattened, at first sparsely covered with 
minute scurfy deciduous pubescence, ultimately glabrous, but always with oblique tawny- 
tomentose annuli. Buds narrowly cylindric, hoary-canescent. Leaves elliptic or sub- 
rotund-elliptic, very shortly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate, the edges 
undulate or sub-cuneate, both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 15 to 18 pairs, oblique, 
straight, prominent on the lower surface, length 7:5 to 11 in., breadth 4°5 to 7 in., 
petiole 1:5 to 2 in. Racemes 6 to 8 in. long, often bifid, 4- to 6-flowered, glabrous. 
Flowers 95 to 3 in. long, glaucous. Culyz-tube narrowly obconic, 5-winged. Petals linear, 
obtuse, glaucous, Fruit ovoid, an inch and a-half or more long, with 5 wings about "25 
in. wide: accrescent calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed towards the base, 
glabrous, reticulate, 3-nerved, 6 or 7 in. long and about 1°5 in. broad. 
Perak : King». Collector, Nos. £638, 8798, 7508 and 7606. 
Allied to D. grondiflorun, Blanco; but with larger leaves, smaller fruit and different buds. Allied 
. also to D. виййн, Miq., but with سب‎ fruit and different buds. This species has leaves like D. 
