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reticulate when dry; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, faint; length 2°25 to 
35 in, breadth 75 to 1:5 in., petiole *3 to *5 т. Panicles mostly axillary, spreading, 
rusty scurfy-tomentose, 1°25 to 3 in. long. Flwwers 45 in. long. Calyz-lobes sub-equal, 
lanceolate or oblong, sub-acute, tomentose on both surfaces, Petals oblong-lanceolate, 
sub-acute, the half of the outer surface which is outside in zestivation pubescent, 
otherwise glabrous. Stamens obtusely apiculate. Ovary depressed, minutely tomentose , 
stigma capitate, Fruit (not quite ripe) globular, umbonate, attached for half its length 
to the calyx. The two larger calyx-wings oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, 
5-nerved, flocculent-puberulous near the base when young, ultimately glabrous, 2 in. 
long and ‘75 in. wide; the 3 smaller wings lanceolate, obtuse, '5 in. long. 
Langani: Curtis, Nos. 2797 and 2798. Kedah: Curtis, Nos. 2096 and 2514. 
When dried, the leaves of this are of a dull gray colour—hence the specific name. Its fruit 
resembles that of the next species, but the leaves have fower and less prominent nerves, 
Рілте 183A. Vatica cinerea, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, young fruit; 3, mature fruit: of natural size ; 4, flower 
dissected ; 6, pistils with the calyx-lobes cut away; 6, stamens : enlarged. 
PLATE 183B. 
Varıca Curtis, King in Journ. Аз. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 105. 
A tree about 40 feet high: young branches, petioles, inflorescence and calyx 
brownish scurfy-pubescent, ultimately glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acute, the base 
rounded or sud-cuneate, both surfaces quite glabrous, reticulate; main nerves 8 to 13 
pairs, oblique, rather prominent beneath; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1°3 to 25 in., 
petiole *3 to 45 in. Aacemes axillary, few-flowered, 1 to 125 in. long. Flowers "35 
to 45 in. long. Culyz-iobes unequal, the two longer narrowly oblong, obtuse; the three 
shorter lanceolate-acuminate. Petals elliptic, slightly oblique, blunt, glabrous except the 
pubescent edge which is external in the bud, Ripe fruit globular, *3 in. in diam., 
adherent to the calyx for half its length, the iarger calyx-lobes oblong-oblanceolate, 
usually obtuse, rarely sub-acute, 5-пегуед, 175 to 25 in. long, and ?7 in. broad; the 
smaller wings "4 to ‘6 in. long. 
Penang: Curtis, No. 1579. | 
Ртате 183B. Райіса Си ин, King. 1, fruiting branch; 2, flowering branch with the leaves removed ; 3, ripe 
fruit: of natural size; 4, flower from which the petals have been removed and of which the erlyx-lobes have begun 
to grow; 5, petal; 6 and 7, stamens; 8, pistils ; 9, section of ovaries: enlurged. 
PLATE 184, 
PENTACME MALAYANA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 107. 
Nat. Ord. Dipterocarpee. 
A tree 40 to 50 feet high; young branches rather stout, dark-coloured, glabrous. 
‘Leaves sub-coriaceous, rotund-owate to broadly elliptic, the apex shortly and bluntly 
acuminate, the base rounded or slightly emarginate; both surfaces glabrous, pale when 
dry; main nerves 15 to 18 pairs, spreading, prominent on both surfaces; length 5 
to 7 in., breadth 275 to 45 in., petiole :75 to 11 in. Panieles axillary, lax, few- 
flowered, 2°5 to 5 in. long. Flwers ‘75 in. long and about as much in diameter 
