DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS. 153 
in bud by broad deciduous puberulous bracts. Sepals ovate, tomentose outside, 
glabrous inside, slightly unequal, Petals twice as long as the calyx, linear-oblong, 
obtuse, stellate-pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 15, in three rows; the 
filaments elongate, broad (those of the outer row longest); anthers short, ovoid- 
globose, not apiculate. Ovary elongated-ovoid, tomentose in the upper, glabrous in 
the lower half, styl: short, stigma small Ripe frvit narrowly ovoid, apiculate, ‘75 
in. long, pale tomentose; calyz-wings all enlarged and membranous, free from the 
fruit; the three outer linear-oblong, 8-nerved, 2°25 in. long, and about “5 in, broad; 
the two inner about 1 in. long, linear and with fewer nerves. King in Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng., for 1893, pt. 2, p. 111. 
Penang: Curtis, Nos, 427, 1394 and 1395. Perak: King's Collector, No. 8143. 
The vernacular name of this in Penang is Мата! Та’. The tomentum on the lower surface 
of the leaves is very minute and can be seen only by using a good lens. 
Ргатв 185A. Shorea Curtisii, King. 1, branch with inflorescence in bud; 2, ripe fruit; 3, ripe fruit with one of 
the larger wings removed: of naturul size; 4, one of the ultimate branches of the inflorescence in bud shewing the 
large distichous concave bracts; б, one of the bracts separated; 6, fluwer-bud; 7, expanded flower: enlurged 
8, flower-bud ; 9, stamens: much ealarged. 
PLATE 185B. 
Snorea RıpLeyana, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 115. 
A tree 60 or 80 feet high; young branches slender, dark brown, lenticellate, nearly 
glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base rounded; both surfaces 
glabrous, the upper shining; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, curved, spreading, thin but 
slightly prominent beneath; length 2:5 to 4 in., breadth 11 to 175 in.; petiole -4 
"to ° in, rugulose. Panicles axillary and terminal, 15 to 2 in. long, densely stellate- 
puberulous. Flowers 2 in, long, pedicellate. Sepals sub-equal, oblong, obtuse, tomen- 
tose outside, glabrous inside. Petals oblong, slightly oblique, obtuse, glabrous inside 
on the lower puberulous on the upper half. Stamens 15, sub equal, the filaments 
dilated in the lower half; anthers shorter than the filaments, ovate, the con- 
nective produced into an awn longer than the anther. Ovary ovoid-conical, minutely 
tomentose in the upper half. Style short, conical; stigma minute. Fruit (immature) 
ovoid, apiculate, minutely pale tomentose; sepals all enlarged, membranous, reticulate 
and concave at the base; the three outer linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed to the 
concave base, 5-nerved, 2 to 2-25 in. long and ‘4 in. broad; the two inner of 
` the same shape, but only l-nerved, narrower and much shorter. 
Perak: King’s Collector, Nos. 3571 and 3617. 
This а good deal resembles 8. Maxwelliana, King; but its leaves have more nerves, its slightly 
oblique petals are not saccate at the base, its ovary is ovoid-conical and minutely tomentose with 
a short style; whereas in S. Muawelliana the petals are saccate at the base, and the ovary is 
hemispheric with a long style. 
Prare 186B. Shorea Ridleyana, King. 1, branch with young fruit; 2, branch with flowers: of natural size; 
3, sepal; 4, petal; 5, ovary: enlarged. 
