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PLATE 189B. 
RETINODENDRON KONSTLERI, King in Journ. As. Soc. 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: length 
229 to 45 in., breadth 1:25 to 175 in., petiole “25 to °4 in. Racemes axillary, 1 to 
19 in. long, sparsely scaly. Flowers *4 in. long. Calyzx-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 95 in. in diam. Calyx-lobes 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. 
In this species all the five calyx-lobes are accrescent and of nearly equal size. They are quite free 
from the ripe fruit, round which they form a loose semi-inflated investiture. Its nearest ally is Valica 
bancana, Scheffer ( = Retinodendron bancanum). 
РглтЕ 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; ب8‎ petal; 7, ovary and 
style; 8, anthers: enlarged. : 
PLATE 190. 
RETINODENDRON SCORTECHINI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 128. 
A tall tree; young branches rather stout, densely furfuraceous-pubescent, елген 
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 in., petiole “6 to 75 in. Panicles crowded towards the 
apices of the branches, mostly axillary, 2 to 2-5 in. long, the rachises brownish floceulent 
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/Aers 15, elliptie, 
apiculate, the filaments very short. Ovary broadly ovoid from a truncate base, minutely 
tomentose, stigma clavate. Ripe frui 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 ealyx-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. Ini. 56, 
t. 8), but has broader leaves апа much more condensed panicles than that species, 
PrarE 190. Retinodendron Scortechinii, King. 1, flowering brauch; 2, branch with ripe fruit: of natural 
3, calyx; 4 & 5, petals; 6 & 1, stamens; 8, ovary, style, and stigma; 9, section of ovary : enlarged. 
, 
size; 
Ann. Roy. Dor. Garp. Carc, Vor. V. 
