Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 191 



Tor. Fl. II. 120 and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 230. Bassial 

 hypoleuca, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 582 (fide Kurz). 



Penang : Holmberg 783. Malacca : Ghiffith (K.D.) 3606 ; Maingay 

 <K.D.) 985, 996 ; Curtis 3480, 3481, 3482 ; Bervey 2754 ; Derry 59, 88 ; 

 Bidley 10079 ; GoodenougJi 1994. Singapore : T. Anderson 122 ; Bidley. 

 — DiSTRiB. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 



Curtis says it gives a low class bastard gutta of little value. Vern. " Niato bunga " 

 ^' Niato tunbaga " " Niato balam." 



2. Palaquium Maingayi, King & Gamble. A tree ; stems reach- 

 ing 60 feet in height and 10 to 15 in. in diam.; branchlets dark 

 brown, rough, about -4 in. in diam., marked by the large scars of fallen 

 leaves ; innovations densely short-rusty-pubescent. Leaves charta- 

 'Ceous ; obovate, obtuse at apex, cuneate or slightly rounded and more or 

 less auricled at base; margins recurved; glabrous above except on 

 midrib, thickly ferruginous-pubescent beneath ; 5 to 13 in. long, 3 to 

 7 in. broad ; midrib stout, impressed above, prominent beneath, main- 

 nerves 12 to 20 pairs, '5 to '8 in, apart, starting at an angle of about 55° 

 with the midrib, parallel to near the margin and then curving upwards 

 to join in a marginal nerve ; reticulations not prominent, obliquely join- 

 ing the main-nerves ; petiole 1 to 1*5 in. long, thickly rusty-pubescent, 

 channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade ; stipules 

 subulate falcate, "5 in. long, very caducous. Flowers fasciculate, up to 

 10 together, in the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves ; 

 pedicels "5 to '7 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 6; outer 3 valvate, 

 ovate, densely pubescent, "15 in. long ; inner 3 imbricate, orbicular, 

 •depressed at top, scarious and ciliate on the margins, '15 in. long. 

 ■Corolla campanulate ; tube short ('1 in.) ; lobes 6, imbricate, overlapping 

 iio the right, ovate-oblong, glabrous, '25 to '35 in. long. Stamens 12, 

 •25 in. long, opposite to and alternate with corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, 

 ^piculate, slightly rusty-hirsute behind; filaments as long as anthers, 

 slender. Ovary rounded; style '2 to "4 in. long, subulate; cells 6, Fruit 

 a shining, green, fleshy berry, about "5 in. long, supported by the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds 2, oblong ; testa dark brown, crustaceous ; albumen 

 none. Dichopsis Maingayi, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 543. 



Peeak: Wray 524, 553, 2215, up to 2,000 feet ; Kmg's Collector 6644. 

 Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 996/2 ; Bervey. 



P. Ottolanderi, Koorcl. & Val. of Java is near this species, but is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its larger flowers and long pointed fruit. 



3. Palaquium Clabkeanum, King & Gamble. A large tree, with 

 ihick rough bark and spreading branches, reaching 100 to 150 feet in 



