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2. Vallaris Maingayi, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. III. 651 (1882). A 

 large tree (Maingay), a tree 40 to 50 feet high (Curtis) ; In-anches stout, 

 with black bark ; branchlets closely ringed with transverse cracks. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at apex, 

 acuminate at base ; upper surface dark greenish-brown, lower pale, 

 glabrous ; 3 to 4-5 in. long, -75 to 2 in. broad ; midrib slender, impressed 

 above ; main nerves 5 to 6 pairs, prominent beneath, curving upwards 

 to and along the margin ; secondary nerves and reticulations distinct 

 beneath ; petiole -2 to 4 in. long, black. Flowers fascicled, 4 to 12 

 together in one of the axils of each pair of leaves, on alternate sides ; 

 the base of the fascicle forming a short tubercle ; pedicels variable in 

 length, -2 to "5 in., slender or stout, slightly enlarged under the calyx; 

 bracts or bracteoles none ; buds about -5 in. long, tube and conical head 

 of lobes about equal. Calyx-tuhe short ; lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, '06 in. 

 long ; glands alternate with the lobes, very small. Corolla-tnhe urceo- 

 late, "25 in. long, mouth constricted ; lobes broad, ovate-oblong, folded in 

 bud, "3 in. to "4 in. long, pubescent on the inner surface. Anthers half- 

 exserted, apiculate, hairy on the ventral sru'face, a line of hairs near the 

 tip on the dorsal surface ; dorsal gland large. Disk annular, glabrous, 

 with 5 rounded lobes, '05 in. high. Ovary conical, pubescent, of two 

 combined carpels ; style slender ; stigma conical, ringed and hairy 

 below. Fruit not known. 



Penang: at Batu Feringy and at Government Hill, 2,000 feet, 

 Curtis 1767, 2748. Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 1084. Singapore: 

 Bidley 4917. 



Haviland's 3050 from Kalong, Borneo, is clearly a species closely allied to this. 



3. Vallaris lancifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 651 (1882). A 

 rather stiff epiphytic shrub ; branches stout, dark greyish-brown, some- 

 what angled, studded with many conspicuous corky wart-Hke lenticels ; 

 branchlets very slender, pale grey, twiggy. Leaves chartaceous ; ovate, 

 caudate-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 1 to 2 in. long, -5 to '75 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main nerves very 

 oblique; inconspicuous, parallel, 8 to 10 pairs, joined by an intramarginal 

 slightly looped nerve ; reticulations oblique, indistinct ; petiole slender, 

 ■1 to "25 in. long. Cymes axillary, few-fiowered, short (about -5 in. 

 long) ; peduncles about -1 to -2 in. long, slender ; pedicels very slender, 

 •25 in. long ; bracteoles minute, ovate-acute ; flowers white. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, with 2 rounded fimbriate scales at the base of 

 each ; tube as long as lobes. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube cyHndric, 

 •15 in. long, narrowed upwards, pubescent within ; lobes linear-oblong, 

 •2 in. long, villous at the throat. Disk 5-lobed; lobes erose. Stamens 



