Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 605 



Linn. Soc. IX. 97 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 374 ; Clarke in Hoolc. f. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. IV. 82. 



Pebak: Scortechini; Wray 2317; King's Collector 5M9, 7296, 84:52; 

 Ridley 10297. — Distrib. Burma. 



3. Fagb^a aueiculata, Jack in Mai. Misc. II. n. 7, 82 (1822). A 

 glabrous shrub ; young branches about -5 in. in diam., pale. Leaves 

 thickly coriaceous ; oblong-oblanceolate or -obovate ; apex subacute or 

 acute, narrowed from about the middle to the stout petiole ; both 

 surfaces pale yellowish-brown when dry ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 spreading, slightly curved, rather conspicuous on the lower surface, 

 invisible on the upper ; midrib broad, bold on both surfaces ; length 6 

 to 12 in. ; breadth 2-35 to 4 in. ; petiole -5 to 1-25 in. long, with 2 

 rotund, refiexed, stipule-like auricles at the base, '5 to -75 in. across. 

 Flowers thickly coriaceous in all their parts, 5 or 6 in. long, in terminal 

 cymes of about 3 ; their pedicels about as thick as a goosequill, minutely 

 adpressed, pubescent, -75 to 1*5 in. long, and bearing near the base of 

 the flower one or two pairs of triangular, one-ribbed, appressed, large 

 bracteoles. Calyx ellipsoid, nearly 2 in. long, deeply divided into 5 

 imbricate elliptic or oblong blunt lobes. Corolla with a cylindric tube 

 about 1 in. long and "5 in. in diam. (when dry) ; the limb funnel-shaped, 

 3 to 4 in. long, with 5 deep, oblong, blunt lobes. Stamens 5, included ; 

 the filaments attached to the base of the limb by thickened bases ; 

 anthers '65 in. long, oblong, deeply bifid at the base the filaments 

 attached by their attenuate apices at the upper end of the notch. Ovary 

 narrowly ellipsoid, glabrous ; style stout, 4 in. long ; stigma peltate. 

 Fmit narrowly ellipsoid, blunt, glabrous,. 2-25 in. or more in length 

 when dry. Wall. Cat. 1596 ; Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. 

 II. 34 and 573 ; PL As. Ear. III. 15, t. 229 ; Blume Bijdr. 1020, and Eumph. 

 II. t. 72 ; DC. Prodr. IX. 29 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 371 ; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 83. F . auricularia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. I. 98 ; Kurz For. Fl. II. 204. F. imperialis, Miq. in Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. Lugd.-Bat. II. 226, t. 5. Willughbeia auriculata, Spreng. Syst. 

 curcB post. 71. 



Common in all the Provinces. — Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



4. Fagr^a Curtisii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A low spreading tree ; 

 young branches as thick as a swan's quill, grey, striate when dry. Leaves 

 very coriaceous ; elliptic or slightly obovate, the apex shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous, olivaceous 

 when dry; the midrib prominent on the lower surface, faint on the upper, 

 nerves obsolete in both ; length 4 to 8-5 in., breadth 2-25 to 3 in. ; petiole 

 •5 to "75 in. long, stout, sheathing at the base. Flowers 3*5 in. long, ter- 

 minal, in pairs; their pedicels stout, compressed, about -5 in. long, bearing 



