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nerves very prominent ; length 10 to 15 in., breadth 4 to 6 in. ; petiole 

 2 to 2*5, thickened and bent at the apex. Racemes in tufts from tubercles 

 on the stem and large branches, the male 8 to 12 in. long. Calyx split- 

 ting into 3 ovate segments, tomentose. Petals 4, oblong ; the gland 

 large, rotund, sericeous. Female racemes shorter ; sepals and petals as 

 in the male; ovary tomentose, 4-angled ; styles 2, discoid. Fruit angled 

 when young : when ripe transversely oblong, 1'5 in., by 1 in., velvetty 

 rusty-tomentose with green or white dots ; seeds two, plano-convex. 



Perak : Scorfcechini, Kunstler, Wray ; common. 



The male flowers have been found only by Scortechini from whose 

 field notes the above description of them has been taken. 



5. Rtparosa Kunstlert, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree, the branch- 

 lets smooth. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, obovate-oblong to oblong, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base narrowed ; upper surface shin- 

 ing ; lower dull, pale, much reticulate, the midrib and 5-7 pairs of nerves 

 very prominent ; length 5 to 8 in., breadth 2'5 to 3"5 in. ; petiole 1 25 to 1*75 

 in., swollen and bent towards the apex. Racemes axillary, solitary, rarely 

 2-3 from an axil, the male 6 to 8 in. long, the female half as long ; flowers 

 pedicelled. Male ft. Calyx thin, pubescent outside, with 3 ovate broad 

 teeth. Petals 5, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent externally, each with a 

 large sericeous gland at its base ; staminal tube glabrous, the anthers 

 ovate-oblong. Female flower. Sepals and petals as in the male ; annular 

 disc at base of ovary small ; staminodes none. Ovary ovoid, angled, 

 tomentose, 1-celled, with 4 parietal bi-ovulate placentas ; stigmas ob- 

 ovate, radiating. Fruit globular, j^ellowish, velvetty, about 1*5 in. diam. ; 

 seeds 5 or 6, oblong, compressed, striate, about "75 in. long. 



Perak, at elevations up to 800 feet ; common. A tree 40 to lOO feet 

 in height, with shorter and (in proportion) broader leaves than R. fasci- 

 culata, 4 stigmas and more globular pedicellate fruit. 



6. Rtparosa fasciculata. King, n. sp. A glabrous tree 30 to 60 feet 

 high. Young branches lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly 

 oblong, acuminate, the base narrowed, shining above, pale beneath ; 

 midrib, 5 to 7 pairs of lateral nerves, and the bold sub-erect transverse 

 nerves and reticulations very distinct especially beneath; length 9 to 15 

 in., breadth 2'25 to 3 25 in. ; petiole 1 to 1*5 in., grooved, thickened in its 

 upper fourth. Racemes in fascicles of 4-7 from tubercles on the large 

 branches and stem. Petals rotund, much imbricate and inflexed. Fe- 

 male flower with annular disc bearing 5 conical staminodes, the petals 

 with hairy scales at their bases ; stigmas 3, large, reniform. Fruit sessile, 

 rusty-tomentose, pyriform, the apex mammillate and crowned for some 

 time by the remains of the stigmas, about 6-seeded, 1"5 to 2 in. long. 



Perak at elevations up to 800 feet ; common. 



