172 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [N"o. 2, 



by the sessile smootli concave stigma : the sepals persistent at its base, 

 coriaceous, concave, about '5 in. long, 



Perak ; at Kwala Dynong, Scortechini, No. 1796. 



Doubtful Species. 



Garcinia Jelinekii, Kurz MSS. in Herb. Hort. Calc. A specimen 

 with leaves like a Garcinia and detacbed fruit of a true Garcinia (No. 

 169 Exped. Novara), collected in the Nicobars by Dr. Jelinek, bas been 

 thus named in the Calcutta Herbarium. The material is too imperfect 

 to be dealt with. 



2. Calophyllum, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, shining, coriaceous, with innumerable 

 parallel slender veins at right angles to the midrib. Flowers polyga- 

 mous, in numerous axillary or terminal panicles. Sepals B^nd petals 4-12, 

 imbricate in 2-3 series. Stamens very many, filaments filiform, often 

 flexuous, free or connate below; anthers erect, 2-celled, dehiscence 

 vertical. Ovary 1-celled ; style slender, stigma peltate; ovule solitary, 

 erect. Drupe with a crustaceous putamen. 8eed erect, ovoid or globose ; 

 testa thin, or tbick and spongy. Distrib. About 35 species, chiefly 

 tropical Asiatic with a few American. 



Series A. Sepals 4. Petals 0. {Apoterium, Bl.). 



Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs ... 1. (7. microphyllum. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles ... ... 2. 0. Kunstleri. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 



Glabrous everywhere. 



Leaves less than 5 in. long. 



Leaves ovate or obovate-lanceo- 

 late, pedicels 2 or more times as 

 long as the flowers ; fruit 

 ovoid ... ... ... 3. pulcherrimum. 



Leaves elliptic-oblong, pedicels as 

 long as flowers, fruit yellowish : 

 young branches yellowish ... 4. Frainianum. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, pedicels 

 not exceeding flowers, racemes 

 very numerous : young branches 

 brown ... ... ... 5. florihundum. 



Leaves more than 5 in. long ... 6. spectahile. 



Apices of young branches, petioles and 

 inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent. 



