1890.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 177 



buds, petioles and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent, sub-pulvorulent. 

 Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, blant or retuse, the base narrowed ; 

 upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower rather dull, pubescent on the 

 prominent midrib ; the nerves rather distinct on both surfaces ; length 2 

 to 2" 75 in., breadth 1 to 1*4 in., petiole '4 in. Racemes solitary or two to- 

 gether, axillary, umbellate, compact, 3 to 5-flowered, ferruginous-tomen- 

 tose, much shorter than the leaves and with several navicular ferruginous- 

 tomentose bracts at their base. Flowers '25 in. in diam., the pedicels '2 

 long, more than twice as long in fruit, and the uppermost the longest. 

 Sepals 4 ; the outer oblong, sub-obovate, ferruginous-tomentose ; the 

 inner smaller, oblong, sub-glabrous. Petals 0. Fruit ovoid. 



Penang ; on Government Hill, at 500 feet, Curtis, No. 523. 



A very distinct species ripe fruit of which is unknown. 



10. Calophyllum molle. King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 80 feet high ; 

 the young shoots, buds, under surfaces of adult leaves, and young fruit 

 softly ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, gradu- 

 ally narrowed in the upper fourth to the sub-obtuse apex, the edges 

 thickened and slightly recurved, the base rounded, or slightly narrowed : 

 upper surface when adult sub-glabrous, the nerves close, slightly visible, 

 the midrib sparsely and coarsely pubescent ; lower surface pale and, ex- 

 cept when very old, more or less softly tomentose especially on the very 

 stout midrib : length 5 to 8 in,, breadth 1*25 to 2*25 in., petiole 4 in. to 

 •6 in. Racemes axillary, solitary, about 1 in. long, 1 to 2-flowered, densely 

 ferruginous-tomentose as are the ovary and young fruit. Sepals 4, the 

 outer oblong, ferruginous-tomentose externally. Petals 0. Fruit glo- 

 bular, slightly apiculate, 1 in. long, sub-glabrous when ripe. 



Penang ; Curtis, ISTo. 1426. Perak ; King's Collector, many numbers, 

 A species collected by Sig. Beccari in Sumatra (P. S. 953) comes 

 very near this ; but the leaves are broader and more inclined to be ob- 

 lanceolate, the thickening of the edge is greater and is pale in colour, 

 while the young fruit is ovoid and not tomentose. Judging from Pierre's 

 figure (he gives no description) of his G. Dongnaiense, Fl. Coch.- Chine, 

 t. 108, that species and this must be near allies. 



11. Calophyllum canum. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 271. A tree 40 

 to 80 feet high; young branchlets as thick as a goose-quill, smooth. 

 Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, narrowly elliptic-oblong, bluntly and shortly 

 acuminate, slightly iindulate, the base acute, upper surface shining, the 

 lower less so; midrib very strong, nerves very thin and numerous ; length 

 6 to 7 in., breadth 1'75 to 2-25 in., petiole '5 to -75 in. Flowers '75 in., 

 diam., in terminal hoary-pubescent panicles less than half as long as the 

 leaves, or in axillary racemes, pedicels '15 in. Sepals hoary-puberulous, 

 orbicular; the outer pair coriaceous, concave; the inner pair larger and 



