100 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, 



2. Amsoptera, Korth. 



Resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined and finely 

 reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Flowers in lax 

 terminal panicles Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the base of the 

 ovary ; the segments imbricate, then subvalvate. Stamens oo ; anthers 

 ovoid with a long subulate connective, outer valves larger. Ovary 3- 

 ( rarely 4- 5-) celled ; style fleshy, ovoid or oblong, with an attenuate 

 3-5-fid apex ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit adnate to the calyx-tube, in- 

 dehiscent, 1-seeded, crowned by the accrescent calyx-segments, of which 

 2 form linear-oblong lobes. Cotyledons fleshy, unequal ; radicle superior. 

 — Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea. Species 

 about 6. 



]. Anisoptera CurtiSII, Dyer MSS. A tree 80 to 120 feet high : 

 young branches slender, minutely scurf y-tomentose. Leaves oblong, 

 tapering to both ends, the apex sub-acute or acute, the base narrowed but 

 rounded ; the upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower densely ochra- 

 ccous-lepidote and sparsely stellate-pubescent; main nerves 18 to 20 

 pairs, spreading : length 2 to 3 - 5 in., breadth '75 to 1 25 in., petiole "5 

 "75 in. Accrescent calyx-lobes 3'5 to 4"5 in. long, linear-spathulate, 

 shining. 3-nerved : the transverse veins bold and numerous. 



Penang : Curtis. Perak : King's Collectors. 



Var. latifolia : leaves broadly elliptic, blunt, the bases rounded but 

 narrowed. 



Penang : Curtis, No. 1400. 



The vernacular name of this in Penang is Binghong. 



3. Vatica, Linn. 



Large or moderately sized resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, 

 fraihcr-veiiH-il and finely reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or incon- 

 spicnous. Flotvers in axillary and terminal panicles, usually tomentose 

 before expansion. Calyx-tube short, free, or adnate to the base of the 

 ovary; segments somewhat acute, imbricate, then sub-valvate. Stamens 

 15 ; anthers oblong, external valves larger, connective apiculate. Ovary 

 3-celled ; style short, subulate, or apex clavate or capitate; stigma entire 

 or 3-toothed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit leathery, indehiscent, 1- 

 seeded, surrounded by and sometimes partly adnate to the accrescent, 

 membranous, nerved and reticulate calyx-lobes, two of which expand 

 into narrow wings 2 or 3 in. long, the other three being much smaller. 

 Cotyledons fleshy. 



Distrib. Tropical Asia and chiefly Malaya ; species about 10. 



Synaptea is a genus established by Griffith (Notulse IV., 516, Tab. 

 585 A, fig V.) for a tree collected at Mergui, and named by him Synap- 



