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



3. Vatica Maingayi, Dyer, in Hook, fil , Fl., Br., Ind. I, 302. A tall 

 tree : young branches slender, ultimately glabrous, but at first rusty 

 furfuraceous-tomentose, as are the inflorescence, calyx and ripe fruit. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, the base 

 rounded, glabrous on both surfaces ; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, slender, 

 curving, spreading ; length 3 to 4*5 in., breadth 1 to 175 in., petiole 

 "6 to 1"5 in. Panicles short, few-flowered. Flowers '45 in. long. Calyx- 

 segments oblong-lanceolate. Ovary depressed, rufous-tomentose. Pipe 

 fruit globose, '25 in. in diam., the style persistent, rufous-tomentose; 

 free from the calyx ; the two large wings linear-oblong, sub- acute, not 

 contracted at the base, 5-nerved (the lateral nerves faint) 2 in. long 

 and "35 to "5 in. broad ; the 3 smaller lobes ovate, sub-acuminate, "75 in. 

 long, all glabrous. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 209. 



Of this I have seen only Maingay's specimens, which are not good. 



4. Vatica nitens, King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 50 feet high : young 

 branches and petioles densely covered with coarse deciduous scaly 

 stellate tomentum, ultimately cinereous. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly 

 oblong, acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base ; both surfaces, 

 but especially the upper, shining, glabrous, the base on the lower 

 hjiarsely scaly-tomentose when young, finely reticulate; main nerves 

 18 to 20 pairs, spreading, prominent on the lower surface : length 9 

 to 10 in., breadth 2 in. ; petiole '5 in., stout. Pipe fruit globular, 

 crowned by the persistent style, reticulate, "5 in. in diam., adnate for 

 half its length to the calyx ; the two large wings of the calyx oblong, 

 hli'j-htly ob-lanceolate, obtuse, 3 in. long and *8 to "9 in. broad, the 3 

 shorter wings ovate-acuminate, "8 in. long; all boldly 5-nerved and 

 shining. 



Penang: Curtis, No. 1404. 



This fine species is known only by Mr. Curtis' imperfect speci- 

 mens. It is very distinct, being at once recognisable amongst the Indian 

 species of Vatica by the size of its leaves and calyx-wings. 



5. Vatica cinerea, King, n. sp. A tree about 40 feet high : young 

 branches rufescent-puberulous at the very tips, otherwise glabrous 

 and cinereous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceo- 

 late, sub-acute, the base rounded or sub-cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous, 

 finely reticulate when dry ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, faint ; 

 length 2'25 to 3'5 in., breadth '75 to 1*5 in., petiole *3 to '5 in. Panicles 

 mostly axillary, spreading, rusty scui'fy-tomentose, 1'25 to 2 in. long. 

 Ilowers *45 in. long. Calyx-lobes sub-equal, lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 tomentose on both surfaces. Petals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, the 

 half of the outer surface which is outside in aestivation pubescent, other- 



