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Known only by Curtis' specimens, and readily recognisable by its 

 beautifully ciliate-crested anthers. 



16. Shoeea utilis, King, n. sp. A large tree ; all parts except 

 the inflorescence glabrous : young branches slender, dark-coloured. 

 Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, or shortly and 

 abruptly acuminate, the base slightly cuneate ; main nerves about 7 

 pairs, oblique, not prominent on either surface ; length 2*5 to 3 in., 

 breadth *9 to 1*2 in., petiole '4 in. Panicles axillary, stellate-puberu- 

 lous, about as long as the leaves ; their lateral branches distant, very 

 sliort, minutely tomentose, 3- or 4-flowered. Flowers sub-sessile, glo- 

 bular in bud, under - 2 in. long. Sepals ovate-orbicular, blunt, the 

 outer 3 very tomentose outside, the inner 2 less so ; all glabrous inside. 

 Petals broadly oblong, blunt, more or less sericeous in both surfaces. 

 Stamens 20 ; filaments slightly dilated, about as long as the ovate 

 anthers ; apical process of connective about as long as the anther, 

 ciliate- Ovary sericeous, elongated-conic, gradually tapering into the 

 short glabrous style ; stigma minute. Pipe fruit ovoid, apiculate, pale, 

 adpressed-sericeous, "4 in. long, closely invested by, but free from, 

 the concave bases of the accrescent sepals. Sepals of fruiting calyx 

 all enlarged, membranous, reticulate, deciduously puberulous ; the 3 

 outer oblong, very obtuse, 5-nerved, 1'25 in. long, and *4 in. broad; the 

 inner 3 balf as long, or less, and much narrower. 

 Penang : Curtis, rTo. 423. 



This species, which Mr. Curtis describes as yielding the most 

 durable timber in Penang, was at one time quite common there, but 

 it is now almost extinct. Its vernacular name is Dammar lant. 



17. Shorba costata, King, n. sp. A tree ; young brandies dark- 

 coloured, lepidote-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, sub- 

 acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or sub-cuneate base; both 

 surfaces glabrous, the transverse veins distinct, especially on the lower : 

 main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, oblique, rather straight, slightly pro- 

 minent beneath : length 3 to 4'25 in., breadth 1*2 to 1*5 in., petiole 

 *8 to 1 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, l - 5 to 2*5 in. long, scaly- 

 puberulous, the lateral branches very short and few-flowered. Floivers 

 small. Sepals broadly ovate, yellowish-tomentose outside, glabrous 

 inside. Stamens 15; all with dilated filaments longer than the ovate 

 anthers, those of the inner row with the apical process of the connec- 

 tive short and glabrous, those of the outer rows with longer ciliate 

 apical connectives. Ovary ovoid -conical, densely yellowish-tomentose ; 

 style very short. Pipe fruit ovoid, apiculate, sparsely puberulous, "75 in. 

 long ; sepals all enlarged, concave and dilated at the base, membran- 

 ous and reticulate ; the three outer narrowly oblong, obtuse, much 

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