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seel on the upper, surface : length of blade 7 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 in. ; 

 petiole '15 to "2 in., stout, pubescent. Male flowers in several-flowered 

 fascicles from woody tubercles on the trunk, pedunculate : buds turbi- 

 nate, nearly - 5 in., in diam. ; peduncles 1 to 1*5 in. long, stout, thickened 

 upwards, ebracteolate, puberulous. Sepals very coriaceous, rotund, 

 concave, conjoined at the base, spreading, rugose, pubescent outside, 

 glabrous inside. Petals very coriaceous, rotund, concave, glabrous ; 

 the outer 3 puberulous outside ; the inner three smaller than tbe outer, 

 quite glabrous, otherwise like them and all of a dark brownish colour. 

 Anthers sessile, flat, the cells elongate on the anterior surface, the back 

 striate : apex without any appendage from the connective. Female 

 flowers and fruit unknown. 



Perak ; King's Collector, No. 7183. 



Although female flowers and fruit of this have not yet been found, I 

 describe it as a new species of Stelechocarpus without any hesitation. 

 Its male flowers have exactly the facies of those of S. Burahol, Bl. ; but 

 they are larger. They, however, differ as to shape of petals ; the leaves 

 of this species are distinctly pellucid-punctate (while those of S. Burahol 

 are not) and they are broader and have slightly more nerves than those of 

 S. Burahol. When boiled, the flowers of the two have exactly the same 

 peculiar sweetish smell. 



2. Stelechocarpus nitidus, King, n. sp. A tree 30 to 60 feet 

 high ; all parts glabrous except the inflorescence : young branches 

 darkly cinereous, slender. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate, the base acute ; both surfaces shining, very minutely scaly, 

 the midrib and nerves deeply impressed on the upper, bold and promi- 

 nent on the lower; the reticulations distinct on both : main nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs, curved, sub-ascending, inter-arching within the edge : length 

 of blade 6 to 9 in., breadth 1"8 to 3"25 in., petiole '35 in. Male flowers 

 in many-flowered fascicles from tubercles on the trunk, pedicellate ; 

 buds turbinate; flowei'S when open probably nearly 1 in. in diam. : 

 pedicels stout, thickened upwards, 1 to 1*5 in. long, scui-fy-puberulous, 

 each with several sub-rotund glabrous bracteoles mostly near its base. 

 Sepals very coriaceous, shortly oblong, obtuse, concave, spreading, con- 

 joined at the base, puberulous or glabrescent, warted externally. Outer 

 3 petals much larger than the sepals and somewhat larger than the inner 

 3 petals, rotund, concave, very coriaceous, glabrous, with scurfy warts 

 externally near the middle : inner 3 petals coriaceous, rotund, blunt, 

 cucullate, glabrous. Female flowers like the males, stamens none : 

 Ovaries very numerous, obscurely 3-angled, adpressed-sericeous. Torus 

 hemispheric. Ripe carpels broadly ovoid, blunt, 2 - 5 in. long, 175 in. in 

 diam., puberulous, minutely warted ; pericarp thick, fleshy. Seeds 

 about 8 in 2 rows, flattened, 125 in. long, and - 5 in. thick. 



