142 NEW AND BARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Gordonia penangensis, n. sp. (G 7 . excelsa, King I.e. 203 not of 

 Blume) (Temstroemiacece). A tree 30 to 40 feet tall, 10-15 

 inches through the stem, branchlets silky pubescent. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate elliptic acuminate, edges 

 serrulate or entire, base acuminate, 2-5 to 4 inches long, 1-1*75 

 inches wide, nerves very faint sometimes almost invisible 5 to 

 7 pairs inarching doubly within the edge : petiole -25, 

 creamy white or yellow: pedieel very short silky. Sepals 

 rounded, silky outside. Petals round, narrowed at the base, 

 backs silky. Stamens very numerous: anthers oblong. Ovary 

 conic, silky: style 1, stout, pubescent, 5-lobed. Capsule 5- 

 or G-angled, 1*25 to 1-5 inches long, conic, hairy or glabreseent, 

 valves acute. 



Pexaxg: common on Penang Hill (Curtis), and I have 

 also found it in Singapore at Seletar (6214 and 3913 of 

 my collection). 



Gordonia hirtella, n. sp. (Ternstrcemiacece) . A tree with silky 

 buds and shoots. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, base narrowed subacute, nerves very hue much 

 reticulate, the secondary nerves and reticulations as distinct as 

 the primary nerves, above almost as invisible as on the lower 

 surface, margins crenulate or entire, above glabrous, beneath 

 appressed hairy, 3*5 to 6 inches long, 1*5 to 2 inches wide; 

 petiole -25 inches long. Flower* rather small, cream coloured ; 

 peduncles silky -1 inch or less long. Sepals orbicular, silky 

 tomentose, *2 inches long. Petals obovate, silky on the back. 

 Stamens apparently few. Capsule *75 inches long, appressed 

 pubescent outside, valves subacute. 



Selangor : in mountain forests, Bukit Kutu at 3000 feet 

 (Ridley 7350). Peeak: Gunong Batu Puteh (\Yray 1116). 



This species is nearest to G. dipterosperma, Ivurz, of Bhotan. 

 The leaves are more coriaceous, and it is more hair}', and the 

 hairs do not spring from large pustules on the leaf as in that 

 species. From G. penangensis it differs in the hairy backs of 

 the leaves and smaller flowers and fruits. The nervation is 

 much the same as in penangensis but the reticulation is more 

 elaborate. 



Hopea albescens, n. sp. (Dipterocarpacece). Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate to elliptic, acuminate, apex blunt, base rounded, glab- 

 rous, nerves 8 pairs very slender almost invisible above, 2*75 to 

 3 inches long, 1*25 inches wide : petiole -4 inches long. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, 3-4 inches long. Flowers sub- 

 secund, white tomentose, shortly pedicelled. Sepals lanceolate 

 ovate, obtuse. Petals -2 inches long, a little longer than the 

 sepals," oblong, broad, blunt, pubescent outside. Stamens 15, 

 filaments elongate triangular ; anther elliptic, seta very fine, as 

 long as the anther. Ovary pubescent; style short. 



Pahang: at Eaub (Bum-Murdoch) " Merawan." 



Jour. Straits Branch 



