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



much narrowed at the base, edge slightly thickened, upper surface shin- 

 ing, the midrib prominent on the rather dull lower surface, nerves rather 

 bold and equally prominent on both ; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 2 to 3 

 in., petiole 1 to 1*25 in. Racemes not half the length of the leaves, 

 axillary, solitaiy, 6-10 flowered, minutely ferruginous-puberulous. 

 Flowers 1 in. in diam. ; pedicels 1 to 1*25 in. Sepals 4, the outer pair 

 puberulous externally ; the inner pair larger, imbricate, oblong-rotund, 

 orbicular, concave, rusty, obtuse, petaloid. Petals 4, smaller than the 

 inner sepals, oblanceolate, clawed. Stamens short. Fruit (fide Maingay) 

 ellipsoid, 5 in. long. 



Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 174). Perak ; King's Collector, 

 No. 8851. 



17. Calophtllum venustum, King, n. sp A glnbrous tree, 20 to 

 30 feet high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining, rigid, elliptic-ovate, 

 retuse, the base cuneate, the margin thickened ; nerves rather distant for 

 the genus and equally distinct on both surfaces ; length 175 to 3 in., 

 breadth 1 to 1'5 in., petiole "3 to "4 in. Racemes 3-5 flowered, solitary, 

 axillary, half as long as the leaves, very lax, spreading. Flowers large 

 ( - 5 in, in diam.), on long ( - 75 in.) pedicels ; buds ovoid. Sepals 4, more 

 or less orbicular. Petals 4 to 6, narrower than the sepals, the inner 

 oblong, veined, all obtuse. Fruit unknown. 



Perak ; King's Collector, No. 7763. 



A very handsome species of which the fruit is unknown. In leaf 

 it resembles G. amcvnum, but differs greatly in the flowers. 



3. Katea, Wall. 



Ti-ees. Leaves opposite ; veins rather distant, arched. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, either large and solitary, or small and collected in ter- 

 minal panicles. Sepals and petals 4 each, imbricate. Stamens numer- 

 ous, filaments slender, free or connate at the base ; anthers small, sub- 

 globose, 2-celled, dehiscence vertical. Ovary 1-celled; style slender, 

 stio-ma acutely 4-fid ; ovules 4, erect. Fruit subdrupaceous, fleshy, in- 

 dehiscent, 1-4-seeded. Seeds thick, testa thin and crustaceous. — Distrib. 

 Tropical Asia, 7 species. 

 Flowers in racemes. 



Racemes 2 to 3 in. long : flowers 1 in. 



or more in diam. ... ... 1. K. Wrayi. 



Racemes less than 1 in. long : flowers 



less than 1 in. in diam. ... 2. K. racemosa. 



Flowers solitary, axillary. 



Nervation of leaves bold, distinct. 





