1896.] G. King — M(%!iiah for a Flora of the Malayan Fenimnh. SSI 
prodaced above the eeed-cavifcy into a aiiich elongate leathery wing, 
l-t^Ued, 1 seeded, deliisciiig verticjiUy into 2 vaiv.ea. Seed BolitAiy, 
lai^^c, compi-essed, ©xalbuminons, — Disteib. Four species, Malayan and 
Polynesian. 
The diiEftreiM^s between the genera Smtjthea and Ventilugo lie entirely in thd 
fruit. Both hare 2-celled ovariee with two styles, and in both only one ovale 
becomes a seed. In both the epicarp of tho fruit is prolonged abovu the apex of 
the seed-chamber into a long coriaceous iTing with n, vertical midrib. In Ventilago 
the fruit never dehisces, «nd the wing never diviites. In Snnjthea the seed-cham- 
ber dehisces vertically stong its dissepiment, and the wing sepnrates to some 
•itent, from helow upwards and nlong the mesial lino, into two pieces. In Venti- 
lago the mesial line has the appeanmce of the midrib of a lenf, beiuf^ qnite single t 
in Smythea the mesial tine oonsiata, in its lower part at least, of two parallel seta 
of fibro-vascolur bundles. 
Leaves entire, much and conspicuously reti- 
colate ... ... 3. reticulata. 
Leaves sen-ate, widest above the middle ; disc 
and ovary glabrous ... ... 2. S. macrocarpa. 
Leaves remotely crenate-serrate, widest below 
the middle ; disc and ovary minntely tonientose 3. S, calpicai-pa, 
L SMYTPfBA EKTicuLATA, King n. sp. Tounff branches pubora- 
Ions. Leaves ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, shortly acuminate, entii-e, with 
minutely cordate or roanded bases, glabtoua, Bhinitig and rainateiy 
retictilate on both sides ; main nerves 4 or 5 paii-s, faint ; length 2 to 3 
in., breadth 8 to 1'5 in. ; petiole '1 in.^ glubrons. Fascicles 12-to 15- 
floweredj flowers "15 in. in diam. Oalt/x sparsely pubescenfc outside, 
glttbrona inside, its lobes erect, neither lobed nor pitted- Ovary tomentose. 
Fruit lanceolate, acuminate, minutely cinereous- tomeutose, 2 in. long and 
'8 in. broad. 
Singapore : Ridley, N"o. 3592. Johore; Ridley, 1917. Perak: 
Soortecliini, No. 1008. 
Distinguished by its entire peifcctly glabrous very reticulatd 
leaves, glabrous petiole, hairy ovary, and hmceolate acuminnte fruit. 
2. Smvthea macrocarpa, Hemsley in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1568. Young 
brandies slender, rufous-pubcrutous. Leaves oblong-ublancoolate to 
obovate-elliptic, acuminate, serrate, narrowed to the slightly oblique 
base ; both sui-faces glabrous ; main nerves 6 to 9 pairs, slightly 
curved, ascending ; length 2'5 to 5 or even 7 in., breadth 1 to 1'5 or 
even 2 in. ; petiole '1 to "2 in. or none. Fascicles about 10-flowered ; 
the flowers '15 in. in diam., pedicellate. Calyx sparsely pubescent 
outside, glabrous inside ; its 5 lobes triangular, thick. Disc glabrous, 
neither lobed nor pitted. Ovary glabrous, FruU leathery, oblong, 
obtuse, with one stout vertical double line along which dehiscence takes 
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