458 G-, King" — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pminsula, [No. 3, 
Porak : King*e Collector, No. 7893. 
This is allied to 31. lanceolatUt Bl,, but it Rpp&ars to m© to differ from 
that and from every other described species. From M, lanceolata it is 
readily distingaiislied by its more nQmerone perfectly smootli leafleta 
tesselatfe-retictilate beneath ; by its flow-el's on short ultimate branehlets ; 
by its double bractoolo and concave petala. 
3. Meliosma lanceolata^ Blume Cat. Hort, Bot, Bogor. 32 ; 
Rumpbia III, 200, t, 1G8. A tree ; young branches stout, more or less 
covered with abort deciduoaa rusty tomentum. Leaves 12 to 24 in. 
long; the petiole stout, terete, swollen at the base, the racbis glabrescent 
or puberalona ; Uafiets 6 to 8 pairs with one odd, very coriaceous, 
oblong:, shortly acuminate ; the edges entire, recur^-ed wben dry • the 
base rounded or tslightly cuneate, sometimes oblique j tapper surface 
smooth and shining, usually very rugulose from the depression of the 
nerves and reticulations ; lower surface dull, the midrib nerves and 
reticulations very prominent and with numerous flexuose snb-adpressed 
hairs : length 3 to 6 in., breadtli 1*25 to 2 in. ; petiolnles '2 to '35 in, 
long, stout, pubescent. FanicleB very large, with long raceme-like 
branches, rusty- pubescent. Flowers in rather close clusters, sessile, 
*l in., in diam. ; bracteole single. Sepals 3, orbicalar-triangular, blunt, 
sub-glabrous. Petals $ ; the three outer orbicular, flat and mucli larger 
than the sepals ; the two inner small, irregular, shorter than the stamens. 
Stamem 2, shorter than the outer petals, the anthers very broad. J^ruU 
sub-globular, compressed, boldly keeled, glabrous, '3 in. in diam. Hook, 
fib Fl Br. Tnd. It, 7. 
Malacca: Griffith, Ko. 1022 ; Maingay, No. 361; Derry, Nos. 21 
and 1122. Singapore : Bidley, Nos. 347, 1892, 3876. 
Yar. puhescejis. Hook. fil. PL Br. Ind, 11, 7. Under surfaces of the 
leaves and inflorescence densely and softly rugty-tomenfcose : fruit in. 
in diam. 
Singapore : Bidley, No^ 6341 . 
6. Meliosma Bidleti, King n. sp, A medium tree : leaves 15 in. 
or more in length, their rachisos densely and minutely rufong-t-omentose : 
leaflets 11 to 15, opposite or altcraate, thinly coriaceous, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base abruptly and obliquely cu- 
neate ; npper surface not rugulose, sparsely adpreesed-pubescent, the 
midrib and nerves tomeotose : under surface minutely mfous-pnbescent, 
the midrib and neiwes with douse long shining bairs : main nerves 7 or 8 
pairs, ascending, curving, the reticulations distinct : length 2'5 to 5 in., 
breadtb '9 to 1*2 in. ; petiolnles '1 to '2 in., tomentose. Fanicle longer 
than the leaves, densely rufona-tomentose, with short branches bearing 
the nUimate spikes of flowers. Floivers solitaiy, oblong, not globular 
