482 G . King — Matei-tah for a Flora of the Malayan Pemnsula. [No. 3, 
TenaHseiim and AndamaiiR : Heifer, Nos. 1117 iiwl 11 IS. 
3. Gluta coakctata, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. TI, 22, A small tree, 
all parts except fcUe pubercitoua iufloreficeiicse glabrous. Leaves thialy 
coriaceous^ often recurved nnd Gonduplicato, obovate-oblong', oblan- 
Geolate-oblong or oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, nan-owed iu tlio lower 
thb'd to the short stout petiole, occaaionally minulelj'* cordate; the 
edges often undulate : botli surfaces Bhiiiiiig' and i-eticulate ; main 
nerves lii to 20 pairs, spreading', faint on both surfaci-s ; length 5 to 
9 in., breadth J "75 to 3 in. ; petiole '1 to in-, fstout. Panicles axillai-y, 
shorter than the leaves, pedunculato, tawuypuberulous, with a few 
corjmboae branches, each ivith 3 to 5 shortly pediccslIeJ. flowers nearly 
■4 in. long when fresh* Cahjx half as long m the petals, shoi'tly bilobed, 
cinereous-tauientose. Fdah 6, broatlly oblauceolafce, veined, pnberu- 
loua outside. Stamens 5, shorter than the potalsp the gynophore much 
shorter. Ovary obli([ucly sub-rcoiforni, orbicular, rugulose, glabrous, the 
style lateraL Brupe sub-globoae, apiculate, ivith.aii irregnlarly tober- 
cnlate ridge round the base, the sides also irregularly tubercle-ridged; 
the c]ncarp loatheiy; the medocarp white, fibrous and spongy; the 
endoearp coriaceous, adnate to the erect seed. Cotyledons unequally 
snb- hemispheric, fleshy, about 1"5 in. long when fresh. . Eugler iu 
DC. Mon. Ph}|u, IV, 227, (excl. syu. G. mhiHna Bl.) 
Malacca Griffith, No. 1120. Perak i Scortechini, No. 1375. Johore : 
King and Hullett. — Disiitiis. Sumatra. 
The Bornean species which Blum© (Mas. Bot. Lngd. Bat, I, 183) 
names G. veltdina is known only by hie description which consists of 
the following six words ^* pautculae niviis patent ibiiJf calyeibusqtte sericea 
vdtdinis.'* It is considered by Dr. Bngler to be identical with this t 
but Blume's deacription, short as it is, appears to me to negative the 
euggeafcion. 
4s, Gluta TVKArr, King n. sp. A troo, all parts except the in- 
florescence glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, sah-acnte, the 
edges snb-undnlatB, narrowed from about the middle to the bi-oadly 
chinnelled petiole, both surfaces faintly reticulate when dry ; the main 
nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, quite obsolete on tlie upper surface, 
faint on the lower ; length 4 to 6 o in., breadth 1'6 to 2'5 in. ; petiole 
'6 or '7 in. Panieles in the upper leaf-axils only, much shorter than the 
leaves, shortly pedunculate, deusely and minutely pubescent^ the bianehea 
spreading ; the flowers numerous, *4 in, long, crowded towai^ls the apices ; 
pedicels shorter than the bnds. Calyx pubescent outside, abo'nt half as 
long as the petals. Petals 5, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, rathc^blunt 
at the apex, the base clawed, pubernlous outside, glabrescenfc inside. 
Sfameu!} 5, longer than the petals, authcrs short, filamenk thickened 
