df9S G. King^Materiah for a Ffora'of ihf! MaJaynn T^nimuJa. [No. 3, 
or spntliiform stammodes : JHnments very Bhorfc, . thickened toworda tba; 
base ; ««7//*?r*.JjraadIy o\ afe, dorsifixed. Ooary ovoid-globoB©, its hnm 
immersed iu tlie disc, uiiiloc 111 ar, wit ti- a single pond aloiis ovule. Styh 
terminal, vgvj short, thick ; the sHgtua broad, flcshyj with 3 broad'; 
spreading, blunt lobes. Fruit obliquely obloiig-oiroid, attonuato towaida* 
the apex ; the pericarp leathery, 1-celled, l-.seeded. Seed with mem- 
branous testft, exalbuminoiis, tlie cotyledons flat, the radielc curved. — 
DiSTHiB. three species, all Malayan. 
Leaflets tomentose oii the lower surface ... 1. M, veluiiua. 
Leaflets Klabresteiit and minutely scurfy {when . 
dry) on the lower sarface, the axils of the main 
nerves with tufts of whiio liair ... 2. M. OnrtidL 
I. MiCROSTEMOJf VELUTiNAj Etiglcr in DO. MoD. Phan. IV, 294. 
A tall tree : jonng branches, racliise.% and under surfaces Bnd petioles 
and rsichises of leaves and the infloreacence softly pa bescent-tomentose, 
rusty-cinereous. Lmve^ 6 to 10 in. lon|^, the petiole slender i leafietit 7 to 
11, thinly membranoui!), oblong-lanceolnte, entfre, r] jointly and blnntly* 
acnminate ; the base slightly narrowed, cnneate or rounded ; upper 
snrfaco glabrous except the pubescent midrib; main nerves 12 to 16 
pairs, spreading, rnther obscure ; lenglh 2 to 4in , breadth B to I'S in. ; 
petiolule '15 in., the terminal one longer. Panich» pednnculate, much 
branched towards the apex, the branches very slender. Fhnveis nnmer- 
OUB, IcHS than "I in. in diam,, sessile. Calyx glabrous, tlio lobcv^j elliptic. 
Petals obovate, glabrescenfc on the outer surface minutely toraentme on 
the inner. Frtiit naiTowly oblotig^ compressed, with a rusty scurfy 
leathery pericarp, 1-celled, J-seeded fyonng) -7.^ in. long and "35 or '4 
ill. broad. Pejitanpatlon f iralutinns, Hook, fil, Fh Br. Tnd. IT, 28. 
Malacca; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Uistrib.), No. 464. Perak ; 
Scorteehini, No. 1924; King's Collector, Ko. 7417. Pahang i Ridley, 
No. 2560. 
3, MiCBOSTKMON CtTRTTSH, King. A medium si^ed tree (Cnrtis) ; 
yonng branches slender, deoiduonsly pubeiniloiis, their bark pale and 
lenticellnte when dry. Leav&s 5 to 7 in. long, the petiole and rachis 
slender and puhomloias ; Icajlets veiy dark when dry, about 7, mem- 
branous, naiTOwly oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, the baae 
i-ounded and slightly oblique, witli scattered short haii-s, the midi ib and 
nerves pubescent, not reticulate ; lower parface glabrcscent, minutely 
scurfy when dry, the midrib and nerves piibenilons ; main nerves 13 
to 17 pairs, ascending, curved, with conspicuous tufts of white hair at 
their junction with the midrib; leuglh 175 to 3 in., breadth -75 to 
'9 in.; petiolnlffl '1 in., tho tci-niinal one '2 in. Pam'des near th© 
end of the branches, axillary, slender, Klightly longer than the leaves, 
