510 G. King — ifdterinf si for a Flora of the Malayan Pemnmla. [No. 3, 
tbe Malayan speciefi by \i» large leaves whicli are very pale glaucescenfc 
beneath : collectect hithet'to oiiJy by Mr. C. Curtis, of the Forest Depart- 
tlieiit, Peiiaiig, 
3. SBMt;cAriPDS Kurzh, Engl, in DC, Mon, PhaQ. IV, 489. A 
Rtnall ti'ee : young benches stoat, rough and leiitict41ut©» covered wiih 
decidnous dem© injoute rusty tomeiilnm. Leaves coriaceoua, oblauceo- 
lale-obloiig, sntldeuly aud very shortly acuminate, gradually narrowed in 
the lower bhree-fourtlis to the short stout dilated petiole, the eJges snb- 
undulate: both sai-faties minutely. I'eticulale ; the upper glabrauB, (shining-, 
olivaceous when dry ; the lower pale brown whon diy and not shining, 
glauceseent, spcirsely covered with short stiff deciduous hairs ; Tnain 
nerves 20 to 20 pairs, spreading-, slightly ascending, iuterarnhing neai' 
the edge, prominent on tlie lowc?r fiurFace rather faint on the upper ; 
length 12 to *2i in., breadth 3 to 4*'i5 in. \ petiole stout, dilated, chan- 
nelled, '6 to I in. long, ranwie terrnitiai, longer than the leaves, tbe 
main rachia stout \ the bx'anches slender, ascending, lax, the ultimate 
hrauchlefs spicate, everywhere tomeutose. Flowers sessile, *! in. in 
diam. cupular, thick, with 5 shallow spreadiiag orbicular teeth, 
suh-oiUatu at the e<Jgea, otherwise glabrous. Petah 5, much longer than 
the calyx, broadly elliptic, aub^acnte, glabrous exturnally, puberulous 
intei-nally. iSVfiinejjs 5, shorter than the petals; the yf^a mew flattened, 
pubernlous. Di&c convex, glabrous ; rndiwmiiarif ovary pilose. Ifrupe 
obliquoly ovoiti, sub-compressed, keoled, giabi-ous, 1 in. long, and about 
fts much across the swollen pedancle, deciduonsly pubescent, obconic, 
about *5 in. long. JkeitirufihyUm^ Kiirz (not of Blumo) in Jonrn. As. 
Soc. Beng. Vul. XLV, Pt 2, (J876) p. 126 ; For. Floi-a Burma, I, 312, 
J?icobar Islands ; Jellnek, No, 210; K\it%i King's Collector. Bati 
ilalp, Dr. Plain. 
Distinguished by its long lax tomientoee panicle and gkbrons sessile 
flowers. Dr. Prain's specimens from the little-known island of Bati 
Malv are in rip© fruit and have no flowers, but I have no hesitation 
in referring them to this species. 
4. Semkcarpub lugeks, King n. sp. A tree 40 to 70 feet high ; 
young branches rather slender, with pale glabrous bark. Leaves 
coriaceous, broadly elliptic, rarely sub-ovate-elliptic, the apex obtuse 
and roumUd or very shortly and abruptly acnniinate ; the edges with 
a shining pale margin, sub-nndnlate, the base cuneate and slightly 
oblique ; upper sorface glabrons and shining, greeirish when dry, reticu- 
late; lower eurfivee pale brown when di-y, not signing, conspicuously 
reticulate, tbe nerves and reticulations broad and shining, sparsely 
shortly and deciduously pubernlous ; main nerves 10 to 15 pEiirs, stent, 
shining, bitrnd and conspicuous on the lower su-vface, thin aud only 
