1896.] G. King— Hiit^i^ials for a Mora of ilie Ualai/an PeniHsida. oil 
filightljr preminent on the upper, apreadmg, infcerarclnng near the edge? 
leiigtli 4 io 7*5 in., breadth 2 to H'2J> in. ; petiole *75 to 1*5 or even 2 
iiK, ihiGkeiied near tlio baae. Panicles UHually terniinal> pedunculate, 
longer tlmu the leaves, pubemlous ; the branclies slender, long', lax, 
sub-erect; the brarioblets shoft aiid bearing the flowers in rather 
crawded ultimate fascicles. Fhioers *15 in. in diara., on pedicels shorter 
tlian themselves. Uim FsolT^P* j cahjx capular, flat, with 5 ovate acute 
spreading teeth, gSabrone ; petak 5, ovate-lanceolate, acnte, several 
times longer than the calyx, gUbmns : ftam' Jtg 5, shorter than the 
petals; the cells* of the anthers divergetit, the ftlamenta Hsittened j disc 
lleshj, flat, with a small concave pit, pnborulous. FK^r.iLE TLOWSTtS mt 
smaller fewer-Huwered paniclusj the flowers themselves larger thau 
tbe males J calyx as in the male; petals broader and more fleshy. 
l^lamens 5, short and ruditnentarj, each rising from one of the angles 
of the cupnlar fleshy 5 angled glabrous disc. Ovarif tomentose, conical, 
slightly obUqae, its base snrrounded by the diao. Styles 3, horizontal 
or depressed, mdiatiiig. Dnipe (yomng) obliquely ovoid, compressed, 
the enlarged peduncle about a tliii-d of its length, rust7-puberiihju.s. 
Perak: King's Collector, Noa. 5256, 5377, 54 U, 6470, 6895. 
5- Si^mkcjlBpcs PsiAiNii, King u. sp. A tree 40 to 50 feet high ; 
young branches rather stout, deciduonsly pnberulous. Leaves oblong- 
oblariceolate to obovate-oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the 
edges slightly uudukte, gradually narrowed from the upper third 
to the rather short petiole; both surfaces glabroas and minutely 
though distinctly reticulate, the npper pale-greeinsh when dry, the lower 
pale bixiwu J main nerves 18 to 24 pairs, prominent ou the lower sur- 
face, slightly so ou the upper, the lower pairs sub-horizontal, the upper 
spreading and curving upwards ; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 1*5 to 8*25 
in. ; petiole '5 to "8 in. Pamcle terminal, pedunculate, glabrons below, 
pubescent towards the extremities, longer than the leaves; the branches 
nameroas, slender, with many branchlets, the ultimate branchlets 
cyinnlose. Flotvars rather crowded, almost sessile, globular iu bod, 
about *! in. in diam* when expanded. Ca/jr* cnpular, paberulons, rather 
cx>riaceous, with 5 broadly-ovate obtuse ctliiite spreading segments. 
Petals 5, imbricate, longer than the calyx, glabrous, broadly ovate, ftonte. 
Stamens 5, shorter than the petals. Disc fleshy, convex, dark- coloured, 
with a tuft of hairs in the middle ; ovat ij in the male flower absent. 
Drupe obliquoly obovoid, com pressed,* glabrous, abont *5 in, long and 65 
iu. broad ; tlie enlarged peduncle obconic, '35 in. lojig, glabrous. 3' 
heterophjilm, Hook. fil. (not of Blume) Hook, fit Fl. Br. Ind. II, 35. 
Barren and Little Cocos Islands ; Prain. Asidaniaiia : Prain, King's 
CoUeciors. Pemk : Kings Uolloctor, l^o, 7442 Andamans: Melfer, 
Ko. U31. 
