206 G. King — Materiahfor a Flma of the Malayan P&niimda. [No- 1, 
wit,liin, ovate-acuto, valvate, without spines externally. Fetal 1, as 
]<ong m calyx-lobes, denaolj hairy, 67a»n7tai-sheftth and filanietvta 
declinate hairy. Ovary very hirsute, oUiqae ; style twisted, stigma 
capitnte, Fod not yet known. Galedupa veluHna Prain MSS« 
Malacca ; Maingay 607 I 
Of thia very distinet speciea the only speoitnttns iiitberto oollected are Mam- 
goy's. One of these has been very kindly plaoed at Dr. King's diaposalj for parpoacs 
of desoription, by the Director of the Royal Gnrdena, Kew. Thero is no doubt 
as to its affinity- being greatest, aa Mr. Baker baa already indicated, vrith S. inter' 
mediitf and tbongh it is as yet itnpoesible to say if the pod ia nmrted by the preaenco 
or abBonoe of spines, it ia very probable, from the obliquity of the ovaty, that it 
hoB a transTerae pod like S. inter}nedia and S. sumatruna, 
5, SiNLiORA coitiACEA Pmin. A large tree with glabims branches. 
Leaves eqaally pinnate with glabrous rachis 5-6 in, long, stipules small ; 
leaflels 4-jugate, oblonff, apex rounded or subacute, base ropnd or slightly 
caueate, 2-3 in. long, 1 '25-1 '5 in. wide, the lowest pairi-jither Ihp smnll^ 
eat, very coriaceoaa, shining glabrous above, dull glabi-ous benealh, 
nerves immeroua close horizontal slightly irregular, very fiiint^ petiolulos 
*15 in. jLjlabrous. JFloioers in axillaT-y and terminal las panicles 8-10 in. 
long, 4 in, wide ; individual racemes 2 in. long, with sfrai^^ht, tliinly rusty- 
puberulous, spreading j*ftchis ; flowers spirally disposed, bracts and 
bracteoles not seen, pedicels thinly rusty, 2 in., buds oblong, thinly rusty, 
•25 in, long, Calj/jf* tube short, lobes 4, thick, '2, in. long, very faintly 
imbricated ; spineless externally. Petal 1- JS^ «wi« a sheath and iila- 
tnents hairy, rod broadly oblong, bubequally rountled at base so that 
tlie strong slightly recurved beak, '3 in. long, continues the direction of 
the stalk, tip subobliquely cuneate, tapering abrnptly on the dorsal, 
slightly rounded on the ventral suture, 3 in, long, 2*25 in. across ; valves 
dehiscent, glabrous, woody, unarmed, 8eed3 2-3, fonicle thick ariilate. 
AJzelia? coriacea Bak, in B'lor. Brit, Ind, II, 275, Intsia cofiacea 
Maingay MSS. Oaledupa cariacea Prairk MSS. 
Malacca; Oliaban, Jilttinjaj^ 6d6! Ridley 232S\ Pb»ako; Tnlloh 
Bahang, Curtis 430 ! 
ThiB fine tree m said by Mr. Ridley to he the " Sapetir " of Malacca ; thia 
name, it will be nolJced, is naed in Pangkor for the nearly allied but ijuitt! distinct J?. 
intefmcdia. Mr, Otirfcis pays it is known in Penang aa " Mirbati the MiFbuu.*' 
of the Muiiiland, it will be observed, is Afzelia palembanico. 
Of the specimens referred to. the writer has only seen lea fob of Maingay's, and 
only frnits of Curtis* and of Uidiey'a gathoringB. The deBcription of the flowers ia 
thorefore constructed from thtj ohimtioterfl stated and implied in the brief ties- 
cription of the Flora of British India, The nnniber of stamons nieiitioned by 
Maingay, still more their motiivdelphoua nature, toakea it certain that the plant can 
be no Aj'seiia and goes to indicate that it is a aj^eciea of Sitvdora ; the fraiting epuci- 
meus sent by Mv, Uariia and Mr. liidley a how that this Is ro4iUy the case. 
