1897.] G. King — Materials for a Mem of the Malaijan Pemnmla. 209 
cdption indndea this ssn-ooast spedee, U also in elude b one, if noL moris tlma ori^j 
inlaini speuids of far greater dime^nsiotifl thiHi (liia littor«l troa over attaiiiiS, 
iloxbiirgh'e Jonesttt triandia ia nob ft Samca bat »s tUis species. 
3. Afzeha paliisibanica Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 275. A (all evoci 
Ireo 100-150 feet liif^li, ftfcem 2-3 feet in diam. Leaves even-pimiato 6-8 
in. lon;^ ; leaflet?* usuaily 4- (veiy rarely only 3- , more often 5-) paired, 
Boiiiefimes only siibopposfte, subeoriiiceoua, glabrous oti hvth surfaces, 
obloug, base slightly oblique, rounded or snbcordate, apex obtuse or blunt- 
isli-acuminate fmru-giuate, 2-4 iu. long, 15— 2 in. wide, nerves numerous 
fine spreading reticulate, peliolules distinct '15 in. loniJ^, glabrous us 
ia the inch is. Flowery in leaf-opposed or terminal cory mbose pubes- 
cent panielos of few-flowered racemes, 3"5 in. long» 2'5 in. across, the 
individnal racemes 1 in. long; petlicels slender, pubescent, "15— 2 in. 
long, jointed 2-bractoohite uuder tlie calyx, bracteoles ovate, pubescent, 
"2 iu. long, bracts small ovate, *15 in. long, caducous. Cahjx downy, 
tube cylindiic '2 in. long, shorter thnn limb witli 4 snbcqniil oblong 
spreading lobes *25 in. long, "2 in, wide. Fetal '35 in, long, limb oblong 
'25 ill. long, "2 in, wide^ margiu nniforra, claw '1 in. long, glabrouH. 
SfametiS 3 fertile, filanienta "75 iu., sparstily pubescent, dark-el arefc 
colonred, two sterile (llaments at base of petal, (hartf stalked, pubes- 
cent, exserted ; stj-le glabrous, slender, *75 in, long. Pod 10-12 in. long, 
3'5 in. wide, oblong, almost woody. Seeds wide-obloug, 1*25 iu, loug, 
1 iti. wide, *3 in. thick. A. hifuga Kurz, For. Fior. Biifc. Buim. I, 412 
not of Gray. 
Andaman's ; South Point, Kurz! Perak; Wmy ! KtmstUr ^iZZl 
7387! Scortechini 1839! Malacca; Qri^ih f Maingay 5651 ^Gimtlmj 
1670! Hb^mfeer^ 776 ! -DiRTBiB. W\^vc\. {Teijinnann !). 
This is, according to Miiingay, "the best Malacca timber tree accorilftijf tn 
Scortoeliini it affordg the best timber ia tbo Peuingula," The Malay npimo, ac- 
cording to Soortechini, ia JUtriait in Pex-ak ; Holmborg givea this aa tho Malaoca 
name alsa In Petiang however, according to Onrtis, tho aaroe Jlftrbait is used for 
Sindora eot'iacea. 
While thia Bpectes ia Afaelia jtaUmbanica Bak,, it CGiTt&m]j ie not Intsia palem^ 
hanica Miq., of wliich one of the original types ia in Herb. Calcutta. That tree, aa 
Miqaeil Bays, liaa ovate-lanceolate feiiftets (■! in. long by l'2a in. wide, tapering to 
an acute point), it Ima also large ovate persistent bracta, '3 in. across. It tloea not 
Beem necessary to alter tlie name in thia place, but in a monograph of Afzdia it 
will be necessaTy to term the Poiiingnlar Bpccriaa Afielia Bak&ri, 
Mr. fiakerhaa pointed oat> inuidontally an omiBsion in Mr. Karz'a Forest Flora of 
Brit. Burma : Knrz himself collected thia Bpccioa in llia Audaninns ; atrangely no ono 
has met ivith it there again. Ho has, howevar, united it with A. bijutja iviid it is this 
union tli-it esphiias l[r. Kurz'a double error uf jittributiug to A ifijiuja pods a foot 
long and leaves wtth. more than 4 leaflets. 
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