332 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninmla, [No. I, 
Timtica^ 0. Utf>rea and C. ffylvesiriB, Rnmph. Herb, Amboin. I, t, 68, 
Bada7nia Commersonif Gaerfcn. Frnut. II, 97; Rheedo Hort. MaL lY, 
t. 3, 4. 
In all the proviiicos i near the ccmat. 
A tnagnificent species, at titnea aitatning an enomotia hefgiit, and ttenaHy with 
horizontal brMnches. The Btem is fteqnently most piciui'eaqnely biitressed. Tho 
Bmhrjo is eatable, and ie often known to P^arapc^ms iu th& Enat aa iiio " Indian 
Almond.'' I liave reduced to this T.procera, Boib., tho only tan^^ibltj digtinctiou 
TjBtwoen wliich and T. Catappa ia eaid to be its obaonrBly 6-riiIgetl frait. But 
fmita with this pecnliaiity may bo gathmrod f rotu the aani^ troQs as those bearing 
the ordimiry iharp^edned smooth fruit. 
7. Tekminaua BfALATA, Stentl. NomencL II> 6G8, A glabrous tree 
80-100 feet high ; yonng branches stout and with large cicatrices. 
Leaves crowded at the apices of .the branches^ alternate, thinly coina- 
ceouH, oborate or obo Tate- oblong, with long petioles, tlic appx abruptly 
and shortly cuspidate, narrowed from above the middle to the cuneate 
and Bsnally oblique base ; upper surface shining when diy, the lower 
dull and paler, the reticulations rather distinct on both ; main neryes 
7-9 pair.s, spreading, rather distinct on both surface.n when dry ; lengtli 
6-9 in., breadth 2'75-4*5 in., petioles 2'25-2-75 in. Spikes axillary, 
drooping, Bolitary, longer than the petioles \mi rather shorter than the 
leaves, rnsty-paberulous, Fhioers -2 in. in diam., fieasile, the male 
flowers in the tipper part^ the hermaphrodite flowers in the lower, 
ench with a minute deciduous bracteole. Ca^yx n,ist3''-pTibescent out- 
side, densely rusty- villoiis inside ; the lobes triangular, reflexed. Stamens 
exaerted. Ovary villous. Fmit ellipsoid, tapering to each end, some- 
what flattened on one side, covered with minute dense iissty tomen- 
tum and with 2 large slightly wavy^ coriaceous, pubemlous, hoi-izontally 
striate lateral wiirga ; length of fruit 1 '25-1 '7 5 in., breadth '5-75 in., 
the wings from r25-l-75 in. in width. Kara For. Flora Burma, I, 4f>6 ; 
Clarke in Hook. 6K Fl. Br. Ind. 11, 419. Pentaptem hialata, Roxb. 
Hort. Beng. 34 ; Fl, Ind. II, 441 ; Wall. Cat. ^^986. 
And^^man, and probably also the NicOBAfi IsLANDa. DisTarB. Bnrma. 
8. Terminalia suhSPATHur-ATA, King n. spec* A tree over IDO feet 
high; young branches rather slender, deciduonsly pnheralous. Leaves 
alternate, crowded near the ends of the branches, coriaceous, spathulate' 
oblanccolate, shortly and bluntly cuspid ate^ tapering from near the apex 
to the long petiole, eglandiiiar and sometimes slightly oblique at the 
base, the edges thickened and slightly revolute ; upper surface glahrous 
and shining, the lower pale and sub-glancoug, both minatoly reticulate ; 
main nerves abmit B pairs, spreading and curving upwards, distinct ; 
length 3-4 in., breadth near the apex 1-1-6 in., petiole M5-1-5 in, 
-S'jj/A-ftf solitary, axi llary, shorter than the leaves when in flower, longei' 
