78 G. King — Materials for a Flora of ike Malayan Peninsula. No. 1, 
Malacca : Vrii^th (K.D.) 3387 j Maingay 708, Perak : Wray 
2927» 3486 ; Scortechini 1914 ; King*s Qollector — many numbers* 
3. Alangdim ebenacbum, Griffith MSS. A' tree 30 to 70 feet 
Itigli ; yonng branches rather slender, smooth, dark- coloured when dry. 
Zreave* coriaceoua, oblong, slightly acnmmatoT the base cnneate or round- 
ed ; upper snrface glabrone, the lower with nnmerona minute pale 
scales; main-nerves 13 to 16 pairs, spreading, very slightly curved, 
prominent on the lower sarf ace ; length 6 to 10 in,; breadth 2-5 to 4 
in. • petiole '35 to *8 in. long. Cymes from as long to twice as long aa 
the petioles, on short pedunclea, axillary, branched, 6- to l^-flowered. 
Flowers Ressife, 65 in. long, and only "1 in. in diam. Oalyx cupular 
slightly grooved ; the raouth truncate, slightly toothed. Petals Q 
(sometimes only 5), linear, minutely pubescent externally. Stamens 
6 (or 5) ; anthers about m long as the petals, linear ; filaments short, 
compressed, woolly in front. Style cylindric-clavate, shortly hairy; 
stigma pyramidal, Frui^ OTate in outline, corapresaed, faintly ridged, 
about 1 in. long and '6 in, wide* Marlea ehenacea, Clarke in Hook, fil. 
Fl, Br, Ind. I, 742, 
Malacca: GHfth (K.D.) 3384. Maingay (K.D.) 706. Pebak : 
Wray 3302 ; SccrtecMni 1963 ; King's Oollector 3252, 5363, 6562, 6626. 
4. Alangium RiDLEYf, King. A tree; young branches covered 
with minute deciduous scales and hairs, rather slender. Leaves cori- 
aceous, elliptic, sometimes slightly obovate, shortly and bluntly acnmi- 
nate, the base euneate ; both surfaces glabrous ; main-nerves 10 pairs 
spreading, slightly curved upwards, bold and prominent on the lower 
surface ; connecting veins parallel, faint ; length 6 to 8 in, ; breadth 
2'5 to 3"5 in. ; petioles '9 to 1"3 in. Oymes as long as or rather shorter 
than the petioles, sessile, 3- to 5-flowered. Fhw&rs nearly 1 in. long, 
'25 in, in diara. their pedicels '2 to '25 in* long, minutely velvety- 
tomentose like the outside of the calyx and petals- Calyx campanulate, 
slightly faiTowed, the mouth wide truncate^ Fetah 6, thick, grooved 
and minately hairy inside, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute. Stamens some- 
what shorter than the petals ; anthers nan*owly linear, with a tuft of 
hairs at the base ; filaments short fiat almost glabrous. Style slender 
clavate ; stigma deeply fnrrowed, disc 6-angled cnshion-like, glabrous. 
Fruit unknown. 
Singapore, in the Botanic Garden Jungle, Ridley 4941. 
UidTey's spGoimona are without fruit. Mr, Wray lias sent from Perafc botjio 
speciinenB (Herb, Wrny 3632) of a plant in fruit wkich in Bpifc© of its coaBideraWy 
larger learea (tjearly a foot long), may be conspeoifio with thia. Tliaae fruita are 
narrowly ellipHoid, mnob compresBed and doeply farrowed, narrowly to the baje, 
eaa bo to tbe truncate apex, A. coatata, Bt>or]. is the nearest aUj of both. 
