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Leaves 2*5 to 3*5 in. long;, with about 7 or 8 
pail's of faint, main nerves, minutely reticulate. 9. V. reticulata. 
1. Vatica i'erakensis, King, n. sp A tree 60 to 80 feet high ; 
young branches slender, deciduously scurfily stellate-pubescent, the 
bark rather pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, rarely 
oblanceolate, more or less bluntly acuminate, sometimes caudate, the 
base cuneato ; both surfaces glabrous, the midrib on the upper puberu- 
lous ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, rather prominent beneath ; length 2*5 
to 4 in., breadth "8 to 1*8 in., petiole -4 to *5 in. Panicles axillary and 
extra-axillary, crowded near the ends of the branches, 1 to 2 in. long, 
minutely pale tomentose, as are the ovate-lanceolate calyx-lobes. 
Flowers *4 in. long. Pettils narrowly oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Stamens 
slightly apiculate. Ovary minutely tomentose ; stigma conical. Ripe fruit 
*3 in. in diam., globose, the style persistent, minutely tomentose, quite 
free from the calyx ; the two accrescent calyx-lobes oblong-ob-lanceolate, 
obtuse, obscurely 5-nerved, 2*5 in. long and *5 in. broad ; minor lobes 
unequal, laneeolatc-acutuinate, the largest about 85 in long. 
Ferak : King's Collector, Wray ; a common tree. Pangkore : Curtis. 
The nearest ally of this is Vatica Bantamensis, Bonth. and Hook. ; 
but that has rather larger and more coriaceous leaves, which are perfect- 
ly glabrous ; larger flowers with petals scaly externally and a more scurfy 
inflorescence ; moreover the whole of the accrescent calyx-lobes of its 
fruit are more coriaceous and the minor lobes are blunter. 
2. Vatica Lowii, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high : young 
branches, petioles, inflorescence and calyx densely rusty, scurfy-tomen- 
tose with stellate hair intermixed, the branches ultimately glabrous 
and with dark bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, sub-acute, the base 
rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the midrib puberulous on the upper ; 
main nerves 13 to 15 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath ; 
length 2-5 to 3*5 in., breadth 1 to 1*5 in., petiole *3 to *4 in. Panicles 
axillary and terminal, much crowded towards the ends of the branches ; 
•75 to L*5 in. long. Flowers '25 in. long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, oblique. Petals narrowly oblong, obtuse, almost glabrous. Stamens 
short, unequal-sided, apiculate. Ovary depressed, tomentose, style 
capitate. Ripe fruit globular, 25 in. in diam, deciduously rufous-scurfy ; 
the style persistent, quite free from the calyx. Two large calyx-wings 
narrowly oblong, sub-acute, scarcely narrowed at the base, 5-nerved, 
2 75 to 3 in. long, aud "6 in. broad ; the three smaller lobes sub-equal, 
about 5 or *6 in. long, lanceolate, obtuse. 
Perak : Scortechini, No. 2108 ; King's Collector, No. 7496. 
This species is closely allied to V. Maingayi, Dyer; but has smaller 
flowers, and rather larger leaves with considerably longer petioles. 
