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ed, about 4 times as long as the broad short anthers; apiculna of con- 
nective very slender, about as long as the anther, deflexed. Ovary 
elongate, puberulous ; style rather short ; stigma small. Ripe fruit. 
ovoid-globose, "4 in. long, thinly adpressed pale tomentose. Sepals 
all enlarged and membranous, concave at the base so as to embrace 
the ripe fruit, but not adnate to it ; the three outer narrowly oblong, 
obtuse at the apex, slightly narrowed to the base ; 7-nerved, 25 
in. long ; the two inner from one-half to one-third shorter, nar- 
rower and fewer nerved. Shorea disticha, Scortechini MSS. in Herb. 
Calcutta, 
Malacca: (Kew Distrib.) No. 206. Penang: Curtis, No. 201. 
Perak : Scortechini, No. 1965. Wray, No. 1282. 
6. Shorea acuminata, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind., L, 305. A 
tree 100 to 150 fec;t high ; young branches minutely greyish tomentoBe, 
ultimately dark-coloured and glabrescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to 
lanceolate, acuminate, the base often unequal-sided, rounded or some- 
times emarginatc; upper surface glabrous except the puberulous 
midrib; the flower glabrous, with a few scattered atoll ate hairs: main 
nerves 7 to 9 pairs, spreading, tdightly prominent beneath : length 
3 to 4*5 in , breadth 1'75 to 2*5 in. j petiole "3 to "4 in., tomentose. 
Panicles axillary and terminal, crowded near the extremities of the 
branches, 2 to 3 in. long, minutely stellate-pubescent, many-flowered. 
Flowers *3 in. long, distichous, second, about 5 on each lateral branch, 
bracteolate. Sepals ovate, unequal, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. 
Petals twice as long as the calyx, spreading, broadly ovate, puberulous 
outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 15, in three rows, the inner row 
shorter : filaments broad, much larger than the short, ovate, minutely 
appendieulate anthers. Ovary ovoid, tapering, pubescent: style short, 
Rtigma small. Ripe fruit turbinate, with 3 slightly vertical grooves, 
apiculate, puberulous, *5 in. in diam., attached by its base to the calyx- I 
sepals all enlarged, concave at the base bo as completely to cover 
the fruit, membranous and reticulate; the 3 outer narrowly oblong 
obtuse, contracted towards the base, 10- or ll-nerved, 3 5 in. long, 
and 7 in. broad ; the two inner 1 to 15 in. long, under *25 in. broad, 3- 
to 4 -nerved. 
Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 205 (?), Griffith, No. 17(52. 
Perak : King's Collector, No. 8009. 
7. Sitorea macroptera, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 308. A 
tree 60 to 80 feet high : young branches with dark-brown bark, minu- 
tely lenticellate and puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong (usually 
narrowly), shortly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate or rounded i upper 
surface glabrous, shining, the midrib and nerves puberulous: lower 
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