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the three outer 7-nerved, 1*8 in. long- and '4 in. broad ; the two inner 
similar in shape, but fewer-nerved and only *5 in, long. 
Perak : King's Collector, Noa. 3601 and 3744. 
The only flowers of this species which I have seen are in an early 
stage of bud, and from them I am unable to make out the ehai*acters 
of the petals properly. The stamens appear to be only 10 in number: 
but of this I cannot now he quite certain. 
9. Shore a cjratissima, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 307. 
A tree : younger branches slender, glabrescent, dark-colonred. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate, the base broad and rounded, the margins 
sub-undulate, both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, faint ; 
length 2'5 to 4 in., breadth 1*28 to J*5 in., petiole *0 to "75 in. Particles 
axillary and terminal, lax, few-flowered, 3 to 6 in. long, sub-puberu- 
lous. Flowers secund, pedicelled, *25 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 
sub-acute ; minntely tomentose outside, glabrous inside in the lower, 
adpresscd-pubescenfc in the upper, half. Petals twice as long as the 
calyx and much broader, elliptic, obtuse, glabrescent. Stamens 
about 20; the filaments short, unequal, diluted. Ar.tfu-rs elonguted- 
ovate, truncate, each with a terminal awn from the connective twice as 
long as itself. Ovary ovoid, sub-glabrous ; stigma small. Ripe fruit 
unknown. Hopea gratissima, Wall. Cat. 9GU. 
Singapore : Wallich. 
This is known only by Wallich 's specimens. He referred it to Hopea, 
of which genus it certainly lias the facie* ; the aestivation of the 
sepals is moreover that of Hopea, and so is the apiculns of the con- 
nective of the stamens. The petals in shape, however, resemble those 
of Sliorea. I retain ib in Sfwrea in deference to the opinion of Mr. 
Dyer. 
10. Shorea Ridleyana, King, n. sp. A tree 60 or 80 feet high : 
young branches slender, dark brown, leutieellate, nearly glabrous. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base rounded : both 
surfaces glabrous, the upper shining : main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, curved, 
spreading, thin but slightly prominent beneath : length 2"5 to 4 in., 
breadth 11 to 2 in. ; petiole '4 to "5 in., rngulose. Panicles axillary 
and terminal, 1'5 to 2 in. long, densely stellate-puberutous Flowers 
"2 in. long, pedicellate. Sepal* sub-equal, oblong, obtuse, tomentose 
outside, glabrous inside. Petal* oblong, slightly oblique, obtuse, glab- 
rous inside, puborulous outside on one half, glabrous ou the other. 
Stamen* 15, sub-equal, the filaments dilated in the lower half : anthers 
shorter than the lilaments, ovate, the connective produced into an awn 
longer than the anther. Ovary ovoid-conical, minutely tomentose. 
Style short ; stigtua minute. Fruit ( immature) ovoid, apieulate, minntely 
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