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Known only by Curtis' specimens, and readily recognisable by its 
beautifully cilia to-crested anthers. 
16. Shore a utilis, King, u, sp. A large tree ; all parts except 
tlio inflorescence glabrous: young branches slender, dark-coloured. 
Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, or shortly and 
abruptly acuminate, the base slightly cuneate ; main nerves about 7 
pairs, oblique, not prominent on either surface; length 2*5 to 3 in., 
breadth 0 to 1*2 in., petiole "4 in. Panicles axillary, stelhtte-pubern- 
lous, about as long as the leaves ; their lateral branches distant, very 
short, minutely tomeutoso, 3- or 4-f^owcrcd. Flowers sub-sessile, glo- 
bular in bud, under 2 in. long. Sepals ovate- or bicnlar, blunt, the 
outer 3 very tomentoso outside, the inner 2 less so ; all glabrous inside. 
Petals broadly oblong, blunt, more or less sericeous in both surfaces. 
Stamens 20 ; filaments slightly dilated, about as long as the ovate 
anthers ; apical process of connective about as long as the anther, 
ciliate Ovary sericeous, elongated-conic, gradually tapering into the 
short glabrous style ; stigma minute. Ripe fruit ovoid, apiculato, pale, 
adprcssed-sericeous, *4 in. long, closely invested by, but free from, 
the concave bases of tho accrescent sepals. Sepals of fruiting calyx 
all enlarged, membranous, reticulate, deciduously puberulous ; the 3 
outer oblong, very obtuse, 5-nerved, 125 in. long, and '4 in. broad; the 
inner 3 half as long, or less, and much narrower. 
Penang ! Curtis, No. 423. 
This species, which Mr. Curtis describes as yielding tho most 
durable timber in Penang, was at one time quite common there, but 
it is now almost extinct. Its vernacular name is Dammar taut. 
17. Shobea costata, King, n. s^'. A tree ; young branches dark- 
coloured, lepidote-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, sub- 
acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or snb-cuneate base; both 
surfaces glabrous, the transverse veins distinct, especially on the lower r 
main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, oblique, rather straight, slightly pro- 
minent beneath ; length 3 to 4'25 in., breadth 12 to 15 in., petiole 
■8 to 1 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, To to 2*5 in. long, sealy- 
pubernlons, the lateral branches very short and few-flowered. Flowers 
small. Sepals broadly ovate, yellowisb-tomentose outside, glabrous 
inside. Stamens 15 ; fill with dilated filaments longer than the ovate 
anthers, those of the inner row with the apical process of the connec- 
tive short and glabrous, those of tho oater rows with longer ciliate 
apical connectives. Ovary ovoid-conical, densely yellowish-toinentose ; 
style very short. Ripe fruit ovoid, apiculate, sparsely puborulous, *75 in. 
long; sepals all en largn I. concave and- dilated at the base, membran- 
ous and reticulate; the three outer narrowly oblong, obtuse, much 
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