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Kruif ing-ealyx s h or tor thftii the fruit. 
Leaves y-o lo 0 in. long : frail ■■Lin. in diam. I. 8, /,</I(i<h- rti. 
Leaves 7 to 10 in. long : frnit "65 in. in diam. 2. R. Scorteckinii. 
Fruil ing-calyx longer tlian tho fruit ... 3. 11. Kunstleri, 
1. Retinodendrom paluptum, King". A small tree (tide Dyer) : 
young branches slender, deciduously pnbernlous, their bark pale. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acuminate ; the edges 
entire, recurved when dry; the base acute: both surfaces glabrous, 
the upper shining ; main nerves 9 to 10 pairs, curving, oblique ; length 
3'5 to 6 in., breadth \'2 to 1'8 in., petiole "4 to "5 in. Panicles axillary, 
rarely extra-axillary, pnberulous, 1 to 3 in. long. Iftuicers '45 in. long; 
('alij.c-x'-'jm'-iitt ovate-lanceolate, scurfy-pubescent. Petals oblong, lnmvo- 
late, sub-acute, stellate-pubescent externally. Anthers broadly ovate, 
with a short blunt apioulus. Ovary pubemlous ; stigma capitate, lobed. 
Fruit globular, about -4 in. in diam., glabrous, shining, very minutely 
and sparsely lepidote, partially covered in the lower half by the slightly 
unequal, spreading or sub-reflexed, narrowly-oblong, membranous, 
3-nerved, reticulate calyx-lobes. Vatica pallida, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. 
Br. I ml. T, 302. 
Penang : Maingay, on Government Hill, at an elevation of about 
800 feet ; Curtis, No. 117 ; King, Knnstler. 
This is known only from Penang. It is evidently a rare tree. Its 
fruit somewhat resembles (except in size) that of V. lancerefoliUt Blume. 
2. Retinodbndron Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A tall tree : young 
branches rather stout, densely furfaraceons-pnbescent. Leaves coria- 
ceous, oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex ; the base slightly nar- 
rowed, rounded: both surfaces glabrous: main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, 
spreading, curving, prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper, 
surface when dry, the transverse venation bold : length 7 to 10 in., 
breadth 2'6 to 3'2 in , petiole '6 to 75 in. Panicles crowded towards 
the apices of tho branches, mostly axillary, 2 to 2 5 in. long, the 
rachises brownish fioeculenn stellate-tomontose, as is the calyx exter- 
nally. Flowers "6 in. long. Calyx-hies ovste. PctaU thick, oblong, 
blunt, puberulous externally, glabrous within. Stawem elliptic, npicu- 
late. Ovary minutely tomentose ; stigma clavate. Ripe fruit sub- 
globular, sub-rugose, vertically grooved, minutely rufous-scurfy, about 
65 in. in diam , iaxly embraced in the lower half by the broadly ovate, 
membranous, many-nerved, reticulate, sub-equal calyx-lobes. 
Perak: Scortechini, Nos. 1940 and 1942. 
Tho calyx-lobes are nearly equal in size, qnite free from the fruit, 
much shorter, and they embrace only its lower half. This species is 
allied to Rvtinodvndron Boesak, Keith. (Nat. Gesch. Neil. Tnd. 56, t. 8,) 
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