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4. Balanocarpds maximus, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 foot high : 
all parts except the inflorescence glabrous ; young branches rather stout; 
the bark, loose, papery, lenticellato, pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
oblong to elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded 
base; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, slightly prominent beneath, the trans- 
verse veins slightly prominent when dry : length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2 
to 25 in., petiole "5 to *G in. Panicles axillary or terminal, about half 
as long as the leaves, few-flowered, minutely toinentose. Flowers sub- 
sessile, *6 or '7 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, the outer two tomentose, 
the inner three more or less glabrous externally, all glabrous internally, 
the inner two with ciliate margins. Fatah much longer than the sepuls, 
narrowly oblong, the apex erose, expanded and concave at the base, ad- 
pressed-pnbescent outside and towards the apex inside, otherwise gla- 
brous. Stamens 10, in two rows ; anthers with a deflexed terminal 
appendage from the connective. Ovary elongate, narrowly conical, seri- 
ceous. Style rather short, glabrous; stigma small. Ripe fruit cylindri- 
cal, tapering to each end but most to the apiculate apex ; pericarp 
Woody, striate, sub-glabrous, pale-browu when dry : 175 to 2*25 in. long, 
and 0 or 7 in. in diam. Persistent sepah fibrous, forming a toothed 
cup about 5 in. deep, embracing the base of the fruit. 
Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 7987 and 8006. 
The flowers of this fine species do not exactly answer to 
Beddome's diagnosis of the genus Balanocarpus, inasmuch as they have 
10 instead of 15 Btamens, and neither of the cotylcdous is lobed. In 
other respects the flowers and fruit agree perfectly. 
5. Balanocarpus Heimit, King n. sp. A tree 50 to 60 feet high : 
young branches rather slender, the bark dark-coloured, puberulous 
or glabrescent. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, tapering to the 
acuminate apex, and slightly narrowed to the rounded base; upper 
surface glabrous, shining, the midrib minutely pubescent : lower 
surface glabrescent except the pubescent midrib and 9 or 10 pairs of 
ascending, bold, slightly-curving nerves : length 4 to 6 in., breadth 
1 to 175 in. ; petiole "3 or "4 in., with minute black tomentum. Flowers 
unknown. Ripe carpels cylindric, tapering to the apex, slightly nar- 
rowed to the base, 1*5 in. long and *5 in. in diam. ; the pericarp woody, 
sub-glabrous, sub- striate, dark-coloured when dry. Persistent sepals 
sub-equal, puberulous, thickened, forming a 5-lobed cup "6 in. deep which 
embraces the base of the fruit. Pierrea Penangiana, Heim, MSS. 
Penang: Curtis No. 273 (loaves only). Perak: King's Collector, 
No. 3718. 
This tree, of which as yet only fruiting speeimens have been found, 
so closely resembles the other Malayan species of Bithtnorarpns des- 
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