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For. FI. II. 120 and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 230. Bassia ? 
hypoleuca, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 582 ( fide Kurz). 
Penang : Holmberg 783. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3606 ; Maingay 
(K.D.) 985, 996 ; Curtis 3480, 3481, 3482 ; Hervey 2754 ; Derry 59, 88 ; 
Bidley 10079 ; Goodenough 1994. Singapore : T. Anderson 122 ; Bidley. 
— Distrib. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 
Cui'tis says it gives a low class bastard gutta of little value. Vern. “ Niato bunga ” 
■“ Niato tunbaga ” “ Niato balam.” 
2. Palaquium Maingayi, King & Gamble. A tree ; stems reach- 
ing 60 feet in height and 10 to 15 in. in diam. ; branchlets dark 
brown, rough, about -4 in. in diam., marked by the large scars of fallen 
leaves ; innovations densely short-rusty-pubescent. Leaves charta- 
ceous ; obovate, obtuse at apex, cuneate or slightly rounded and more or 
less aurieled at base ; margins recurved ; glabrous above except on 
midrib, thickly ferruginous-pubescent beneath ; 5 to 13 in. long, 3 to 
7 in. broad ; midrib stout, impressed above, prominent beneath, main- 
nerves 12 to 20 pairs, -5 to -8 in. apart, starting at an angle of about 55° 
with the midrib, parallel to near the margin and then curving upwards 
to join in a marginal nerve ; reticulations not prominent, obliquely join- 
ing the main-nerves ; petiole 1 to 1'5 in. long, thickly rusty-pubescent, 
channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade ; stipules 
subulate falcate, '5 in. long, very caducous. Flowers fasciculate, up to 
10 together, in the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves ; 
pedicels -5 to -7 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 6; outer 3 valvate, 
ovate, densely pubescent, ‘15 in. long ; inner 3 imbricate, orbicular, 
depressed at top, scarious and ciliate on the margins, -15 in. long. 
Corolla eampanulate ; tube short (-1 in.) ; lobes 6, imbricate, overlapping 
to the right, ovate-oblong, glabrous, ‘25 to -35 in. long. Stamens 12, 
•25 in. long, opposite to and alternate with corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, 
apiculate, slightly rusty-hirsute behind; filaments as long as anthers, 
slender. Ovary rounded; style - 2 to - 4 in. long, subulate; cells 6. Fruit 
a shining, green, fleshy berry, about - 5 in. long, supported by the per- 
sistent calyx. Seeds 2, oblong ; testa dark brown, crustaceous ; albumen 
none. Dichopsis Maingayi, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 543. 
Perak: Wray 524, 553, 2215, up to 2,000 feet ; King's Collector 6644. 
Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 996/2 ; Hervey. 
P. Ottolanderi, Koord. & Val. of Java is near this species, but is readily dis- 
tinguished by its larger flowers and long pointed fruit. 
3. Palaquium Clarkeanum, King & Gamble. A large tree, with 
■thick rough bark and spreading branches, reaching 100 to 150 feet in 
