74 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
pubescent, 5 in. in diatn., sub-globular, slightly compressed. Seeds 
oblong, compressed, the testa spongy, 1 in. long, with a large obovate thick 
spongy terminal wing 2'5 in. long and 125 broad. Roxb. Corom. PI. 
iii. 84, t. 287 ; FI. Ind. iii. 152 ; Kurz FI. Br. Burm, i. 134; Pierre FI. 
Forest. Cock-Chine, t. 190; Wall. Cat. 1125. Pterygota Roxburghii, 
Schott & Endl. Melet. P. alata , Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 234. 
S. coecinea, Wall. Cat. 1122, partly. 8. Heynii, Beddome Flor. Sylvat. 
t. 230. 
Perak, Scortechini : Andamans, Kurz. Distrib. Brit. India, Cochin- 
China. 
18. S. linearicarpa, Mast, in Hook. fil. Br. Ind. i. 360. A tree 
60 to 80 feet high : young branches thick, striate, deciduously pulveru- 
lent-tomentoso, leaf-cicatrices large. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-orbicular, 
blunt or very slightly narrowed at the apex, edges entire, base deeply 
cordate, 7-nerved ; upper surface glabrous, shining; lower deciduously 
pulverulent, hairy, almost glabrous when old, minutely reticulate, the 
midrib and 4 or 5 pairs of lateral nerves prominent : length and breadth 
6 to 12 in. ; petiole 2 - 5 to 6 in., sulcate, pulveruleut-tomentose. Panicles 
axillary, solitary, stout, eroct, as long as or longer than the leaves, rusty 
pulverulent-tomentose as are the outer surfaces of the calyces, the 
lateral branclilets short ; bracteoles numerous, rotund, concave, cadu- 
cous ; flower- buds globose, sessile. Calyx rotate, the tube 1 in. long, 
with 5 slightly longer ovate acute lobes, tomentose externally, glabrous 
within. Staminal column not so long as the calyx- tube, glabrous ; anthers 
10, each with a short filament, cuneate, 2-celled ; ovaries (rudimentary 
in some flowers) about 3, free, each 1 or 2-ovulate ; style short ; stigma 
entire, small. Follicles (? ripe) linear-lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. long and 
•6 in. broad, stipitate, longitudinally ridged and covered outside and 
inside with yellowish tomentum as is also the single oblong seed. 
Malacca, Mairigay. Perak ; Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
The flowers and follicles of this are, in my opinion, those of 
Scapliium rather than of Firmania, to which section Dr. Masters has 
referred it. 
19. S. scaphigera, Wall. Cat. 1130. A tree 90 to 120 feet high : 
young branches rather thick ; the bark pale, minutely warted and striate, 
glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, ovate to oblong-ovate, sub-acute 
or bluntish-acumiuate, entire; the base rounded or sub-truncate, often 
faintly cordate or emarginate, 3 to 5-nerved ; main nerves 2 to 4 pairs, 
sub-erect, prominent on both surfaces ; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 2'75 
to 4 5 in. ; petiole 2 to 5 in., thickened at both ends. Panicles only at 
