114 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
7. Grewia laurifolia, Hook, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 392. A free 
20 to 30 feet high ; all parts except the inflorescence glabrous : young 
branches with dark-coloured bark. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate or acute, entire ; the base rounded 
boldly 3-nerved : both surfaces shining ; lateral nerves 1 or 2 pairs, 
alternate; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 1'5 to 2'5 in., petiole '5 to - 7 in. 
Panicles terminal and axillary, 1’5 to 4 in. long, lax, few-flowered, pu- 
bernlous : bracteoles few, linear, fugaceous. Flowers '2 in. long, their 
pedicels about "15 in. Sepals ovate, concave, the edges much inflexed, 
minutely tomentose on both surfaces. Petals much shorter than the 
sepals, oblong, often absent. Torus cup-shaped, its rim hirsute. Ovary 
globose, sub-glabrous, 4-celled. Style thick, cylindric, tapering, gla- 
brous. Drupe ovoid, - 5 in. long, the pedicel about as long, with 1 or 2 
vertical furrows, pericarp glabrous, endocarp fleshy and fibrous : pyrene 
1 to 3-celled, but usually only one cell containing a single seed ; endo- 
carp bony. 
Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay. Penang ; Curtis. Perak ; Scortechini, 
King’s Collector. Distrib. Sumatra. 
8. Grewia calophylla, Kurz Andam, Rep, App. B. iii ; Plor, 
Burm. i. 157. A tree 20 to 30 feet high : all parts glabrous except the 
minutely velvetty tawny inflorescence : young branches slender, dark- 
coloured, Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining, ovate-lanceolate to ovate- 
elliptic, acuminate, entire; the base rounded or slightly cuneate, 3- 
nerved ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, ascending ; transverse nerves 
slender: length 4 to 7 in , breadth 1‘ 75 to 3 in., petiole '3 to '75 in. 
Panicles pedunculate, axillary or terminal, few-flowered, 15 to 3 in. 
long. Flowers '5 in, long, their pedicels very short. Sepals nar- 
rowly oblong, the edges much incurved, minutely velvetty, much 
reflexed. Petals about half the length of the sepals and much nar- 
rower, lanceolate ; the limb subulate ; the claw ovoid, expanded, 
thick and densely tomentose at the margin. Torus cylindric, puberulous 
outside. Ovary ovoid, pointed, style long filiform, both puberulous. 
Fruit obovoid, compressed, 1'4 in. long and - 75 in. in diam. ; pericarp 
membranous, glabrous, shining ; mesocarp thick, pulpy and fibrous : 
pyrenes 3, of which one is 2-oelled but contains only a single seed, the 
others abortive ; the endocarp bony. Mast, in Hook. fil. FI, Br, Ind, 
i. S92. 
Nicobar Islands, Kurz : S. Andaman, Kurz, King. 
This is very near 0. laurifolia, Hook, but has very much larger 
fruit. A Malacca plant (Griffith, No. 630/2 Kew Distrib.) resembles 
this in leaves but not in flower. The only specimens which I have 
seen are too imperfect for determination. 
