224 xx. dipterocarpace^. [Shorea. 
Penang, Batu Feringlii (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name : 
Damar Laut daun besar. 
(6) S. sericea Dyer, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 306; King, l.c. hi. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets tomentose. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate or sub-acute, 
base rounded or sub-cuneate, above glabrous, midrib and nerves 
depressed, beneath stellate pubescent, and warty especially on 
midrib and 22 pairs of nerves, 3-5 to 6*5 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles *6 to -8 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
3 to 7 in. long; ultimate branchlets with 4 or 5 secund sessile 
bracteate flowers. Bracts broad ovate, silky outside. Sepals 
ovate, golden-silky outside. Petals similar, half silky. Stamens 40 
in several rows; filaments longer than the ovate anthers, no awns. 
Ovary conic silky. Fruit ovoid, -5 in. long, outer wings linear 
obtuse narrowed to base, 3'5 in. long, '6 in. wide, 10-nerved, 2 inner 
ones 2*5 in. long. Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Main- 
gay). "Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Thaiping (Kunst- 
ler). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Use: 
Timber for planks and furniture. 
(7) S. palustris Ridl. n. sp. 
Tree. Branches rather stout. Leaves broadly blunt elliptic, 
base round, thickly coriaceous, above glabrous; nerves sunk 
beneath, scurfy on the strongly raised midrib and 13 pairs of nerves, 
6 in. long, 3*25 in. wide; petioles thick, scurfy, -5 in. long. Panicles 
axillary, scurfy-pubescent in fruit, 6 in. long. Flowers unknown. 
Fruit ovoid sub-cylindric acute, *25 in. long, *15 in. through, pale 
tomentose, much longer than the short calyx-cup which is velvety 
pubescent, outer three wings thin, oblong-linear, tips round, 
pubescent at the base, 1-25 in. long, *25 in. wide, one a little shorter 
than the other 2; nerves 6 to 8, nervules branched, inner wings 
linear-acuminate, pubescent hairy *25 in. long. Hab. Malacca, 
Merlimau (Foxworthy). Native name : Meranti Paya. 
Allied to S. sericea, but leaves quite different in shape. Fruit smaller 
with the 3 large wings unequal. 
(8) S. parvifolia Dyer, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 305 ; King, l.c. 112. 
Tree 40 to 150 ft. tall, 24 in. to 4 ft. through. Branchlets at 
first densely hairy. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate-caudate, base sub-cuneate, above glabrous, beneath 
scurfy on the midrib and nerves; nerves 12 pairs oblique, incon¬ 
spicuous above, transverse nerves and reticulations ve^y small 
distinct, 2'5 to 4 in. long, 1 to i*8 in. wide; petioles -35 to 45 in. 
long, scurfy. Panicles axillary and terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, many- 
flowered, scurfy-tomentose. Flowers *25 in. wide white or pink, 
secund sub-sessile. Sepals ovate acute tomentose. Petals twice 
as long, elliptic, half silky. Stamens 15 ; filaments 4 times as long 
as anthers; awns as long as anthers, deflexed. Ovary puberulous. 
