Skorea.] Xx. dipterocarpace^E. 225 
Fruit ovoid-globose apiculate; outer wings linear-oblong, tip 
rounded, base narrowed, thickened base shorter than the nut, 
1*5 i n - long, '5 to *25 wide, inner ones half as long, narrower. Hab. 
Common in forests. Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Pahang, Selangor 
and Negri Sembilan. Native names: Meranti Kerap; Meranti 
Sarang Punai; Meranti Daun Kechil; Meranti Samah; Meranti 
bunga. 
(9) S. acuminata Dyer, lx. i. 305; King, l.c. 113. 
A tree 100 to 150 ft. tall. Branchlets scurfy. Stipules oblong 
blunt, *5 to 75 in. long, 5-nerved, red, long persistent on the branch 
tips. Leaves ovate to lanceolate acuminate, base usually rounded 
unequal, drying dark brown; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, prominent 
Fig. 24. — Shorea macroptera. 
beneath, midrib and nerves scurfy, scaly when young, 3 to 4*5 in. 
long, 175 to 2’5 in. wide; petioles *3 to -4 in. long, scurfy. Panicles 
axillary and terminal 2 to 3 in. long, stellate pubescent, many- 
flowered. Flowers -3 in. long secund. Sepals ovate, grey tomen- 
tose. Petals twice as long, broad ovate pubescent outside. Stamens 
15 in 3 rows; filaments longer than anthers; awns minute. 
Fruit cylindric-conic apiculate, puberulous *25 in. long. Sepal 
bases shorter; outer wings narrow, oblong blunt, narrowed to 
base, 10- to 12-nerved, 2 in. long, *25 in. wide, 2 inner ones narrow 
linear, 75 in. long. Hab. Woods, Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith); 
Bukit Sadanen (Goodenough); Merlimau (Derry). Negri Sembilan 
(Burn-Murdoch) ; Pasoh and Pasir Panjang (Burkill). Distrib. 
Lingga, Borneo. Native names : Rambeh Daun; Meranti Hijau. 
(10) S. macroptera Dyer, l.c. i. 308 ; King, lx. 113. 
Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall. Stem straight smooth, grey. Leaves 
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