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acuminate or shortly acuminate, base slightly cuneate; nerves 7 
pairs, prominent beneath or not, 2*5 to 3 in. long, -9 to 1*2 in. 
wide; petioles - 4 in. long. Panicles axillary stellate-tomentose, 
3 in. long. Branches distant, very short. Flowers sub-sessile, 
under '2 in. long. Sepals ovate-orbicular blunt, tomentose. Petals 
broadly oblong blunt, silky both sides. Stamens 20; filaments 
slightly dilate; awns of all anthers ciliate. Ovary tomentose. 
Fruit ovoid apiculate, silky; outer wings oblong, tip rounded, 
5-nerved, 1*25 in. long and *4 in. broad, much reticulate, inner ones 
much smaller. Hab. Penang and Province Wellesley at 500 ft. 
altitude, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native name : Dammar Laut no. 
satu (No. 1). One of the most valuable timbers in the Malay 
Peninsula. 
(23) S. collina Ridl. Agric. Bull. Straits ix. 182. 
A big tree with black branchlets. Leaves oblong, shortly 
cuspidate, base rounded; nerves^io pairs elevated beneath, reticu¬ 
lations conspicuous, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles stout 1*25 in. 
long. Panicles lax, 3 in. long; rachis stellate-hairy. Flowers 
shortly pedicelled. Sepals orbicular-ovate, white-silky. Petals 
oblong-linear, blunt, '5 in. long, white-silky outside. Stamens 20, 
outer ones, filament broad oblong; anthers elliptic; awns with 
2 or 3 cilia, inner ones base broad oblong, narrowed above into a 
filament as long as the anther, which has an awn ending in 2 cilia. 
Ovary silky ; style short. Hab. Pahang on the east coast (Sanger- 
Davies). Native name: Balau bukit. 
(24) S. costata King, l.c. 119. 
A tree 60 to 100 ft. tall, 4 ft. through. Branchlets scurfy. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong obtuse, base broad or sub-cuneate, 
glabrous; nerves 11 to 13 pairs, oblique distinct, transverse nervules 
distinct with reticulations between, 3 to 4-25 in. long, 1*2 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles ‘8 to 1 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
1 *5 to 2*5 in. long, scurfy-puberulous. Branches short, few-flowered. 
Sepals broad ovate, tomentose. Petals nearly ovate, white silky 
on both sides. Stamens 20; filaments dilated, longer than anthers, 
in the inner row awns short glabrous, in outer rows longer and 
ciliate. Ovary tomentose. Fruit ovoid apiculate, puberulous, 
75 in. long; outer wings narrow oblong obtuse, narrowed to base, 
7-nerved, 275 in. long, *45 in. wide, the inner ones 1*5 in. long, 
■25 in. wide. Hab. Penang. Government Hill (Curtis) and Batu 
Feringhi. Native name : Dammar Laut. 
(25) S. crassifolia Ridl. 
Tree. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, broadly oblong, base 
broad round, tip sub-acute; nerves prominent both sides 17 pairs 
sub-horizontal, nervules transverse with very small reticulations 
conspicuous both sides, 4*5 to 5’25 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
75 in. long. Flowers unknown. Panicle in fruit puberulous. 
Branches few, 6 in. long. Fruit globose glabrous as long as the 
