234 xx. dipte rocarpace^l . [Pachychlamys. 
(2) P. Hemsleyanus RidL Balanocarpus Hemsleyanus King, 
1 c. 134; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 160, pi. 193; Brandis, l.c. 
109, pi. 3, fig. 27. _ 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets stout, black rough. Leaves 
stiffly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, slightly narrowed, rounded at 
base, glabrous above, scabrid beneath from stellate hairy tubercles, 
abundant on midrib and nerves 18 to 20 pairs, oblique, 7 to 12 
in. long, 3-25 in. to 5 in. wide; petioles thick rugose *75 in. long. 
Panicles 3 to 7 in. long, densely stellate pubescent. Flowers -5 in. 
long, crowded, rich pink, outside silvery. Sepals sub-equal, broadly 
ovate acute, tomentose. Petals twice as long elliptic obtuse 
oblique, partly silky outside. Stamens 15; filaments dilate; 
awns longer than anthers. Fruit ovoid apiculate tomentose, 1*25 
to 175 in. long, 75 in. to 1 in. through; sepals sub-equal, 1 to 
i'25 in. long, forming a woody cup. Hub. Forests. Perak, Thaiping 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Sungei daun; Tasek Gelugur 
(Curtis). Penang, Batu Feringhi. Native name: Meranti Balau. 
Use : Timber valuable. 
7 . PARASHOREA, Kurz. 
Big trees with coriaceous leaves. Panicles numerous, many- 
flowered. Flowers small. Sepals on a broad receptacle almost 
valvate. Stamens 15 ; anthers linear ; anther-cells unequal, 
2 posterior beaked, connective prolonged. Ovary hairy. Fruit 
tomentose; wings 5 nearly equal not enclosing the fruit. Species 3, 
Burma, Malay islands. 
(1) P. stellata Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 66; Pierre, 
For. Flor. Cochinchine, 14, t. 224. Shorea stellata Dyer, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 304; King, l.c. 120; Brandis, l.c. 104, pi. 2, figs. 11 and 12. 
Tree 100 to 150 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. through. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, base rounded glabrous; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, prominent 
beneath, 4 to 5-5 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 7 to -9 in. 
long. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, very numerous, stellate pubescent. 
Flowers *25 in. across velvety pale yellow. Sepals ovate-oblong, 
tomentose. Petals broadly ovate blunt, pubescent outside. 
Stamens bimucronate, the connective also mucronate. Ovary 
tomentose; style short. Fruit ovoid apiculate; wings linear 
oblong much narrowed at the base and free from the fruit, 5-nerved, 
4'5 in. long, ’6 in. wide. Hah. Dense jungle. Perak, Gunong 
Pondok (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. 
8 . HOPEA, Roxb. 
Big or vast trees resinous, with transparent resin. Stipules 
small. Flowers small in panicled unilateral racemes. Sepals 2, 
external, 3 internal, imbricate. Petals silky or tomentose on the 
part exposed in bud only, contort, narrow, yellow, red or white. 
