240 XX. DIPTER0CARPACEA5. \CotyldobiUM. 
2 in. long, 3 inner ones 75 in. long. Hab. Rare. Singapore at 
Snngei Morai (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Rassak. 
10 . SYNAPTEA, Griffith. 
Medium to large trees. Leaves thin coriaceous with con¬ 
spicuous nerves. Flowers small in axillary and terminal panicles, 
white or yellow. Sepals free to base. Petals not contort. Stamens 
15 in 2 unequal series; anthers oblong, valves unequal, connective 
shortly prolonged to a cylindric or conic point. Ovary 3-celled; 
style short. Fruit nut small; sepals free to base, 2 large linear 
oblong and 2 ovate as long as nut. Species about 12, Indo-Malaya. 
Leaves large oblong; panicles short, dense, red 
furf uraceous; sepals in fruit very unequal. 
Leaves 4 in. long; flowers *45 in. long; petioles 
long, slender, glabrous; branches glabrous . 
Leaves 4 in. long; flowers -4 in. long; petioles 
short with branches tomentose 
Leaves 3 in. long; flowers ‘25 in. long 
Leaves 4 in. long; flowers ‘45 in. long in lax 
panicles, tomentose ..... 
Leaves narrow oblong 9 to 10 in. long by 2 in. wide 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate cuspidate; inner 
sepals long cuspidate ..... 
Leaves 3 in. long; panicles lax mostly terminal. 
Leaves lanceolate long-acuminate; wings of 
fruit 3 in. long ...... 
Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate; wings of 
fruit 2 in. oblong ..... 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate; wings 2 in. long, 
•75 in. wide, oblanceolate .... 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate; panicles very lax 
(1) S. Maingayi 
(2) S. Dyeri 
(3) S. Lowii 
(4) S. lancaviensis 
(5) S. nitens 
(6) S. cuspidata 
(7) S. perakensis 
(8) S. faginea 
(9) S. cinerea 
(10) S. reticulata 
-(1) S. Maingayi Ridl. Vatica Maingayi Dyer, F.B.I. i. 302; 
King, lx. 104. 
A big tree. Branchlets, inflorescence, flowers and young fruit 
thickly red-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous (drying 
red brown) oblong or oblong-obovate, shortly acute, base rounded 
or slightly narrowed; nerves slender, 9 to 12 pairs, curved upwards, 
slightly elevate, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles -6 
to 1*5 in. long. Panicles dense, 1 to 1-25 in. long, numerous axillary. 
Flowers ’45 in. long. Sepals lanceolate sub-acute. Petals linear- 
oblong. Ovary tomentose. Fruit globose, '25 in. through, free 
from the calyx, large wings linear-oblong, sub-acute, 5-nerved, 
2 in. long, - 35 to -5 in. wide, 3 small ones ovate sub-acuminate, 
•25 in. long. Hab. Forests. Johor, Pinerong (Cantley). Malacca 
(Maingay). Dindings, Gunong Melintang (Foxworthy). Native 
name: Maralang. 
(2) S. Dyeri Pierre, FI. For. Cochinchine, t. 241. Vatica Dyeri 
King, lx. 106. 
Tree 80 to 130 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Young branches, 
panicles and calyx brown-tomentose, flocculent with stellate hairs. 
