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XX. DIPTEROCARPACEiE. 
[Synaptea. 
calyx for half its length; large wings oblong, tip rounded, 5-nerved, 
glabrous, 3 in. long, -8 to *9 in. wide; 3 short wings ovate acuminate, 
strongly 5-nerved. Hab. Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
(6) S. cuspidata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 172. 
Tree. Branches and petioles scurfy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
long-cuspidate blunt, base narrowed coriaceous, finely reticulate, 
nerves elevate beneath, n pairs, 5 in. long, 175 in. Wlde j petioles 
rs in. long. Flowers unknown. Fruit ellipsoid, scurly, *5 m. 
long, larger wings linear-oblong 3 in. long, *36 m. wide; nerves 
5, free nearly to base, smaller ones 75 in. long, cuspidate. Hab. 
Bindings (Ridley’s collector). Native name . Rcsak. 
This is evidently allied closely to S. perakensis, but the petioles are very 
much longer and the smaller sepals in fruit have very long narrow points. 
(7) S. perakensis Ridl. Vatica perakensis King, l.c. 103, 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 149, pi. 181; Brandis , l.c. 132, pi 3 . 
^Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Branchlets slender, 
scurfv stellate-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceo¬ 
late or oblanceolate acuminate to caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, 
glabrous, finely reticulate, midrib above puberulous; nerves 10 
to 12 pairs prominent beneath, 2 - 5 to 5 in. long, *8 to i ‘3 in - wide, 
petioles *25 to 1-5 in. long. Panicles axillary and extra-axillary, 
1 to 2 in. long, slender, minutely tomentose. Flowers *4 m. long, 
pale yellow. Sepals lanceolate blunt, grey, tomentose. Petals 
twice as long, quite glabrous. Ovary minutely tomentose. bruit 
•3 to *5 in. through, quite free, globose tomentose, 2 long wings 
oblong-lanceolate, narrow at base, 5-nerved, 2-5 in. long 5 
wide, small wings lanceolate acuminate. Hab. Forests. PeraK, 
Thaiping Waterfall (Wray, Kunstler). Pangkor (Curtis). Common. 
(8) S. faginea Pierre, FI. For. Cochinchine, t. 242. Vatica 
faginea Dyer, F.B.L i. 301; King, l.c. 105. Vatica Curtisu King, 
l.c. 105; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 151, pi X02B. 
A tree 20 to 70 ft. tall, 1-5 to 2 ft. through. Coring branches 
slender, ashy-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic 
acuminate blunt, glabrous; nerves 9 to 13 pairs, finely reticulate 
on both sides, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide. Panicles 2*5 to 3 m. 
long, tomentose. Flowers -5 in. long, dark red. Sepals densely 
tomentose, connate half-way, lanceolate, slightly unequal, spreading. 
Petals oblong blunt, glabrous except edge. Pistil tomentose. 
Fruit globular adherent to calyx for half its length; 2 large wings 
narrow oblong blunt, 5-nerved, 2 to 2-5 in. long, *5 to 7 m. wide, 
the three smaller ones sub-spathulate unequal, less than *5 
long. Hab. Hilly jungle, rather scarce. Selangor, Weld s Hill, 
Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Bindings, 
Pangkor (Curtis). Penang (Wallich, Shorea pmangiana. Hopea 
faginea No. 963); Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim, Cochin- 
China. 
