Synaptea.] xx. dipterocarpace^e. 243 
(9) S. cinerea Ridl. Vatica cinerea King, l.c. 104; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. v. (2), p. 150, pi. 183A. 
Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets scurfy. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate sub-acute, base rounded 
or sub-cuneate, finely reticulate, both sides glabrous ; nerves 6 to 8, 
faint, 2-25 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *3 to *5 in. 
long. Panicles scurfy, 1-25 to 2 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers 
‘45 in. long. Sepals sub-equal lanceolate sub-acute, tomentose. 
Petals oblong-lanceolate half pubescent outside. Fruit globular, 
attached half-way to calyx; large wings red oblanceolate rounded : 
nerves 5, 2 in. long, *5 in. wide, small wings lanceolate obtuse, 
•25 in. long. Hob. Lankawi island at Kwah (Curtis). Pulau 
Adang (Ridley). 
(10) S. reticulata Ridl. Vatica reticulata King, l.c. 106. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through, glabrous except 
inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate at both ends blunt, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 9 
pairs, conspicuously laxly finely reticulate both sides, 2*5 to 3*5 in. 
long, 1 to 1 -25 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Panicles lax, slender, 
2 to 3 in. long, puberulous; pedicels ‘25 in. long. Sepals unequal 
lanceolate blunt, pubescent on both sides. Corolla dull dark blue 
( fide Kunstler probably claret colour). Ovary pubescent, hemi¬ 
spherical ridged. Young fruit, wings linear-oblong, smaller ones 
half as long. Hab. Dense jungles on hills 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Corolla, stamens and ripe fruit not seen. 
11 . VATICA, Linn. 
Medium or tall but not vast trees. Leaves coriaceous, often 
rather small. Panicles axillary. Flowers as in Synaptea. Sepals 
equal or nearly so in fruit ovate or oblong, little or not longer 
than the sub-globose fruit. Species 10, Indo-Malaya. This 
genus differs only in the fruit from Synaptea. 
Sepals in fruit ovate or oblong, covering fruit . (1) V. Kunstleri 
Sepals usually much shorter than fruit, thin. 
Fruit small crustaceous; sepals spreading little 
longer than fruit; leaves small . . . (2) V. pallida 
Fruit globose, corky; sepals much shorter; 
leaves large.(3) V. Scortechinii 
Fruit unknown. 
Panicles scurfy tomentose; stipules o . (4) V. Kelsalli 
Panicles thin glabrous ; stipules large ovate . (5) V. stipulata 
(1) V. Kunstleri Ridl. Retinodendron Kunstleri King, l.c. 
129; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 157, pi. 189B. 
Shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall to a tree of 30 ft. high. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
sub-acute to acuminate, base cuneate above glabrous; nerves 
pubescent beneath, glabrous, 7 to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 
2*25 to 4*5 in. long, 1*25 to 1 75 in. wide; petioles -25 to -4 in. 
