244 xx * dipterocarpace^e. [Vatica. 
long. Racemes axillary i to 1*5 in. long, scurfy. Flowers *4 in. 
long waxy yellow. Sepals very short ovate puberulous. Petals 
green, oblong-elliptic oblique blunt. Fruit globular with a long 
curved beak, '25 in. through ; wings equal oblong-obtuse, thickly 
membranous, glabrous, 3-nerved, 13 in. long, 13 m. wide, covering 
the fruit. Hab. Low wet ground in open jungle. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Tapa (Wray). , 
(2) V. pallida Dyer, in Hook. fit. F.B .1 . 1.302. Retmodendron 
pallidum King, l.c. 128. _ , , . , 
Small tree about 30 ft. tall. Branches long and slender, glabrous. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate caudate, base 
cuneate; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, thin, reticulations not conspicuous, 
43 to 53 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 to -25 in. long, 
wrinkled. Panicles 3 to 6 in. long. Branches slender puberulous. 
Flowers yellowish white; pedicels *25 in. long. Sepals ‘i in. long, 
lanceolate connate for a quarter of length, puberulous. Petals linear- 
oblong obtuse puberulous scurfy on the back much twisted in bud 
•4 in. long. Stamens, anthers ovate, connective-appendage very 
short; filaments very short. Ovary pubescent. Fruit spherical, 
•25 in. through. Sepals membranous linear-oblong, very much 
shorter. Hab. Stony jungle, Penang Hill. Common from the 
Waterfall to 800 ft. altitude (all collectors). 
(3) V. Scortechinii Ridl. Retinodendron Scortechinu King, 
l.c. 128; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 157, pi 190. 
Medium to tall tree. Young branches red-pubescent. Leaves 
coriaceous oblong, tip sub-acute, base narrowed obtuse; nerves 
14 to 18 pairs spreading, prominent beneath, 7 to 10 in. long, 2*0 
to 3*2 in, wide; petioles '6 to "75 i n - Panicles crowded at 
the tip, axillary stellate-rufous-tomentose. Flowers *6 in. long, 
pedicels *i in. long. Sepals ovate acute, connate half-way, red- 
tomentose. Petals oblong obtuse, half woolly outside, much longer. 
Stamens elliptic 5 inner ones longer. Fruit globose rufous-scurty, 
•65 in. long; wings ovate, coriaceous, stiff ribbed much shorter, 
not reflexed. Hab. Rare. River banks. Pahang, Tahan River 
(Ridley). Perak (Scortechini) . 
(4) V. Kelsalli Ridl. Journ. Roy. As . Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 27. 
A tree. Leaves glabrous lanceolate obtuse; nerves 5 pairs 
conspicuous, finely closely reticulate beneath, 5 in. long, i‘2 in. 
wide ■ petioles *5 in. long. Panicles 2 to 3 in. long, scurfy-tomen- 
tose.’ Flowers numerous, white, -13 in. long, pedicellate. Sepals 
lanceolate obtuse, scurfy. Petals little longer blunt, scurfy. 
Stamens 10; anthers elliptic, prolongation of connective very 
short rounded. Pistil glabrous; style short, stout. Stigma obo- 
vate. Fruit unknown. Hab. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (KelsaU). 
(5) V. stipulata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 172. 
Tree? quite glabrous except the flowers. Branchlets slender. 
Leaves coriaceous lanceolate-acuminate, shortly narrowed at the 
