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Dio spy r os.] 
sparsely on midrib, elevate beneath; nerves invisible, pale beneath, 
6*5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Male flowers in 
cymes on axillary peduncles *3 in. long. Flowers pedicelled, *5 in. 
long, black-hairy. Calyx tubular-campanulate, lobes 4, triangular. 
Corolla tubular tomentose, lobes 4, oblong; anthers 16, sessile. 
Female flowers on longer peduncles. Fruit depressed-globose, 
1-35 in. through, rind woody, tawny-tomentose; calyx thick 
woody, nearly 1 in. wide, dark tomentose. Hab. Local in hill 
forests. Perak (Kunstler). Penang Hill at 1200 ft. altitude 
(Curtis). Dislrib. Burma, Java. 
(33) D. brachiata King and Gamble, l.c. 224. 
Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 
blunt or sub-acute, base narrowed; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slender, 
elevate beneath, midrib prominent; 5 to 9 in. long, 1*5 to 25 in. wide; 
petioles -3 in. long, thick. Cymes peduncled tomentose, 75 in. long. 
Male flowers *5 in. long. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate acute, tomentose. 
Corolla twice as long, tube 5-angled, lobes twice as long as tube, 5, 
linear oblong. Stamens 14. Female flowers -4 in. long in compound 
umbellate cymes 175 in. long. Calyx tomentose of ovate acuminate 
lobes. Corolla tubular, lobes oblong, 4. Fruit depressed globose, 
puberulous, 75 in. through; calyx woody thick, 1 in. across. 
Hab. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis), very local. 
(34) D. Kunstleri King and Gamble, l.c. 226. 
Glabrous tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thickly membranous, 
elliptic acute, base round; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, slightly elevate 
beneath, inarching *25 in. from edge; 8 to 12 in. long, 3-5 to 4-5 in. 
wide; petioles thick, -25 in. long. Female flowers in short cymes, 
puberulous, 1 in. long. Fruit depressed globular, densely red- 
tomentose with 4 or 5 vertical ridges, 75 in. long; calyx nearly 
woody, lobes 4, reniform, cordate, apiculate. Hab. Perak, Goping 
(Kunstler). Rare and little known. 
(35) D. cyrnosa Ridl. 
Tree. Quite glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves alternate, 
membranous, black when dry, shining elliptic, narrowed to base; 
nerves elevate, 8 pairs, sunk above and midrib channelled, 
reticulations lax, 5 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
Cymes peduncled below the leaves, much-branched, pale pubescent, 
1 in. long. Male flowers 1 in. long, glabrous. Sepals ovate, 4. 
Corolla-lobes lanceolate acute, 4. Stamens 4; filaments as long 
as anthers, lanceolate acuminate. Female flowers, ovary globose, 
glabrous. Hab. Pahang, Telok Sisih, Kuantan (Foxworthy). 
Native name : Merangat. 
Allied to D. brachiata and oleifolia, but leaves thin and flowers smaller. 
(36) D. Horsfieldii Hiern, l.c. 193; King, l.c. 222. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, glabrous except cymes. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, oblong-elliptic or ovate-oblong, sub-acute, base round or 
