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1893.] G. King -Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 95 species, are coriaceous and have 10 to 13 pairs of nerves. The Perak plant may therefore belong to a distinct, but closely allied, species. Curtis' Penang specimens (No. 1401) are quite glabrous in all parts except the petals. 8. Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II, 36. A tall tree: young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, sparsely lenticillate; buds cylindric. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the edges sub-undulate, the base cuneate; both surfaces shining, glabrous, the midrib and 13 to 16 pairs of straight bold nerves with a few stellate hairs along their sides: length 6 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 2.75 in., petiole .9 to 1.1 in. Racemes slightly supra-axillary, densely tawny-tomentose, bifurcating, each branch with 3 to 5 flowers and several linear membranous decid-uous bracts. Flowers about 2.5 in. long. Calyx-tube fusiform, slightly contracted at the mouth, 1 in. long, boldly 5-angled, densely stellate tawny-tomentose as are the 3 minor calyx lobes; the 2 larger linear-oblanceolate lobes sparsely stellate-pubescent, boldly 1-nerved and with 2 obscure lateral nerves. Ripe fruit unknown. Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. I. pt. 2, p. 498; A. DC. Prod. XXI. 2, 614; Dyer in Journ. Bot. 1874, 105. D. stenopterus, Vesque, Comptes-Rendus, tome 78, p. 625; Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 150. Perak, Scortechini. Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. Except as regards inflorescence, the Perak specimens of this are practivally glabrous. In Bornean specimens, however, the young parts, buds and petioles are fusco-tomentose. (Dyer l. c.) 9. Dipterocarpus grandiflorus, Blanco, Fl. Filipp. Ed. 2, 314. A tree 80 to 120 feet high: young branches rather stout, sub-compressed, at first hoary-puberulous, but finally quite glabrous, nearly black when dry; leaf-buds shortly ovoid, minutely pale-canescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate; the base broad, rounded or sub-truncate, sub-cordate; the edges or obscurelt undulate-crenate, both sur-faces glabrous; main nerves 14 to 16 pairs, spreading, rather straight, prominent on the lower, obsolete on the upper, surface; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 3.5 to 5 in.; petiole 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous. Racemes about 4-flowered. Flowers articulated to the rachis, 2 in. long. Calyx-tube 5-winged from base to apex. Petals linear-oblong. Fruit oblong, 2.5 in. long, wings stout, .5 in. or more in width; the 2 accrescent lobes of the calyx oblong, obtuse, glabrous, reticulate, 3-nerved, the mesial nerve the longest and most distinct, 7 to 9 in. long and 1.5 to 2 in. broad, the smaller calyx lobes sub-orbicular. A. DC. Prod. XVI., 2 p. 612; Dyer in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 106, t. 145, fig 19; Burck in Ann. du Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg., vol 6, 201. D. Blancoi, Bl., Mus. Lugd. Bat. II. J. II. 13
100 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, 2. Amsoptera, Korth. Resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined and finely reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Flowers in lax terminal panicles Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the base of the ovary; the segments imbricate, then subvalvate. Stamens oo; anthers ovoid with a long subulate connective, outer valves larger. Ovary 3-( rarely 4-5-) celled ; style fleshy, ovoid or oblong, with an attenuate 3-5-fid apex ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit adnate to the calyx-tube, in-dehiscent, 1-seeded, crowned by the accrescent calyx-segments, of which 2 form linear-oblong lobes. Cotyledons fleshy, unequal ; radicle superior. — Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea. Species about 6. ]. Anisoptera CurtiSII, Dyer MSS. A tree 80 to 120 feet high: young branches slender, minutely scurf y-tomentose. Leaves oblong, tapering to both ends, the apex sub-acute or acute, the base narrowed but rounded ; the upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower densely ochra-ccous-lepidote and sparsely stellate-pubescent; main nerves 18 to 20 pairs, spreading : length 2 to 3 -5 in., breadth '75 to 1 25 in., petiole .5 to .75 in. Accrescent calyx-lobes 3'5 to 4"5 in. long, linear-spathulate, shining. 3-nerved : the transverse veins bold and numerous. Penang : Curtis. Perak : King's Collectors. Var. latifolia : leaves broadly elliptic, blunt, the bases rounded but narrowed. Penang : Curtis, No. 1400. The vernacular name of this in Penang is Ringkong. 3. Vatica, Linn. Large or moderately sized resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined and finely reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or incon-spicnous. Flotvers in axillary and terminal panicles, usually tomentose before expansion. Calyx-tube short, free, or adnate to the base of the ovary; segments somewhat acute, imbricate, then sub-valvate. Stamens 15 ; anthers oblong, external valves larger, connective apiculate. Ovary 3-celled ; style short, subulate, or apex clavate or capitate; stigma entire or 3-toothed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit leathery, indehiscent, 1-seeded, surrounded by and sometimes partly adnate to the accrescent, membranous, nerved and reticulate calyx-lobes, two of which expand into narrow wings 2 or 3 in. long, the other three being much smaller. Cotyledons fleshy. Distrib. Tropical Asia and chiefly Malaya ; species about 10. Synaptea is a genus established by Griffith (Notulse IV., 516, Tab. 585 A, fig V.) for a tree collected at Mergui, and named by him Synap-
102 G King -Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, calyx unequally accrescent, two of them being much elongate, and the fruit being partly inferior; while the section Eu-Vatica, as proposed by Bentham and Hooker originally, and adopted by Burck, is characterised by having the same fruiting calyx as Synaptea; nothing being said about the adhesion between the calyx and the fruit. Pierre, on the other hand, keeps up Synaptea as a genus on account of the presence of albumen and the structure of the embryo (characters not easily worked in herbarium specimens of this family). In my own opinion it appears advisable to admit Synaptea as a section of Vatica, but to exclude Isauxis, Retinodendron, and Pachynocarpus, retaining these as distinct genera. Vatica would, according to this scheme, be divided into two sections:-I. Eu-Vatica:-Fruit free from accrescent calyx, i.e., fruit superior. II. Synaptea:-Fruit adnate in its lower part to the accrescent calyx, i.e., fruit half inferior. Sect. I. Eu-Vatica.-Fruit quite free from the calyx. Inflorescence and ripe fruit pale tomentose; flowers .4 in. long... ... ... 1. V. perakensis. Inflorescence and ripe fruit rusty-tomentose. Flowers .25 in. long; nerves of leaves 13 to 15 pairs; petioles .3 to .4 in. long... 2. V. Lowii. Flowers .45 in. long; nerves of leaves 9 to 12 pairs; petioles .6 to 1.5 in. long... 3. V. Maingayi. Sect. II. Synaptea-Calyx-wings dherent to the ripe fruit for nearly half its length. Leaves 9 to 19 in. long and with 18 to 20 pairs of nerves ... ... ... 4. V. nitida. Leaves 2.5 to 7 in. long, with 6 to 13 pairs of nerves. Larger lobes of calyx of fruit obovate and very blunt. Leaves with 6 to 8 pairs of faint nerves ... ... ... 5. V. cinerea. Leaves with 11 to 13 pairs of bold nerves ... ... ... 6. V. Curtisii. Larger lobes of calyx narrowly oblong. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, with 9 to 11 pairs of nerves; petals narrowly oblong ... 7. V. faginea. Leaves broadly elliptic, with 11 to 13 pairs of nerves; petals broadly elliptic ... ... ... 8. V. Dyeri.
106 G. King -Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, 8. Vatica Dyeri, King, n. sp. A tree 80 to 130 feet high: young branches, panicles, and calyx on both surfaces densely rufous-floc-culent-tomentose, with stellate hairs intermixed, the branches ulti-mately glabrous and their bark pale. Leaves menbranous, usually broadly elliptic, rarely elliptic-oblong, sub-acute or very shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base rounded, both surfaces quite glabrous, finely reticulate: main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, spreading, rather promi-nent beneath: length 3.5 to 7 in., breadth 1.6 to 3 in.; petiole .35 to .5 in., flocculent-tomentose. Panicles axillary or terminal, cymose, 1.5 to 3 in. long. Flowers .4 in long. Calyx lobes unequal, the two larger oblong and obtuse; the three smaller lanceolate, acuminate. Petals broadly elliptic, very obtuse, slightly narrowed to the truncate base, much larger that the calyx-lobes, glabrous, except one of the outside edges which is adpressed-pubescent. Stamens short, unequal-sided, bluntly apiculate. Ovary depressed-pubescent, the stigma capitate. Ripe fruit conical, the two large accrescent calyx0wings narrowly oblan-ceolate-oblong, blunt, 5-nerved, 1.25 in. long and .25 in. broad; the three smaller wings one-fourth of the size of the larger, lanceolate, obscurely 5-nerved. Synaptea Dyeri, Pierre Fl. Forest. Coch-Chine, t. 241. Perak: King's Collector, No. 7662. Distrib., Cambodia, Lower Cochin-China, Pierre. The Perak specimens are not in fruit: but in flowers and leaves they agree with Pierre's specimens from Cambodia and Cochin-China. 9. Vatica reticulata, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high: all parts except the inflorescence glabrous; young branches slender, dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, tapering from the middle to each end; the apex bluntly acuminate, the base very cuneate and slightly unequal-sided, the edges sub-undulate; both sur-faces finely reticulate when dry, the lower paler; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, little more prominent that the secondary; length 2.5 to 3.5 in., breadth 1 to 1.25 in., petiole .4 in. Panicles axillary or terminal, puberulous, 2.5 to 3.5 in. long, lax, few-flowered. Flowers on long pedicels. Calyx-lobes unequal, lanceolate, more or less obtuse, densely pubescent on both surfaces. Ovary hemispherical, ridged, densely tomentose; style short, glabrous; stigma minute. Young fruit sub-globular; fruiting calyx with 2 accrescent linear-oblong wings, the other smaller; all attached to the lower part of the fruit. Perak: King's Collector, No. 6969. The only specimens which I have seen of this are without corolla, stamens, or ripe fruit. The species is, however, a very distinct one, and it is an unmistakeable Vatica. I have therefore ventured to name it in spite of the imperfection of the material.
112 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, rufous-tomentose as are the inflorescence and petioles. Leaves coria-ceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong (rarely slightly ob-ovate), very shortly acuminate or sub-acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or sub-cuneate base; upper surface shining, sparsely stellate-tomentose, the depressed midrib and nerves puberulous; lower surface scaberulous, more densely stellate-pubescent, especially on the bold midrib and 20 to 22 pairs of stout spreading main nerves; length 3.5 to 6.5 in., breadth 15 to 275 in., petiole .6 to .8 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, 3 to 7 in. long, the ultimate branches bearing 4 or 5 distichous, secund, brac-teate, sessile flowers; bracts broadly ovate, puberulous outside. Sepals ovate, the two inner smaller, all densely golden-sericeous outside, glabrous inside. Petals like the sepals and of about the same length, the inside and one-half of the outer glabrous, the other half adpress-ed-sericeous. Stamens about 40, in several rows; the filaments of the outer shorter, all longer than the anthers; anthers ovate, mostly in-appendiculate, a few with a minute appendix. Ovary elongated, conic, sericeous; the style short, glabrous; stigma small. Fruit (immature) narrowly ovoid, .5 in. long, embraced by, but not adnate to, the accres-cent membranous calyx-wings: the outer 3 calyx-wings linear-oblong obtuse, narrowed to the base, 3.5 in. long and .6 in. broad, 10-nerved; the 2 inner 2.5 in. long and much narrower and fewer-nerved, sparsely pubescent. Malacca: Maingay (Kew. Distrib.) No. 202. Penang: Curtis, No. 431. Perak: King.s Collector, No. 3511. This resembles S-lacunosa Scheff., but differs in not having persis-tent stipules. Its vernacular name in Penang is Seraya. 5. Shorea parvifolia, Dyer in Hook. fil. El. Br. Ind., I., 305. A tree 100 to 150 feet high; young branches slender, pale tomentose at first, ultimately glabrous, dark-coloured and lenticellate. Leaves coria-ceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, the base sub-cuneate or almost rounded; upper surface glabrous (when young the midrib tomentose or pubescent); under surface sparsely scaly-pubescent when young, when adult minutely pubescent, the transverse veins thick; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, oblique, rather straight, prominent beneath: length 2.5 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 1.8 in.; petiole .35 to .45 in., tomentose when young. Panicles axillary and terminal, crowded near the ends of the branches, 2 to 4 in. long, rather lax, spreading, many-flowered, minutely tomentose, the branches distichous. Flowers .25 in. long, secund, distichous, deciduously bracteate. Sepals slightly unequal, ovate, acute, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals twice as long as the sepals, obliquely elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, except on one-half outside which is silky. Stamens 15, or fewer: the filaments flatten-