804 МЕ. Н. №. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
A pretty little Begonia, resembling the figure in the ‘ Botanical Magazine,’ t. 4172, but 
the flowers are very much smaller, and the plant has none of the red colouring about it. 
There are two or three other species of this section of Begonias in the Peninsula which 
are apparently not included in the * Flora of British India.’ 
А very fine plant, of which I found a single specimen on а rocky stream far up the 
River Tahan, was stemless, with leaves about two feet long, with a broadly ovate 
acute blade, the edges waved, glabrous except for the veins beneath, but little unequal. 
The scape is fleshy and winged, about a foot long, terminated by short dichotomous 
branches bearing а few rather large white flowers with red bracts. Тһе male flowers 
have two large ovate petals and two much smaller and narrower ones. Stamens 
numerous, not appendaged. Тһе female flowers І have not seen. Тһе fruit (unripe) 
has one large and two small wings. | 
It is probable that this will prove a new species. І can find no description answering 
to it, but I am unwilling to describe it as new till I can procure ripe fruit and female 
flowers. Тһе great rhubarb-like leaves are plain green, but it would be well worth 
cultivating for its flowers. 
PASSIFLORE®. 
MODECCA, sp. 
A fairly common species occurs along the Tahan and Tembeling Rivers which I can- 
not identify with any described species. It resembles M. singaporeana (the commonest 
kind in the Malay Peninsula, though I did not find it in Pahang), except that the fruit 
is nearly globose, much shorter than any other kind that I know, and the leaves are 
broader and more oval. I have never seen the flowers. The difference in form of the 
fruit from that of М. singaporeana is very conspicuous. It is a very showy plant, 
covering the trees with its bright crimson fruits. 
CUCURBITACEA. 
HonpcsoNiA HETEROCLITA, Hook. f. 
А big climber, with deep green leaves and large, globose, flattened, smooth, minutely 
pubescent woody gourds about six inches through. Тһе pubescence on these gourds 
prevents their getting wet when they fall into the water; they are not rarely seen 
floating in the sea. They are grey-green, not at all red ; seeds 5 or 6, very large, woody, 
grooved. Pulp of gourd firm and fleshy, very oily. 
Tembeling, Pahang, and Tahan Rivers. 
MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS, Spreng. 
` Khol, Tembeling River, Tahan River. | | 
Scrambling over bushes by the river-banks. Flowers large, cream-colour, with black 
spots in base, and black sepals. Pumpkin orange-scarlet, oblong, with numerous 
prickles. : 
MELOTHRIA, sp. “Timon Tikus." 
Tanjong Gajah Mati; Pekan, Pahang River. “ge 
The little round gourds are quite eatable and taste like cucumbers, 
