322 MR. Н. N. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
SPILADOCORYS, n. gen. 
Herba parva, simplex vel a basi ramosa, ramis erectis. Folia opposita, lanceolata acumi- 
nata, apice subobtusa, petiolata, tenuia. Racemi breves, axillares et terminales. 
Bracteze lanceolatee acutze, persistentes. Flores parvi, breviter pedicellati, albi. 
Sepala 5, ovata subacuta. Petala lanceolata, apicibus subulatis. Squam:e coron 
carnos:e, petalis alternantes et iis ad basin solummodo adnate, obcuneate truncato, 
apicibus incrassatis, processibus brevibus. Stamina connata, apicibus tenuibus linea- 
ribus, acuminibus erectis, loculis 2. Pollinia singula in loculis oblongo-ovoidea, ad 
apices glandula oblonga rubra adnata, aurantiaca, cerea, punctata. Stigma subglo- 
bosum. Capsula 14-pollicaris, angusta teres, viridis, lævis, pedicello elongato, sepalis 
incrassatis. Semina complanata, oblonga minima, coma magna sericea. 
S. ANGUSTIFOLIA, n. sp. (Pl. LXIII.) Herba rupestris, vix ultra-pedalis. Folia 3 pollices 
longa, 2-3 pollicem lata, basi angustata, petiolo brevi, tenuia, lzete virentia. Flores 
albi, pedicellis $-pollicaribus. Petala æquilonga. 
On rocks in the Tahan River, also at Waterfall Hill, Larut Hills, near Thaiping 
(Perak) Abundant at а few spots. 
Allied to Pentabothra apparently. The coronal scales are almost quadrate-obcuneate, 
the tops thickened and ending in а number of short processes. 
GENTIANACE Ж. 
LIMNANTHEMUM INDICUM, Thw. 
Pools on the heaths. Kwala Pahang. 
L. AURANTIACUM, Dalz. 
With the last. A charming little plant, which, with its bright yellow flowers and 
orbicular waved leaves, reminds one at once of the Celandine. 
BoRAGINE®, 
COLDENIA PROCUMBENS, Linn. 
Pekan. 
HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM, Linn. 
Common round Pekan and in other waste spots near houses up the river. 
LoGANIACEJE. 
MiTRASACME POLYMORPHA, В. Br. 
Plentiful on sandy heath country at Pramau, opposite Pekan. 
FAGRÆA AURICULATA, Jack. 
A very large shrub or small tree. Woods in the heath-country opposite Pekan. 
The dimensions of the flower and fruit given in the * Flora of British India’ are much 
under the real size, and are evidently taken from dried specimens, in which the flower is 
much shrunk, Miquel’s figure (F. imperialis, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. t. 5) is not at all 
exaggerated, The fruit is seven or eight inches long, conical, blunt, with the style 
