340 MR. Н. №. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
PIPER PORPHYROPHYLLUM, №. E. Br. 
'Tahan woods. 
P. suBPELTATUM, Willd. 
Woods, Kwala Tembeling. This fine shrubby Pepper also occurs in great plenty at 
the limestone caves of Kwala Lumpur. 
PEPEROMIA PORTULACOIDES, A. Dietr. 
Fairly plentiful upon the limestone rocks at Kota Glanggi. А succulent plant with 
reddish leaves and stems, not previously recorded from the Malay Peninsula, but evidently 
identical with the plant figured by Wight, Icones, 1922, from Southern India. 
CHLORANTHUS OFFICINALIS, Blume. 
Woods, Pulau Tawar, Kwala Tembeling ; rather common. 
MYRISTICACEJE. 
MxnisTICA IgYA, Gaertn. 
Big tree, in open country. Mahang. 
M. wissroNis, Heyne. 
A small tree, common.  Kwala Pahang, Pulau Manis. 
M. PURPURACEA, Hook. f. 
A tree of no great size. Woods, River Tahan, Pulau Chengei. 
M. Hooxertana, Wall. | 
I saw a number of trees of what I believe were this species in several places, but 
collected no specimens, as they were not in flower or fruit. 
Fruits of several other wild Nutmegs were lying. on the ground in different parts of 
the Tahan woods. 
LAURINEX. 
CINNAMOMUM INERS, Reinw. 
A small tree, rather bushy, common in open country and secondary jungle. Pekan. 
. (C. javanicum, Blume, is inserted in ће * Flora of British India’ on the evidence of a 
specimen from “Singapore at Madang, N. Cantley.” Мг. Cantley's specimen was 
probably out of the Botanic Gardens, “ Madang” being intended for “ Medang,” the 
Malay word for any Laurineous plant.) 
PH@BE LANCEOLATA, Nees. 
A small tree or large bush, оп the banks of the Tahan River; plentiful. This is a new 
record for the Peninsula. It appears to be common in India as far south as Tenasserim. 
ACTINODAPHNE, sp. 
Small tree with large leaves and flowers on the stems. Tahan woods. “ Medang 
Kunyit ” of the Malays. 
