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I do not think it is usual to find tliis plant at such an altitude in the Malay region ; 

 it is common at sea-level. 



Distrib./ Tropics of both hemispheres. 



/ 

 ^ ANACARDIACEiE. 



Semecarpus rostrata, Valeton, Bull. Dep. Ind. Neerl. x. 29, Ic. Bogor. t. 359. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



^ Semecarpus hirtiflora, E,idl., sp. nov. 



Folia alterna, oblanceolata vel obovata, acuminata, basi gradatim attenuata, obtusa, 

 coriacea, subtus grisea, 18 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, superne omnino glabra costa hirta 

 excepta, nervis 10-12 paribus subtus hirtis, petiolis 2 cm. longis hirtis. Bacemus 

 terminalis, brevis, 3"5 cm. longus, rachi flavo-hirta. Flores brevissime pedicellati, 

 pedicello crassiusculo hirto. Bractea lanceolata, flavo-hirta. Sepala 5, parva, 

 ovata, hiita, obtusa. Petala multo longiora, lanceolata, acuta, 4 mm. longa, extus 

 hirta, patentia. Stamina 5, brevissima, filamentis tenuibus glabris, antheris parvis 

 subglobosis. Discus tenuis, planus. Ovarium majusculum, semiglobosum, dense 

 flavo-hirtum, 1-loculare. Styli 3, validi, divergentes, decurvi ; stigmatibus cou- 

 spicuis bilobis atris subglobosis. Drupa cordata, acuta, hirta, viridis, 2 cm. longa, 

 ad basin 1'5 cm. lata, hypocarpio obconico hirto 1 cm. longo flavo. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



This species is allied to S. Cassuviiim, Koxb., of the Moluccas, and to an undescribed 

 species from Borneo, differing from both in the oblanceolate leaves and more hairy 

 flowers. In the Borneo species the whole inflorescence is covered with red velvety hairs. 

 This group of the genus is distinct from the typical Semicarpi, in the greater size of the 

 flowers and the longer nearly valvate petals. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 

 (By E. G. Baker.) 



Desmodium ormocarpoides, DC. Prod. ii. 827. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines. 



Desmodium sinuatum, Blume. ex Baker, in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 166. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4000-5500 ft. ; Camps III to VI, 2500 ft. 

 Distrib. India, Malay Islands. 



Pueraria pilosissima, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 



Caulis volubilis, pilosus, teres vel subteres. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata. foliolis 

 ovato-rhombeis apice acuminatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, terminalibus 



second series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. F 



