364i Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



raMier long, stigma small. Fruit when npe sub-globnlar or pyriforra, 

 glabrous, 1"5 to 2 in. in diam., sometimes nearly 3 in. long, and of a 

 dark 3el]owisli red colour. 



Perak: King's Collector, '^o. 2708, 3198, 4410, 5953, 6488 and 

 10747; Scortechini. 



4. Salacia Griffithii, Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl., Br. Ind. I, 628. 

 Leaves coiiaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, tbe 

 edges seirate-crenate, the base snb-cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous, 

 minutely reticulate ; main nerves 5 to 7 paiis, ascending, cui'ving ; 

 length 45 to 5 in., breadth 2 in., petiole 3 in. Cymes solitary, 

 axillary, on peduncles "6 to "75 in. long, divaricating, about 1 in. 

 in diam. Flowers less than 20, '1 in. long, on pedicels shorter than 

 themselves. Calyx puberulous, a shallow cup deeply divided into 

 5 rotund-ovate concave lobes. Petals 5, erect, much longer than 

 the calyx-lobes, thick, oblong, puberulous, the point slightly inflexed, 

 the apex apiculate. Disc very convex, fleshy, glabrous ; stamens 3, 

 inserted on its upper edge ; filaments erect, broad ; anthers reniform. 

 Ovary buried in the disc. Fruit unknown. 



Penang : Curtis No. 692. 



5. Salacia Perakensis, Kin or, n. sp. Scandent ; young branches 

 dark-coloured when dry, lenticellate. ieares elliptic, shortly and blunt- 

 ly acuminate, entire, the base minutely cordate ; both surfaces shining, 

 minutely reticulate; main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending, curving, faintj 

 length 2 to 275 in., breadth 1 to 135 in., petiole '2 in. Cymes axillary, 

 •3 to "45 in. in diam., on pedunol€>s "3 to '75 in. long, 5- to 8-flowered. 

 Flowers "15 in. long, on pedicels shorter than themselves. Calyx cupular, 

 shallow, fleshy, deeply divided into 5 rotund concave, lobes. Petals 5, 

 erect, fleshy, oblong, concave, apiculate, puberulous, much longer than 

 the calyx. Disc thick, cylindric. Anthers 3, sessile on the convex apex 

 of the disc, large, transversely oblong, 2-celled. Ovary buried in the 

 disc, conical, stigma minute. Fruit unknown. 



Perak : Scortechini, No. 1042. 



6. Salacia Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A tall robust climber ; 

 young branches rather stout, pale-brown when dry, lenticellate. 

 Leaves coriaceous, opposite, oblong or oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly 

 obovate, sub-acute, the edges entire, the base usually narrowed but 

 sometimes rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the 

 lower dull, not reticulate ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, slightly prominent 

 beneath ; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2*25 to 35 in. ; petioles '6 to '75 in., 

 stout. Flowers '35 in. in diam., glabrous, rather numerous (10 to 12) 

 on very short woody axillary tubercles, their pedicels '35 or '4 in. long. 

 Caly.v cupular, divided to the base into 5 shallow broad sub-reniform 



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