'M6 Mat&riatsjov a Piora of tfie Malayan Pemnsnta. 



Berabling the foregoing in leaves, the flowers o£ which are not on tuber- 

 cles but arise singly or in pairs from the leaf-axils, and this I have 

 named S. macrantha. 



As in the case of S. flavescetis, there is a considerable range in the 

 size of the flowers of S. grandijlora, some measui-iiig only '25 in. diam., 

 while others are "45 in. There is also some difference in the shape 

 of the leaves. The specimens with very long, comparatively narrow, 

 leaves have been accepted as a species by Mr. I/awson. But I cannot 

 find that these differ in their flowers from Heifer's No, 898 (Kew Dis- 

 trib.) whicli Kurz, the author of this species, has named 8. grandijlora 

 with his own hand. I therefore treat these as a variety only. 



Var. longifolia. Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, the base 

 much narrowed, 9 to 12 in. long. S. longifolia, Hook, fil. in Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 626 ; Kurz For. Flora Bui-ma, I, 258. 



Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 4003. Perak : Wray. 

 DiSTRiB. — Tenasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib.) No. 898. Penang : Curtis, 

 Nos. 134, J 146, 1266, 2939. 



8. Salacia LATiFOLiA, Wall. Cat. 4222. A scandent glabrous shrub 

 many feet in length ', young branches slender, terete, dai"k-coloured 

 when dry. Leaves tliinly coriaceous, elliptic to dliptiic-rotund, obtuse 

 or shortly cuspidate, entire, the base rounded ; upper surface pale- 

 greenish when dry, the lower pale-brown ; main nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 

 spi'eading, forking far from the margin, slightly prominent beneath ; 

 length 3 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 3o in., petiole '5 in. Floivers '4 in. in 

 diam,, in fascicles of 6 to 8 from short axillary tubercles, pedicels 

 about 'S in. long. C'aZyo! cupular, with 5 broad reniforat blunt lobes. 

 Fetah 5, much longer tlian the calyx-lobes, obovate^ blunt, spreading 

 or recurved. Disc large, thick, glabrous. Stamens 3, inserted near the 

 upper edge of the disc ; the filaments long, flat, recurved ; the anthers 

 transversely oblong, 2-celled. Fruit globose, smooth, 1 in. in diam. ; 

 seeds "75 in. long, semi-convex, slightly rugose. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 629. S. platyphylla, Kux'z iu Joum. As. Soo. Beng. for 1875, pt. 2, 

 p. 203. 



Singapore ; Wallich. Pangkore : Scortechini, Nos. 39, 951. Anda- 

 man and Nicobar Islands. 



This is allied to S. prinoides, DC, but differs in being a large climber, 

 also in having larger more rotund leaves and larger flowers and fruit. 



9. Salacia pkinoides, DC, Prod. I, 571. A large straggling 

 shrub; young branches divaricating, slender, somewhat four-angled, 

 glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely 

 cuspidate, coarsely serrate or entire, the base cuueate ; both surfaces 

 glabrous, the lower pale ; njain ;tjerves 5 or 6 pairs, ascending, curved ; 



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