Aspidopterys.] xxviii. malpighiacejj. 329 



glabrous; stigmas capitate. Samaras i to 3 orbicular or oblong, 

 thin membranous. Seed oblong. Species 15, tropical Asia. 



(i) A. concava Juss. in Archiv. Miis. Hist. Nat. iii. 509; Hook, 

 fit. F.B.I, i. 420; King, I.e. 195. Hiraea concava Wall. PL As. 

 Rar. i. 13. 



Stout long liane. Leaves thin ovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, 

 base blunt, glabrous; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 

 2*3 in. wide; petioles "5 to -65 in. long. Panicles of peduncled 

 umbels 1-5 in. long, slender; pedicels -2 in. long. Flowers white 

 •2 in. across. Samaras 3 orbicular ovate thin membranous veined 

 I in. long and wide, nucleus winged. Hah. In forests. Singapore, 

 Bukit Mandai; Sehtar. Malacca, Bukit Bruang; MerUmau. 

 Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Penang, Government Hill to 100 ft. 

 altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim. 



4. BRACHYLOPHON, Oliver. 



Erect glabrous shrubs with subcoriaceous leaves and terminal 

 racemes of yellow flowers. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5 obovate 

 obtuse. Stamens 10 all perfect, alternate shorter; filaments 

 longer than anthers, which open by pores. Ovary 3- to 4-lobed 

 and 3- to 4-celled ; styles 3 to 4 slender ; ovules i in each cell 

 pendulous anatropous. Fruit of 3 cocci keeled along the back, 

 the top produced with a very short wing-like process. Species i, 

 Malay Peninsula. 



(i) B. Curtisii Oliv. Ic. PI. t. 1566; King, I.e. 197. B. Scortc- 

 chinii King, I.e. 197. 



An erect shrub 3 to 5 ft. or small tree about 20 ft. tall or less. 

 Leaves membranous to coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 

 narrowed to both ends, 7 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; nerves 7 to 

 15 pairs; petioles "i in. long. Racemes elongating to i in. or 

 more, with lanceolate acuminate persistent bracts, many-flowered. 

 Pedicels slender 1*2 to 1-5 in. long. Sepals obtuse. Petals -4 in. 

 long. Fruit '4 in. long reticulate. Sepals and filaments persistent. 

 Hah. Perak, Sungei Larut (Wray). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 



var. Hullettii Ridl. B. HidlettH King, I.e. 196. 



Leaves more coriaceous finely nerved and conspicuously reticu- 

 late. Small tree. Hah. Malacca. Mt. Ophir at 3000 ft. altitude 

 in woods on the bank of the stream (Hullett). 



Order XXIX. OXALIDACEiE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or whorled, usually 

 pinnate. Stipules 2. Inflorescence axillary umbelled or cymose 

 or racemose, regular or nearly so. Sepals 5. Petals 5 hypo- 

 gynous, imbricate. Stamens usually 10; filaments more or less 

 connate. Ovary 3- to 5-lobed, 3- to 5-celled ; styles 3 to 5 usually 



