Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 7 



nate, much narrowed at the base into the broad petiole ; both sur- 

 faces brown when dry, the upper slightly olivaceous ; the midrib 

 broad, channelled on the upper surface, main-nerves 5 to 10 pairs, 

 spreading, thin, distinct on the lower surface ; length 3 to 4-5 in. ; 

 breadth 1-5 to 2-5 in. ; petiole "5 to 1-5 in. long, slightly winged 

 above. Stijmles broadly ovate, sub-acute or blunt, sub-tubular, some- 

 times bifid, -2 to 4 in. long. Cymes umbellate, solitary or terminal,, 

 pedunculate, as long as or longer than the leaves (including the com- 

 pressed naked 1 to 2 in. long peduncle) ; primary branches long, 

 spreading ; the ultimate umbels with broad-based subulate unequal 

 bracteoles. Floivers -2 to '25 in. long, sessile or on short pedicels ; 

 bracts '25 in. long. Calyx-tube obconic, its teeth triangular. Corolla. 

 longer than the calyx, shortly and widely tubular, deeply divided into 

 5 broad lobes thickened near the apex, the apex itself sharp and 

 inflexed, glabrous inside except for the ring of hair in the throat at 

 the insertion of the short filaments. Anthers elliptic, blunt, entire. 

 Fruit ellipsoid, compressed, with 10 obtuse vertical ridges (2 of them 

 double), glabrescent, crowned by the rather large calyx ; length -4 in. ; 

 breadth -25 in. Seeds 2, plano-convex, the dorsal surface with 4 blunt 

 ridges, the ventral surface plane. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 920. Singapoee : Bidley 2870. Perak: 

 Scortechini 2034 ; King's Collector 3049, 4591, 10723. Selangor : 

 Bidley 7425. Pangkore : Curtis 1621. 



7. PsYCHOTRiA ScoRTECHiNii, n. sp.. King & Gamble. A climber, 

 all parts glabrous ; young branches pale brown, thicker than a crow- 

 quill, terete, smooth. Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly 

 elliptic, acuminate, the base narrowed or rarely rounded ; both surfaces 

 brown when dry (the lower slightly paler), the midrib prominent ; main- 

 nerves 5 or 6 pairs, curved, spreading, not prominent ; length 2-5 to 

 4 in. ; breadth 1 to 1-5 in. ; petiole "15 to "2 in. Stipules oblong, acute, 

 connate at their bases, -15 to '2 in. long, caducous. Cymes paniculate, 

 solitary, terminal, rarely axillary, spreading, lax, cymosely branched, in 

 flower as long as or nearly as long as the leaves, in fruit longer, the 

 branches bracteolate, angled, divaricating. Flowers on the ultimate 

 branchlets in threes, -15 in. long, on short pedicels, each with a bracteole 

 at the base. Calyx cupular, with 5 short acute teeth. Corolla longer 

 than the calyx, cylindric, with short triangular lobes, the throat with 

 tufts of yellowish hairs between the 5 stamens. Anthers on short 

 filaments. Style cylindric, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 

 tapering to each end, sometimes clavate, slightly compressed, 8-ridged 

 (2 being double), crowned by the calyx, "35 in. long and -2 in. in diam. 

 Seeds with 3 broad dorsal ridges, ventral surface plane. 



217 



