Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Penineula. 373 



3. T. MDTABiLis, Bl. Fl. Jav., Magnol. p. 35, t. 10, J], 12, fig. B. A 

 g]al)i'Ous shrub. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at eitlier end, slightly 

 unequal at the base, sub-coriaceous, shining on both surfaces ; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, spreading ; length of blade 5 to 8 in., breadth 225 to 2*75 

 in. ; petiole 'Ih-S in., thickened at the base, minutely muiiculate when dry 

 as in the midrib. Flowers solitar}', terminal, on annulate peduncles about 

 1*5 in. long ; stipular hood fuscous-villous. Sepals 3, broadly ovate. 

 Petals 6, in 2 whorls, broader than the sepals, sometimes obovate, concave, 

 connivent, passing from rosy green to reddish brosvn, Hipe fruit ovoid, 

 I'D to 2 in. long, pubescent at first, ultimately glabmus ; individual 

 carpels, rhomboid, lenticellate, with blunt recurved beaks '7b to 1"25 in. 

 long. Korth. in Ned. Kruik, Arch. II, 98 ; H. f. and Tli. Fl. Ind. I, 74 ; 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 40 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. ii, 14. 

 Manglietia Gnndollei, Wall. Cat. (not of Bl.). 



In tlie Straits Settlements, in sLady damp spots near water. Distrib. 

 The Malaj'ari Arcliipelago. 



A very variable shrub of which Blume distinguishes 3 varieties. 

 All the specimens I have seen from the Straits have glabrous leaves ; 

 but Blume and others describe the leaves as often pubescent or even 

 pilose below. 



4. T. KoNSTLERi, King, n. sp. A tree, 25 to 30 feet high ; glabrous, 

 except the peduncle and unripe carpels. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at base and apex, thinly corijiceous. both suifaces shining, 

 nerves 10 to 14 paiis, length of blade 6 to 9 in., breadth J -76 to 25 in. ; 

 petiole •5-r25 in., slender, the base much thickened. Flowers terminal, 

 solitary, ovoid, scarcely expanding, 85 in. long, on erect pubescent 

 annulate peduncles 1 in. long. Sepals 3 and petals 6, scarcely exceeding 

 the stamens, broadly elliptic, fleshy, glabrous, waxy white. Anthers 

 sessile, moi-e than '5 in. long. Fistils 6 to 8, linear, pubescent. Rii>e 

 fruit ovoid, pointed, 1-25 in. long and 75 in. in diam.; individual carpels 

 •75 to 1 in. long, with short stout sub-terminal beaks. 



Perak, in dense forest at elevations of from 3,500 to 4,000 feet. 

 I here subjoin a description of a new species from Sumatra. 



5. Talauma Forbksii, King, n. sp. A small tree or shrub ; glabrous 

 except the peduncles which are adpressed-villose. 7>eat;es oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate both at base and apex, green and shining on both .sur- 

 faces, thinly coriaceous, nerves 12 to 15 p^irs, length of blade 4*5 to 6 in., 

 breadth 1 to 15 in. Flowers terminal, solitary, erect, "75 in. lon<r, on 

 Btour. peduncles. Stipular hood of calyx densely covered with adpressed, 

 fulvous silky hair; buds pointed. Sepals and petals about the same 

 length, white, nearly glabrous. Nipe fruit 1-25 in. long; the individual 

 carpels 6 in. long, ovate, rugose, with short terminal beak. Seeds '4 in. 

 broad, by 3 in. long, the base compressed. 



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