4i4i Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



long. Leaves very dissimilar, the larger of each pair petioled, symme- 

 trical, or almost so, lanceolate, gradually tapering towards both ends, 

 entire, somewhat fleshy, pale-browu on both sides when dry, 3'5-5*5 in. 

 by '8-1 25 in., 5-nerved from the base (the outer nerves faint, sub- 

 marginal) with faint oblique transverse veins ; petiole 'Sb-4i in. long ; 

 small leaves reniform, cordate, very minute, '05 in. in diam., or 

 suppressed. Cymes terminal and from the upper axils, peduncled, few- 

 flowered ', peduncle filiform, •4--5 in. long ; pedicels fine, not spongy 

 when mature, ■1-*12 in. long. Floiver unknown. Fruit semiglobose, 

 smooth, 'OS-'l in. by '12 in., crowned by the ultimately deciduous 

 calyx-margin the teeth of which are very broadly triangular and 

 cuspidate. 



Pahang ; Tahan River, Ridley 2237 ! 



9. Phyllagathis, Blume. 



Herbaceous small shrubs -with very short stems. Leaves opposite 

 (or the terminal leaf solitary), large, petioled, orbicular, or sub-orbi- 

 cular, 7-9-nerved. Floivers in a peduncled dense head, purple, 

 Calyx-tuhe campanulate, glabrous or with long bristles near the top, 

 teeth 4 (rarely 3), acute, long-setose. Petals 4i (rarely 3), ovate, acute, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8 (rarely 6), equal ; anthers elongate, scarcely 

 produced at the base, connective without appendage. Ovary adnate 

 to the bottom of the calyx-tube, 4- (rarely 3-) celled, glabrous at the 

 apex; style filiform; ovules very numerous, placentas large axile. 

 Capsule broadly funnel-shaped, opening by 4 valves at the top. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, somewhat obo void, with glandular, hardly raised dots ; raphe 

 slightly excurrent along one side of the seed its whole length. — Distrib. 

 Species 5 ; all Malayan. 



Leaves oblanceolate ... ... ... ... l. p. tuherculata. 



Leaves more or less orbicular ; peduncles of inflorescence 

 many inches long and as long as or longer than the long 

 petioles : — 



Flowers in narrow, shortly branched panicles ... 2. P. Griffi,thii. 



Flowers in terminal solitary ebracteate umbels : — 



Peduncles glabrous ... ... ... 3. P. Scortechinii. 



Peduncles hispid ... ... ... 4!» P.hispida. 



Flowers in bracteate umbels with peduncles 1 or 



2 inches long ... ... ... 5. p. rotundifoUa. 



1. Phyllagathis tubeeculata, King, n. sp. Stem short, woody, 

 erect, covered with small warts. Leaves two or three, membranous, 

 oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, very gradually narrowed to the short 

 hispid petiole, 7- to 9-nerved ; upper surface glabrous except for a few 



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