4$ Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



5 to 9 in. ; petiole 4 to 9 in., stout. Peduncles solitary, longer and more 

 slender than the petioles, bearing at the apex a single dense, ebracteate 

 umbel. Flowers nearly '5 in, long to the apices of the stamens, their 

 pedicels '25 in. long. Galyx-tuhe narrowly campanulate, not ribbed, 

 glabrous, very minutely lepidote ; the teeth 4, broad, rounded, shallow. 

 Pe^aZs rotund-ovate, blunt, short. Stamens S; the filaments about half 

 as long as the linear acute anthers. Ovary grooved, short, broad ; style 

 as long as the anthers, cylindric, glabrous. Capsule about '2 in. in 

 diam., truncate, the valves broad, truncate. 



Peeak; Scortechini 269; King's Collector 4287. Selangore ; 

 Ridley 7317. 



This species is closely allied to P. Griffi^thii but differs notably in its solitary 

 terminal unabels. 



4. Phtllagathis hispida, King, n. sp. Stem very short, woody, 

 hispid. Leaves 2 or 3, sub-coriaceous, on long petioles, broadly ovate, 

 cordate at the base, the apex abruptly and shortly acuminate, the edges 

 with minute, sharp, sometimes unequal teeth, 7- to 11 -nerved, the 

 transverse nerves strong : upper surface glabrous, the lower uniformly 

 covered with minute, scurfy pubescence, the main nerves with a few 

 long, spreading, stout bristles ; petiole densely shaggy near the base, 

 more sparsely hispid upwards : length 5 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 7 in. ; 

 petioles varying from 4 to 12 in. Peduncle axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves and more slender than the petioles, sparsely hispid ; the umbel 

 few-flowered, ebracteate. Floivers "75 in. long ; their pedicels slender, 

 hispid, longer than the calyx. Calyx-tube narrowly cylindrfc or 

 cylindric- campanulate, nearly glabrous, or sparsely hispid ; the mouth 

 with 4 broad, shallow, blunt teeth. Petals broadly ovate, acute. Sta'niens 

 8 ; anthers not much longer than the filaments, broadly lobed and cordate 

 fit the base, and the connective with a short, narrowly cylindric basal 

 protuberance behind. Ovary xerj short ; style filiform. Caysule '2 in. 

 across. 



Perakj Scortechini! Wray 1021, 1602, 3519. Pahang ; Bidley 

 2236. 



5. Phyllagathis kotundifolia, Blume in Flora, 1831, 507. Stevi 

 creeping, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves unequal in the pairs, rotund or 

 rotund-ovate and shortly apiculate ; both surfaces, but especially the 

 lower, minutely lepidote ; main nerves 7 to 9, curved, radiating from 

 the base, the transverse nerves bold, curved; petioles unequal, from 

 •85 to 3'5 in. long, their interior surfaces covered with coarse black 

 bristles; length 2 to 8 in.; breadth 1'5 to 6 in. Inflorescence 4- to 30- 

 flowered; the involucres orbicular-ovate acuminate. Calyx-tube ribbed, 

 minutely lepidote ; the teeth triangular, broad at the base but with 



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