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domev. ‘the upper flowering specimen undoubtedly belongs to 
S. laurina, but the lower one is S. colubrina from S.W. India. 
ike some other Malayan plants, S. laurina may also occur 
in Borneo, if the somewhat Imperfect specimen Motley 902 is 
nightly assigned to this species.* The flowers, however, are in 
the specimen cannot be determined with any certainty. 
van specimens appear to be all taken from 
gultivated plants, and we have no evidence’ that S. laurina is 
indigenous in the island. Brandis (Indian ee p. 475), ex- 
tends the distribution to the Nicobars, but if he had in oatad 
Kurz 26101, an immature specimen, i 2 ae incorrect. 
Such a qutahation also is not very pro 
The description of the fruit given by Clarks e (Flor. Brit. Ind. 
iv. p. 88), is based on Maingay K.D. 1035 from Malacca, which 
proves to be S. bhi io 8 Clarke. The description, and that 
given by King & Gamble l.c., which is also taken from the same 
specimen, must therefore be disregarded. 
he only fruiting specimen cf S. laurina at Kew or - Caleutta 
is Helfer 3724, and Kurz’s description— “‘ berries oval, about an 
> inch long, with a membranous skin, containing a single large 
seed conform with the berry ’’-—is no doubt based on this specimen 
(For. Flor. ii. p. 166). The fruits however are not fully mature 
and their structure cannot properly be determined. 
20. °S; similis, A. W. Hill in andy Bull. 1912, Fee descr. 
emend.; species S. laurinae, Wall. et S. har batie, < W. Hill, 
affinis, sed ab ambabus antheris Piss rth. foliis anguste 
elliptico-lanceolatis praecipue differt. 
Folia conspicue triplinervia vel quintuplinervia. Corolla 
| eee 5°5 mm. longa, lobis 2-75 mm. longis inferne et corollae fauce 
hirsutis. Antherae 1 mm. longae, fusco-virides, basi barbatae ; 
> filamentis 0-75 mm. longis. Ovarium globosum, 1 mm. dia- 
metro, hirsutum; stylus 3°55 mm. longus, basi hirsutus. 
Patiperne Istanps. Mindanao: Prov. Surigao; Hinatuan, 
C.V. Piper, 504. 
In ‘the original description the size of the anthers was omitted 
and by a misprint the diameter of the ovary was given as 8 mm. 
instead of 1 mm. The paniculate inflorescences are some 
8-10 cm. long and 7 cm. in breadth. S. similis was compared 
| ee with S. mult:flora and S. lanata, but in its triplinerved ae 
bearded anthers and hairy ovary it resembles S. barbata, A 
ill, and S. Forbesii, A. W. Hill, from New Guinea, and also 
a. leteetina Wall., from \Burma and Malaya. The leaves are 
| 20. 5. barbata, A. W. Hill in Kew Bull. 1909, P. of Kew 
1 Bull. 1911, 297. Sirioides, Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. p. 50 (?) 
| ie: se Soron: Olandite, Beccari 98. 
* This specimen appears to be referred to in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. 
89, under: hypogyna, CB. Ca rke. 
