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the seed appears to be rather larger than in the Indian specimens. 
Kurz’s description also differs ‘slightly from that given in the 
Flora of British India 
mes . flavescens, ee ead Gamble in Mat. Flor. Malay 
Penins. iv. p. 827; descr. ampl. 
Folia trinervia. Ca is segmenta orbicularia- <a rotun- 
“sch ciliata. Corolla externe minute hirsuta, 2° . longa, 
lobis 1 mm. longis elliptico-ovatis acutis intus et oe) “faucem 
ae laneo- hirsutis. Antherae 0°5 mm. longae, glabrae vel sub- 
glabrae inter pileos occultae, filamentis 0-5 mm. longis. Ovarium 
g'o osum, glabrum; stylus 0-65 mm. longus, pilis erectis in- 
ructus. Fructus ovoideus, 18 cm. longus, ae Cina peri- 
ean tenue. Semen 16 cm. longum, planum 
Matay PENtysura. Perak: Larut; rocky local open jungle, 
150-250 m. ( eee King’s Collector 4998 in herb. Cale 
Scortechini 1498. enang: Waterfall, Curtis 3430; Waterfall 
(Sept. 1901, fruit) Derus taskce: Ayer Panas, Curtis 3490. 
Other specimens are quoted by King and Gamble, but those 
mentioned are the only representatives at Kew. Curtis 3430 is 
a _fruiting specimen, and the toe ee of the fruit is fully 
given in the ‘Materials’ but ‘the hairiness of the style is not 
mentioned. The specimen aie Perak is described as a shrubby 
creeper 30-40 ft. long, with leaves of a light yellowish-green 
ca this leaf colour is very noticeable in “all ihe dried speci- 
me 
23. §. coriacea, Thwaites, Enum. Plant. Zeyl. p. 425; descr. 
ae 
F'rutex ramulis junioribus pubescentibus. Folia ovato- vel 
elliptico-lanceolata, acuta vel breviter acuminata, coriacea, 
6-6-5 cm. longa, circiter 3 cm. lata, marginibus paullo reflexis, 
subtriplinervia, nervibus crassis, petiolis 2 mm. longis hirsutis. 
Inflorescentiae axillares, crassae, 3°5-4 cm. longae, pedunculis 
pedicellisque pubescentibus. Caly« 1:5 mm. longus; segmenta 
late ovata, subacuta, eee ciliatis. Corolla 6 mm. longa, 
externe puberula, lobis 3 mm. ongis interne totius cum coroila 
ad faucem dense aces ee “pilis longis intertextis, tubo 
glabro. Antherae 1°25 mm. longae, ellipticae, glabrae, fila- 
mentis crassis 15 mm. anos: Ovarium cum stylo 45 mm. 
longum, pilis erectis instructum. eddomei, var. coriacea 
C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 89; Trimen, EL 
atlas pt. ili. p. 173. S. potatorum, Thwaites, Enum. p- 201 
par 
Cero Central Province, Thwaztes 3367. 
In scent stems and petioles, leathery, shortly petioled, 
subtriplinerved leaves, puberulous corolla with lobes densely 
from base to apex, this plant appears to be worthy of 
speerfic rank. I have therefore followed Thwaites and also pre- 
pared a moreample description. According to Trimen its habitat 
is the Central Province of the island, which suggests that it is 
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