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have uot beeu met with oii the western slopes of the Perak Hills, 

 Scortechiui must have collected them ou the eastern watershed of the 

 main range. Such are Gordonia imhricata, King, Polyosma coriacea. 

 King, and CakqihijUiim venustum, King. 



SPERMATOPHYTA. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 



POLYPETALiE. 



UlhLKXIACEyE. 



AcKOTREMA cosTATUM, Juck, lit Mai. Misc. i. (1820) No. v. 3(5 

 il).303).* 

 Kuala Tekn, 500-1,000 ft. (5536.) 



Didrih. — Common in most hill regions of the Straits Settlements 

 at that altitude and occasionally at lower elevations. 



POLYGALACEiE. 

 POLYGALA MONTICOLA, n. Sp. (j). 80S). 



Frutex circa bipedalis, hasi nuda lignosa, superne liaud ramosa. 

 Folia 3-4 poll, longa, 1^ poll, lata, lanceolata iitrinque acuminata, 

 petiolata, glabra ant raro pilis trauslucentibus parce munita, 

 nervis primariis ad 8 paria, ])etiolo I poll, longo. Racemus 

 subterminalis strictus erectus deusus. Flores albi, carinis roseis, 

 J poll, longis ; pedicellis brevissimis. Sepala externa ovata 

 rotundata pubescentia. Petala oblonga, carina cristata. Capsula 

 immatnra reuiformis biloba ferme j poll, in diametro. 



Gunong Tahau, 5,000-6,000 ft. A small shrub ; flowers white ; 

 column edged with yellow, pinkish above ; sepals edged with 

 purple. (5456.) At 4,000-5,000 ft. ; about 2 feet high. Flower 

 wliite when first opened, afterwards turning pink ; leaf- stalks 

 tinted piuk. (5384). 



Forma major, foliis 6 poll, longis, 2 poll, latis, glabris, petiolis 

 pollicaribus ; racenio 9 poU. longo. 



Flowers tipped rose-red, calyx and flower-stalks white ; mid-ribs o£ 

 leaves tinted with red. At 5,000 ft. (5333.) 



Though this has been several times collected in the mountains of 

 the Malay Peninsula by different collectors, it seems to have 

 beeu confused with P. venenosa, Juss. Its smaller flowers ou 

 very short pedicels, as well as its dwarf stem and dense erect 

 raceme, make it very distinct from the great spreading half- 

 shrub which is common in the lower damp forests ; and it is 

 difiicult to see how it could be considered a variety of P. venenosa, 

 which is really much less variable than would appear from the 

 number of varieties of it recorded. 



* To facilitate citation the original pagination is quoted in italics after each 

 species. Ed. 



