\H)i,\(i;j';. 

 G. Viola serpens. Wall. 



The Violet was very abuudiint in npcii i)ail> <•! tin- \\.j<m1 ;ii 

 Teloni uu the river banks and in ><\<\ deariui^'K of tin* Sukuih. 

 wliicli had been abamluued by them and were ovi-rj^rown with 

 ^snlall trees. The flowers were ul' a \m\v lavi-nder nduiir 

 (rarely whitej, tlie lower petals streaked willi daik«r violet 

 purple. The form is var. ijliibni. 



Distrih. — India. Java. China. 



I'Ol,^ G.M.ACK.K. 

 7. PoLYUALA VENENOSA, Jlix.<. 



This large herb or half-shrul) is very abiiud;inl at IVIom. and 

 also in the III u Batang Padany. Jt is nsually about i fi-et 

 tall. The light green leaves have the midrili and veins on thi- 

 ^ baek of the leaf violet purple. The sepals are translucent, 

 tipped with pink. The petals trauslueent while, the k»id 

 brilliant chrome yellow -. on withering the jH-'tals kronie of h 

 violet-pink, darkest in colour at the tip, the k.rl iH-eonies 

 crimson lake. 

 This plant does not occur ••in all the provinces at low eleva- 

 tions." as King states in the " Materials." It is only met 

 with in dam[. shady woods from l,00<»feet elevation upward^ 

 to about 4,000 feet, rarely Ixdow this. 1 have met with it 

 below^ 1,000 feet only at Pulau Tawar in Pahan- and 

 Tambun near Ipoli in Perak. and at elevations of aln^ut 

 1,000 feet and upwards at dinting Bidei and Scmangko Pass 

 in Selangor and in the Larut Hills in IVrak. and in P.-nang. 

 It is also a native of Java and 8uniatr;i. 



8. Xanthophyllum affine, Kortli. 



A small but wide-spreadmg tree hanging oT.-r l he river. Klow.i-. 

 -white. The comnumest species in the Peninsvda. It i.- oitm 

 a bush onlv: but. as King says, it is really otherwise wrx 

 constant and cannot ronvenieutly 1k> broken up. even into 

 varieties. 



Banks of Telom River, in Howcr and frui!. 



2)ig/,-;6.— Tenasserini to the Philippines. 



(il'I'tifkim: 



1». (jtAKCINIA, Sji>. , ., ,. 1 



a 1 f. ,• tv...v ..II the hidi rid-.^ rouud lelmii. witli 



Some verv ]ott\ tieo on lut m^n n'o • .- i i 



lar-e vellow flowers, and th.- stamens nunu-rous m tour l.r...M 

 oU-uneate masses wcr- probaLly a. >liccr.ij"lio. King. »-. 

 specimens were uni)rocurabl.'. 



10. G. Maingayi, Ho'A-. jU. 



Ulu Bataug Padang. near the Batan--' V.A.u^ Kivef. .u llo«o. 



Endemic. 



