Stamens five; filaincuts sK-iKltT. tliickcncil ut tin- Uw, 1..iij,it 

 than the anther; anther rt'uiforui. St vie whort c-onir. Kniit 



1 inch loni,', crowned with tht* sinuute calyx au«l nhurt r..air 

 style, one celled, one seeded, ovoid j,'l<ibo.si'. 



Gunong Beruniban at t),000 feet altitude. AIh«. Hiilu S«-iiKiHK'kc., 

 Selangor, and on Gunont,' Khnlau^', Perak (Ki<lh-v, ^Ct><i). 



Easily distinguished from ,1. iHrir^ifnlluni, <>i which it Iiun 

 the hahit by its narrower and iiiuclj smalh'r flowerx, mon> 

 coriaceous leaflets. In the Uunong Kh'<lang plant tin- 

 leaflets are very narrow, (5 inches long and ' in«h wiih- 

 The whole plant is <[uit<' glabrous. A. iHrfrni/oliiini, HI. 

 is a common plant in the low country, but A. mouUmum 

 appears only at high elevations. King descrilx^s the Kuvch 

 of A. divers if olivm, Bl., as bipinnate. I have never .s<'«'n any 

 bipinnate leaves on any Artfirtq'liijllitni. A. tlivt-rnijoHuui 

 is very common in Singapore, an abundant plant iu hoc^u- 

 dary growth and coming up everywhere, but all I hav«- 

 seen have simply pinnate leaves. 



97. BrASSAIOPSIS PALMATA, KliriJ. 



Telom, near the camp, and scattered about thr<>uudi tin' fon'sts. 



It is common near Tapah. 

 Distrib. — India. 



CORNACE^i:. 



98. Mastixia propinqua, n. sp. 



Branches brown when dry and gr<)ove<l. the inteniodes 1 in. h 

 or more long. Leaves ovate acute entiiv, ba.s*- slightly nar- 

 rowed, rounded, coriaceous glabrous alx»ve with iiiipr»'S'*«".l 

 nerves, paler beneath, the midril" ;iiid nervi-s niueh «'leviit«Nl. 

 the midrib puliendous, becoming at l«*iigth glabn.us. whole 

 leaf drying dark black above, whitish U-neath. '> in.h»'« loug. 



2 inches -wide; petiole pubescent \ inch long. riiuiclo 

 shorter than the leaves, pubescent. Bracts lanceolate, hiugle 

 at the base of each branch, puK-scent. Flowers shortly 

 pedicelled with a pair of ovate lau.-eolate a»ute puU-mfUt 

 bracts, pedicel and ovary hairy. Calyx loU-s very nhort 

 pubescent. Petals ovate fleshy pulx'scent. (.utside glabn.u» 

 keeled within, four. Stamens four, anthers ovate cordate on 

 very short filaments. Dise fleshy, indi^^tinctly loU^l. nitl..-r 

 tall. Style stout, sti-ma Hat l.road.-r. ..Jw.un-Iy loU.,1. 



Telom. 



I think this must W' the plant n-fern-d f .. ,,s M sp. U) by Kin^ •• 

 distinct, but of which fruit only wa.-* obiain.-l by W my mnd 

 Kunstler at an ehvation of 3.«MK).:},4<K> f.vt iu Pen.k. It i« 

 certainlv close to M. }[mn<,,iyi. btit \h more gUbnnm. Kidk' 

 refers to the latter as to j^MitHmerous in the Synopi. and 

 in describing Wrav's plant, but des.riU-n if a. tetmmenv... 



