s:; 



to4. Tki<jali«tka, iicir (jtins. 



Stem v.uudv, cveciiiii^-. Lr.ivis hirt,'*-. <»lilan(t'.>|;iti' |Hti..lalf 

 subcoriaceous. Spike iixillarv rn-i-t. iJrarts oviit.- olitaM*. 

 Flowers small, scssik" oumpaimlatf with Hliort IoIr'm. Sf|>MU 

 and petals similar. Slaiiuns siiiHTior six. blmrt. Aiitlifnt 

 (>lil(>n;j,-. Pistil short, siilK\vlin<h-ii-. Slvh* uliwMit. Hti^tiiuii 

 lluw, liippoereuit'orm sessili; ovary. umi'-ccIKmI ovuUii two. 

 Fruit drupaceous i;reen, lar<;<', l,'IoI)<i8«', out' sff*!^!. 



435. Til. OOHKACEA, //. )<p. 



Stem thick, .7 inch throui,'h, woody, rjcavcis oldjiun-uluti' ucuiai> 

 uate, uarrowed at the base lo tlie petiole, ^liilm)UM. dark j^nvu, 

 thinly suhcoriaoeous : ]'2 nerv«'d. 1«5 iiudies loiii;, •^ iMrli«>ii 

 wdde ; petiole in<'hes loii;^. SpiUf H inelu-K tali. Uiw for 

 moi'e than halt' nude, lour an^di-d. IJraets ovale', roumli-*! Ht 

 the tip, eadueous. ^ inch lonij. Flowers HosHile, tulji* Ijaniii 

 shape, lobes all similar short reeurved ovate blunt, ull dull 

 oohreons yellow. Stamens six .shurt in the inouth of the lub«'. 

 filaments short, anthers oblom;. Pistil e\ lindrie. llmv loUrtl. 

 short. Sti;^ina three lobed. lol>es voun-l-d. Fruit unrii-'. 

 globose, as large as a bullet, gneu. 



Telom Woods, to the slopes of Gunong JJiTund-.ui. .\ plant 

 with the habit of Scxmn iituluijunnni. Hook. fil.. but with a 

 rather sliort stout rhi/.on)e, sometimes partly erv«t. Tli^ 

 flower spike is fleshy and densely eoveml with huuiII |«le 

 vellow flowers 01 the form of those of Tnyfirn. but difTrriuK 

 Irum anv deseril>ed ]>lant of this group in th.- al-hem-*' of aiir 

 style, the trilobed stigma being sessile on the truneute lop of 

 the short ovary. This and the general stnietiirf of the Ho\».t 

 suggest an affinity with PcUo^uitln*, to whieli group I would 

 retV'i- it, were it iiot b.r the fruit whieh i.s .lnn«Ki>Mi!i with 

 a single seed. Unfortunately. I was n-.l al-h- i'» lin-l « rii*' 

 fruit .\hich is. indeed, rare to find in any .d" the .|.y.i./../rr;,- . 

 l,ui it is clear that the fruit is similar to that of Th/.l/oi. 

 The ovary in section sl.uws tra.es of thrtv .arjifk Uit 

 only one contains any ovides. 



CoMMKIdNM K.i; 

 l:i(,'>. FuI.MA THVliSll-l.oKA. /•-'"'/'• 



L'lu F.atang Padan-. 



437. P. SOKZO<:oNENSIS. A'/((//. 



On the track to Jor. Flu Jjatang I'adanu'. 



438. COMMELINA OULlylA. H'l " 



On the river bank at Telom in biiudy and mud ; 

 lar'c blue flowers make it .luile ultmcti^o. 11 

 it, too. at Gintinu Bidei in Si'huigor. but it a«» not appcv w 



be common in th" Peninsula. 



