igi5.] H. N. Ridley: Mount Menuang Casing. 3 



there is every evidence that Mount Ophir was never connect- 

 ed with the main chain of the peninsula, or at least not during 

 the period of the evolution of the flora now found on the 

 mountains of the central main range. 



The novelties and additions to our flora are mostly of 

 peninsular types, but of more special interest are the Javanese 

 Orchid, Phy sums hunit lis, Forrestia glabrata (Indo-Malaya), and 

 the Indian Pratia begonicefolia, which, however, was recently 

 obtained on Gunong Kerbau, in Perak ; while among the new 

 species, Oheronia grandis, probably the biggest species in this 

 large genus, the remarkable Blastus pulverulentus, and the new 

 Balanophora are the most noteworthy. 



List of Plants collected. 

 POLYPETAL^. 



MAGNOLIAQEiE. 



1. Illicium cambodianum, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xiv. 

 (1876)240, [287]* 



The flowers rather smaller than usual, and the petals not 

 ciliate on the edge. 



Distrih. Common on all the hills at about 4,000 feet 

 elevation. 



ANONACEiE. 



2. GoNiOTHALAMUS CuRTisii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. Ixi. (1892) ii. 75 {Mat. Fl. Mai. Pen. i. 324) [287]. 



Distrib. Selangor and Perak. 



3. Unona filipes, 7?/^/.,^n. sp. [287]. 



Arbor io-12-pedcdis, glabra, cortice nigro. Folia elliptica, 

 acuta, basibus rotundatis, tenuiter coriacea, superne viridia, 

 subtus glauca, 19 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, nervorum 15 paribus, 

 petiolis I cm. longis. Flores singuli, axillares, kermesini vel 

 brunnei, pedicellis filiformibus ad 38 cm. longis. Sepala parva, 

 deltoideo-ovata, acuta, 3 mm. longa. Petala elongata, linearia, 

 a basi latiore acuminata, ad apices spiraliter torta,angustissima, 

 15 cm. longa, ad basin 9 mm. lata. Stamina antheris oblongis 

 apicibns late triangulariovatis. Pistilln- lageniformia, dense 

 pilis rufis tecta. Carpella matiira ellipsoidea, 8 mm. longa, 5 

 mm. lata, brevissime apiculata, stipitibus i cm. longis. 



Also in Perak (Scorfechini, 342) ; Larut, 2,500 to 3,000 feet 

 alt., 10 to 20 feet tall: flower brown, fruit glossy-green with 

 brown tinge (King's Collector, 5291). Hill garden, medium- 

 sized tree, flowers crimson {Wray, 609). 



Figures in square brackets [ ] indicate the pagination of tlie original 

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