1916.] H. N. Ridley: Botany of Kedah Peak. 41 



Hamameude.e. 



21. Rhodoleia Teystnanni, Miq. At 3,000 feet. No. 5985. 

 Small tree to 20 feet. Sepals yellowish, anthers rose pink. 

 On most of the mountain ranges of the peninsula. 



Myktace.e. 



-'_\ Backea frutescens, Linn. From 3,000 to 6,000 feet. No. 

 6071. Habit very variable. 



On all the high ranges. 



2j. Leptospertnum flavescens, Sin. At 3.000 feet. No. 6082. 

 Usually with the last. 



24. Z > istania Mergiiinsis, Griff. At 3, 800 feet. No. 6034. 

 24A. Eugenia claviflora, Koxb. At 2,500 feet. No. 6019. 



Tall shrub. Flowers white. 



25. Eugenia subdecussata, Duthie. At 3,000 feet. No. 6080. 

 In fruit. Common in hill ranges. 



Ml-LASTUMACE.E. 



26. Sonerila erectti, Jack. At 3,000 feet No. 6063. Distiib. 

 Penang — Perak. 



27. Sonerila linearis, Hook. til. Padang'to Seh upwards 

 Nos. 5957. Flowers deep pink, anthers yellowish, leaves 

 beneath purplish. 



First collected here bj Lobb., but overlooked by King, as 

 the locality, Gunong Jerai, was referred to Burmah by error. 

 Endemic. 



28. Sonerila calophylla, Ridl. Flowers pink. Stem and 

 leaves very succulent. No. 6068. 



Endemic to Kedah Peak. First collected by me. 



29. Phyllagathis rotnndifolia, 151. Gurun. No. 6166. 

 Flowers crimson. 



30. Medinilla Maingayi, Clark. Epiphytic on Hydno- 

 phytum. No. 6055. 



Common in low country south of the Peninsula. Also on 

 Mt. Ophir. 



[I. Pternandra paniculata, Benth. At 1,500 feet. No. 

 6148. Flowers whitish. 



Samydai 1 1 

 Casearia Flexuosa, sp. nov. 

 32. Branches flexuous with pale bark. Leaves glabrous. 



thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acuminate, 

 acute, nerves 4 pairs, reticulations tine, distinct 3-35 inches 

 long, r-1/25 inches wide, petiole '2. Capitula dense, flowers 

 about 20, rachis finally developing short ami thick. Bracts 

 numerous, lanceolate, acute ciliate. Flowers glabrous 'I inch 



