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enwrapping anthers stamens 5 opposite petals, filaments 

 rising from a thin disc lining the calyx tube, ovary free 3 

 lobed, ovules 1 in each cell. Styles 3. Species one. 



8. Oreorhamnus serrulatus, sp. nov. 



Shrub or tree, erect. Buds red hairy. Leaves alter- 

 nate thinly coriaceous lanceolate narrowed to both ends, 

 dentate serrulate glabrous, nerves 6 pairs with midrib 

 elevate beneath, sunk above, reticulations very close on both 

 sides very fine, 3 inches long, 1 in. wide, petiole -5 in. long 

 pubescent when young. Flowers very smaU axillary on 

 the young shoots, hairy pubescent shortly pedicelled. Calyx 

 campanulate lobes 5 triangular acute hairy outside. Petals 

 very small spathulate bilobed, lobes rounded, glabrous 

 enclosing the anther. Stamens 5, opposite petals and 

 enwrapped therein, filaments slender rising from a very 

 thin disc lining the calyx tube. Anthers ellipsoid, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Ovary 3-lobed free to base, hairy : ovules 

 1 in each cell. Styles 3 short cylindric truncate. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Kedah-Perak boundary : Gunong Bintang (Native 

 Collector, F.M.S. Mus.). 



SAPINDACEAE. ;^ 



9. Lepisanthes hirta, sp. nov. 



Simple tree-like shrub. Branches, underside of leaves, 

 rachis, midrib above and inflorescence softly hairy. Leaf 

 over 2 ft. long, leaflets 10, alternate but approximate elliptic 

 lanceolate shortly acuminate ; nerves about 18 pairs, 12 in. 

 long, 4 in. wide membranous, petiolule thick -15 in. long. 

 Panicles axillary 4-5 in. long branches few distant, racemose. 

 Flowers •! in. wide. Sepals, 5, orbicular, coriaceous, 

 pubescent, edge ciliate. Petals 4, ovate round blunt nearly 

 twice as long, glabrous, scales at base oblong, white, woolly. 

 Stamens 8, short within the undulate disc, glabrous. 

 Rudimentary pistil densely hairy. 



Kelantan : Chaning Forest. 



A remarkably hairy species, most of the genus being 

 nearly glabrous except the inflorescence. A plant got on 

 the Pehi River had much smaller oblong, blunt leaflets 

 5*5 in. long by 2 in. wide. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 



10. Vigna hirtella, sp. nov. 



Stems slender, hairy. Leaves, petiole 2 in. long slender 

 hairy ; leaflets ovate acuminate, the lower ones somewhat 

 rhomboid, obscurely lobed, nerves fine, hairy beneath, 2 in. 

 long 1-1 '5 in. wide, petiolule of mud-leaflet 5 in. long. 

 Peduncle hairy, slender. Flowers few '5 in. long, yellow. 

 Bracts at base Unear acuminate. Calyx campanulate with 

 short broad equal teeth. Standard obovate, round, broad 

 with 2 short points at base by claw, wings broadly round 



