1920] Ridley : New & Rare Malayan Plants, 135 



MELASTOMACEAE. 



17. Sonerila barbata, sp. nov. 



Stem woody, erect, stout 14 in. tall, densely brown, 

 hairy. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate membranous sub- 

 acute, base blunt unequally bilobed glabrous, fi-nerved from 

 base, transverse nerves subhorizontal, 6-8 in. long 2-75 to 

 3 in. wide ; petiole 1 in. long, thick, denselv brown., hairy. 

 Cymes in upper axils 1 • 25-3 in. long ; peduncle slender, 

 hairy. Flowers secund, about 15 mauve Capsule cam- 

 panulate not angled, pustular 25 in. long ; pedicels densely 

 hairy -12 in. long. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods. 



The leaves are spotted with white. 



BEGONIACEAE. 



18. Begonia barbellata, sp. nov. 



Whole plant 14 inches tall. Stem somewhat woody, 

 glandular hairy. Leaves membranous obliquely lanceolate 

 acuminate, irregularly crenate-serrate, base narrowed to 

 a blunt tip, above glabrous except for a few scattered hair- 

 like trichomes, beneath hairy on nerves and edge ; nerves 

 slender 4 pairs, 5 in. long, 1-75 in. wide, petiole •1--25 in. 

 long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate papery, hairy ; male 

 flowers terminal and in upper axils. Peduncle slender 

 rising from a tuft of lanceolate acuminate hairy bracts, 

 hairy '5 in. long. Flowers 2 or 3 whiie, pedicel '4 in. long. 

 Sepals oblong rounded, hairy on the back -25 in. long. 

 Female flowers larger usually in lower axils. Capsule 

 oblong slightly narrowed at the base with three equal wings 

 •4 in. long -25 in. wide. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods. Very local. 



This is certainly allied to B. pnbescens, Ridl. of 

 Sarawak, but to nothing in the Malay Peninsula ; from that 

 species it differs in its much taller size, rather larger flowers 

 and entirely different fruit. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



19. Hodgsonia capniocarpa, sp. nov. 



Big climber with strong tendrils. Leaves bright shining 

 green, coriaceous 6 in. long 7 in, wide, palmate base cordate 

 lobes, short, acute ; nerves beneath hairy reticulations fine 

 conspicuous ; petiole 1 in. long, Male raceme woody, stout 

 growing to 6 in. long. Bracts thick, ovate -1 in. Calyx- 

 tube -5 in. long, thick, lobes very short, scurfy. Corolla 

 tube 2 in. long, thick scurfy pubescent 2 in. across when 

 open. Fruit 6 in. wide, depressed globose velvety-grey 

 woody. Seeds 2 in, long imbedded in a firm oily pulp. 



Pahang river (Ridley). Malacca (Maingay). Penang 

 (Phillips Porter, WaUich 6684). 



