i922] Ridley: The Flora of ICtang Gates. ^9 



Gates is very remarkable. It is reported also as a seashore 

 plant in Borneo and Trengganu \ 



Anplectrum divaricatum, Triana. (Melastomaceae). 



In the lower country a long climber, but here I found 

 some in the form of a bush. 



Sonerila prostrata, Ridl. Flora Mai. Pen. 1, 1922, p. 782. 



A very slender, creeping, prostrate plant, stems 

 filiform, several inches long, hairy red. Leaves in equal 

 pairs, .5 in. apart, ovate hairy above with sparse wtiite 

 hairs, tip rounded, base round or shortly narrowed, edge 

 serrate .25 in. long and wide; petiole slender, 1 in. 

 long. Flowers 2 on very slender terminal peduncles; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx urn-shaped narrowed upwards 

 with short acute teeth, hairy, .12 in. long. Corolla bright 

 pink, .25 in. wide. Petals 3 or 4, obovate, minutely 

 apiculatc. Stamens 3, nearly as long as petals; anthers 

 yellow. Style slightly shorter. Capsule flask-shaped, 

 smooth, nearly truncate with very short points, .25 in. 

 long. 



On shady rocks at the entrance of the tunnel on the 

 road at Klang Gales forming a small mat of stems. 

 This charming plant is utterly unlike any species of the 

 genus known to me in its prostrate creeping stems and 

 very small star-like flowers. It is, however, I think most 

 nearly allied to the slender-stemmed erect group with 

 smooth fruit, of which S. tenuifolia is an example. 



Aleisanthia rupestris, Ridl. (Rubiaceae) . 



This is common especially on the rocks above the 

 bungalow and Klang Gates is its only known habitat. 

 The only other known species is A. sylvestris Ridl., from 

 rather dry wooded hills at Kuala Lebir in Kelantan, a 

 tall shrub. A. rupestris is a dwarf shrub barely 12 in. 

 tall with yellow flowers. 



Embelia coriacea, Wall. (Myrsineae). 



A climber with large stiff leaves and big panicles of 

 small white flowers. It occurs all over the Peninsula from 

 Singapore to Penang and in Java, Sumatra and Borneo. 



Vaccinium eburiieum, Ridl. (Vacciniaceae) . 



A very fine bush, or almost a tree, with abundance 

 of pure white flowers. Also occurs on Kedah Peak. 



1. It is also abundant in Lower Siam north of Patelung, 

 almost at sea level. Great stretches of it can be seen from the 

 railway. H.C.R. 



