Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 457 



•1 in. long, slender. A. DC. Proclr. VIII. 402 ; Kurz For. Fl. II. 180 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Intl. III. 650 ; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. III. 134 ; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb. II. 135. P. ohlonga, Wall. Cat. 1632 ; A. DC. /. c. P. paicci- 

 flora and P. acmninata, Wall. Cat. 1633, 1634. Helygia javanica, 

 Blume Bijdr. 1043. Heligme javanica, A. DC. I. c. 425 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II, 429. H. Bheedn, Wight Ic. t. 1303. Sinrostemon sjnralis, 

 Griff. Notul. IV. 80, t. 411, fig. 1. Aganosma concanensis, Hook. Ic. 

 PI. t. 841. "Kudici Kodi," Bheede Hort. Mai. IX. t. 9, 10. 



Kedah : on Lankawi Island, Curtis ; at Coah, Curtis 450, 2109. 

 Pbnang: WallichlQM] Curtis 1101. Perak: Wr ay 224:4:. Malacca: 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1064. Singapobe : Wallich 1633 ; Lohh ; Kunstler 69. 

 — DisTRiB. India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Archipelago, China. 



2. Paesonsia Kunstleei, King & Gamble, n. sp. A slender climbing 

 shrub ; branchlets terete, pale to dark brown. Leaves membranous ; 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded or acute at 

 base ; yellowish-green when fresh with reddish nerves beneath, dark 

 brown and dull when dry, lower surface paler; sometimes slightly 

 puberulous, especially on the nerves beneath ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 

 3 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised above and sinuate when dry, raised 

 beneath ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, the lowest usually close to the 

 margin, starting at an angle of 60° and curving upwards to and along 

 the margin, raised on both surfaces when dry ; secondary nerves few, 

 chiefly between the upper main nerves ; reticulations obliquely trans- 

 verse, prominent on the lower surface ; petiole slender, twisted, variable 

 in length from -25 to 1-25 in. long, the base swollen, those of each 

 pair joined by a nodal ridge with small acute stipular glands. Cymes 

 axillary, corymbose, many-flowered, 2-chotomous, reaching 7 in. in 

 length and about 3 in. in diam. ; peduncles slender, curved, 3 to 5 in. 

 long; secondary peduncles usually 3, 1'5 to 2 in. long; cymules about 10- 

 to 12-flowered; pedicels slender, -15 to -25 in. long ; bracteoles ovate-acute, 

 puberulous, -05 to -1 in. long ; buds clavate, with short tube and conical 

 head ; flowers dark yellow without, reddish within. Calyx-tuhe short ; 

 lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, pubescent without, -1 in. long, furnished each 

 with an ovate acute, sometimes emarginate scale at its base within. 

 Corolla-tuhe cylindric below, "15 in. long, pubescent without, villous 

 within at the mouth and between the filaments ; lobes oblong, acute, 

 •2 in. long, pubescent without, glabrous within. Disk-lohes triangular, 

 blunt ; -025 in. long, glabrous. Stamens inserted near the base of the 

 tube ; the filaments twisted, sparsely villous ; anther-tails incurved at 

 the base, anther-tips blunt with a small membranous tip. Ovary ovoid, 

 glabrous ; style slender ; stigma columnar with a conical sometimes 

 bifid tip and basal spreading annular ring. Fruit linear-lanceolate, 



