482 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



1. EcDYSANTHEEA MicEANTHA, A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 442 (1844). 

 A large climbing shrub ; branches slender, pendulous, lenticellate ; 

 branchlets brown, terete, lenticellate ; innovations sometimes puber- 

 ulous. Leaves membranous ; ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtusely acuminate at apex, acute or cuneate at base ; glabrous on both 

 surfaces, often reddish-brown when dry; 2 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; 

 midrib slender ; main nerves 3 to 5 pairs, at about 45° with the midrib, 

 curved upwards to and along the margin and prominently connected by 

 the transverse reticulations, often with a small tuft of hairs in the axils 

 beneath ; petiole '3 to -5 in. long, somewhat twisted. Cymes puberulous, 

 trichotomous, reaching about 5 in. in length and breadth ; main 

 peduncles stout, variable ; branch peduncles spreading, 1 to 2 in. long ; 

 cymules corymbose, many-flowered ; pedicels slender, short, about -1 in. 

 long ; bracts linear, caducous ; bracteoles very small, ovate-acute ; buds 

 ovoid. Calyx very small ; lobes ovate, acute, pubescent, ciliate. Corolla 

 urceolate, glabrous, very small ('05 in. long) ; lobes falcate, spreading. 

 Anthers obtuse, sometimes with a small apiculus. Ovary puberulous, 

 twice as long as the disk. Follicles 3 to 4 in. long, -75 in. broad 

 near the base, horizontal, slightly recurved, narrowed from above 

 the base to the point ; exocarp fleshy, punctate ; endocarp shining, 

 crustaceous. Seeds elliptic-lanceolate, -75 in. long, -25 in. broad, com- 

 pressed, narrowed above and bearing a ring of short tawny bristles and 

 ending in a white silky coma 1'5 to 2-5 in. long ; testa rusty-pubescent, 

 thin ; cotyledons oblong, leafy, about '3 in. long ; radicle cylindric, about 

 •15 in. long. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 662 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 451. 

 E. hrachiata, A. DC. I.e. 443 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XL VI. ii. 

 255, and For. Fl. II. 189 ; Miq. I. c. 4c52. Echites ? micrantha and 

 brachiata, Wall. Cat. 1667, 1668 ; G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichl. PI. IV. 75. 



Peeak : Scortechini. — Disteib. India (Sikkim, Assam, Kliasia Hills 

 and Cachar), Burma. 



The only specimen available is rather a poor one, but we see no reason to doubt 

 its identit}'. The description of the fruit and seeds is taken from Indian specimens. 



2. EcDYSANTHEEA MULTiFLOEA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A large 

 climbing shrub ; branchlets pendulous, terete, prominently lenticellate ; 

 innovations slightly puberulous. Leaves membranous, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, long acuminate often abruptly and obtusely at apex the 

 acumen oblique, attenuate and almost rounded at base; glabrous on 

 both surfaces; margins slightly recurved; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. 

 broad ; midrib slender, impressed above, raised beneath ; main nerves 

 4 to 5 pairs, the lowest close to the margin, all at about 60° with the 

 midrib and curving upwards to and along the margin and connected by 



