502 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



with the midi-ib, curving upwards and brandling to form an obscure 

 intramarginal looped nerve ; secondary nerves not conspicuous ; reticu- 

 lations irregular, prominent beneath; petiole -25 in. long. Cymes ter- 

 minal and axillary, pubescent, paniculate, few- (20- to 25-) flowered, 

 reaching 3 to 3-5 in. long and about 1-5 in. broad ; peduncles none or 

 short, as are the branches ; pedicels -16 to "2 in. long ; bracts leafy, 

 persistent; bracteoles ovate-acute, small, 1 to 2 at the base of each 

 pedicel; buds elongate-clavate, "5 to -75 in. long ; flowers white. Calyx- 

 tube '05 in. long ; lobes ovate-acuminate, reflexed, with 1 or 2 small 

 scales at base within. Corolla-tuhe cylindric, slightly dilated below 

 opposite the stamens, greyish-tawny-tomentose without and with 

 pubescent hnes within, -6 in. long; throat with a villous ring; lobes 

 obovate, '3 in. long, twisted slightly to left in flower, more so in bud, 

 glabrous within, glabrous without on upper, pubescent on lower half 

 w^hich is exposed in bud. Stamens inserted a little above the base of 

 the tube ; filaments slender ; anthers narrowly sagittate, long-acuminate, 

 •175 in. long ; spui's long and slender. Disk annular, shortly lobed. 

 Ovary of 2 glabrous carpels attached by their backs to the disk and 

 within it ; style slender ; stigma conical, '075 in. long, with a spreading 

 ring below. Fruit not seen. 



Pbnang : on the road to Penara Bukit, at 2000 ft., Curtis 2441. 



4. Epigynum Eidlbyi, King & Gamble, n. sp. A slender climber ; 

 branchlets brown, terete, uppermost parts tawny-pubescent, nodes 

 slightly raised. Leaves chartaceous ; lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at apex, attenuate at base ; glabrous on the upper surface, 

 sparsely strigosely-hirsute on the lower, especially on the nerves ; mar- 

 gin shghtly recurved ; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. broad ; midrib slender 

 but prominent ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, at an angle of about 60° with 

 the midrib, nearly straight to meet a looped intramarginal nerve ; 

 secondary nerves irregular ; reticulations few, transverse ; petiole slender, 

 •25 to •S in. long, pubescent, channelled above. Cymes terminal, densely 

 rusty- villous ; the branches sessile or pedunculate, few-flowered (7 to 8), 

 trichotomous ; bracts leafy, the lowest similar to the leaves, the suc- 

 ceeding ones smaller by degrees ; bracteoles minute, ovate-acute, on the 

 short (-2 to -3 in. long) pedicels ; buds very slender with narrowly 

 conical tips, 1-5 to 1'75 in. long, densely pubescent ; flowers white. 

 Calyx-tube short ; lobes ovate, acuminate, villous without, glabrous 

 within, •IS in. long ; scales none or very minute. Corolla-tnhe very 

 slender, enlarged below opposite the stamens, gradually widening above, 

 1 to 1-5 in. long ; rusty-villous without, also in vertical lines within, 

 otherwise glabrous ; lobes rhomboid, crenate, glabrous except the lower 

 part outside which is exposed in bud, -25 to '3 in. long, twisted slightly 



