612 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Penakg: Curtis 314. Peeak: Loiv 130; Scortechini 993, 2045; 

 Kings Collector 6073, 6175. Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1026 ; Griffith 

 (K.D.) 3735 ; Derry 53, 272. Singapore : Schomburgk 88 ; Bidley 

 8921 ; G. King. — Disteib. Malay Archipelago. 



Species Impebfectly Known. 



14. Fage^ea Eidleyi, King & Gamble, n. sp. Epiphytal, quite 

 glabrous ; young branches as thick or nearly twice as thick as a swan's 

 quill, brown when dry- Leaves thickly coriaceous; obovate, the apex 

 broad and rounded, much tapered to the base ; both surfaces pale 

 yeUowish-brown when dry ; main nerves 5 pairs, ascending, rather 

 straight, verj^ stout and prominent on the lower surface like the broad 

 midrib ; length 5 to 9 in., breadth 3-5 to 6 in. ; petiole 1 to 1-5 in. 

 long, very stout, expanded at the base. Floivers unknown. Fruit 2 in. 

 or more in length and 1-25 in. in diam. (when dry), in terminal cymes, 

 ovoid, apiculate, shining ; the calyx at its base 1 in. long, campanulate, 

 with 5 broad rotund lobes, coriaceous. 



Malacca : on Mount Ophir, Bidley, 3785. Singapore : Bidley 

 2767, 5845, 11363. 



15. Fagr^a oblonga. Bang & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree (or 

 epiphyte?) ; young branches about as thick as a goose-quill, the inter- 

 nodes short ; when dry brownish and shining. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous ; elHptic-oblong, the apex shortly and rather abruptly 

 acuminate, the base cuneate ; edge slightly refiexed ; both surfaces 

 shining when dr}-, pale, the upper olivaceous, the lower tinged with 

 yellow ; midrib prominent on both, but especially on the lower sur- 

 face; main nerves invisible ; length 5 to 11 in., breadth 1-75 to 2-75 in. ; 

 petiole '75 to 1'5 in. long. Flowers unkno'wn. Fruit narrowly ovoid, 

 tapered to the base, shining, cro\\Tied by the remains of the thick style, 

 2 in. long and about 1-25 in. in diam. 



Peeak: at elevations of about 3500 ft., Scortechini; King's Col- 

 lector 5430, 8445 ; Wray 2992 ; Bidley 5558. 



6. Steychnos, Linn. 

 Trees or scandent shrubs, usually with short, axillary, clavate tendrils. 

 Leaves opposite, with 3 to 5 or more ribs starting at or a little above 

 the base ; other nerves less conspicuous. Floivers usually white or 

 yellowish, in terminal or axillary, usually corymbosely paniculate, cymes ; 

 bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx small, 5- or 4-partite. Corolla 

 hypocrateriform or campanulate ; lobes 5 or 4, valvate. Stamens 5 or 

 4, inserted at the throat of the corolla-tube or below it ; filaments 

 short, filiform ; anthers ovate or oblong, with distinct parallel cells. 



