Flora of the Malmjan Peninsula. 833 



globose, black, -5 in. in diam., with 4: to 1 pyrenes ; pyrenes convex on 

 back, nearly plane on the face, 3-ribbed, "3 to "4 in. long. SeeeZ conform 

 with the pyrenes ; testa membranous ; cotyledons thick, fleshy, unequal ; 

 radicle minute. Bot. Mag. t. 7887; Gard. Chron. XXXIII. Ser. 3, 

 196 (1903), and XXXV. Ser. 3, 237, t. 98 (1904). 



Johoee: at Jaftaria, G. King. Singapore : in dense wet woods at 

 Choa-Chu-kang, Ridley. 



The hollow stems are swollen at the internodes, and there form nests for ants 

 belonging to the genus Pheidole, Fabricius. The same phenomenon occurs in C. 

 fistulosum, Becc, of Borneo, in G.formicarum, Giirke, a native of Tropical Africa 

 (Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. I. c), and in the next species here described. 



8. CleeodendbonCurtisii, H.H. W.Pearson in Kew Bull. 142 (1901). 

 A small shrub, usually 2 to 3 ft., sometimes reaching 6 ft. high ; stem 

 thick, fistular, striate, minutely puberulous. Leaves opposite, membra- 

 nous ; elliptic, elliptic-oblong or -obovate, acuminate at apex, broadly 

 cuneate rounded or sometimes slightly cordate at base ; both surfaces 

 somewhat puberulous, upper glabrescent when old ; margins entire or 

 undulate-denticulate ; 4 to 12 in. long, 3 to 6 in. broad ; midrib stout, 

 pubescent ; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, curving upwards to and along the 

 margin where they anastomose; transverse nervules fairly regular and 

 prominent ; reticulations inconspicuous ; petiole thick, striate, puberu- 

 lous, 1 to 4'5 in. long. Panicles terminal, thyrsoid, pubescent, much- 

 branched, reaching 6 to 8 in. long and 4 to 5 in. broad ; the rachis and 

 branches angular ; branches opposite, with peduncles "75 to 1 in. long 

 and corymbose cymes of many flowers ; bracts leafy, the lower large, 

 the upper obovoid or spathulate ; bracteoles small, subulate ; pedicels 

 slender, -15 in. long ; buds clavate, "5 to '75 in. long ; flowers bright 

 yellow, tinged with red ; the calyx crimson. Calyx cleft three-quarters 

 down; lobes lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, pubescent, ciliate, "25 in. long, 

 •1 in. broad, with usually several rather obscure peltate glands. Corolla- 

 tube cylindric, slender, -5 to "7 in. long, puberulous, glandular ; lobes 

 obovate or elliptic, narrow at the base, '2 to "3 in. long. Stamens long- 

 exsert ; filaments glabrous ; anthers reniform, under "05 in. long ; cells 

 parallel. Ovary glabrous, obtuse ; style very slender ; stigmatic branches 

 short. Drupe not seen. 



Pebak: at Kota, Wray 3246; Lamjubus, Scortechini 1555; on 

 Larut Hills, 3000 ft., Derry {Curtis) 3704; in low swampy places at 

 Larut, King's Collector {Kunstler) 1966, 2507. Bindings : Bruas, in 

 damp places, Curtis 3441. Selangor : Klang, Ridley 10198. 



Mr. Eidley informs us that this is the same plant as Clerodendron brevijiorum, 

 Ridley in Journ. Bot. XXXII. 43 (1895), which was described from specimens 



