856 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



raised beneath when dry ; petiole slender, terete, 2 to 4 in. long ; 

 petiolule of mid-leaflet -75 to 1 in. long, of side leaflets -25 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, sessile, corymbose, sparingly fulvous-hairy, 2-chotomous 

 below, 3-chotomous above, reaching 1-5 in. long or more ; bracts short, 

 linear, caducous ; pedicels slender, to •! in. long ; flowers pale yellow. 

 Calyx 2-lipped ; tube ovoid, -1 in. long, densely glandular without as 

 are the lobes ; upper lip entire, oblong, -275 in. long ; lower lip 2-lobed, 

 •075 in. long, the lobes rounded ; in fruit split on one side to the base 

 and enlarged to a beaked shallow cup. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube 

 •35 in. long, with a ring of hairs within near the base ; upper lip entire 

 or shortly 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, the middle lobe ^125 in. long, 2-fid, 

 the side lobes •06 to •! in. long ; tube and lobes, except the ends of the 

 middle lobe of the lower lip which are usually incurved, all covered 

 with prominent large shining yellow glands. Stamens exsert ; anthers 

 sparsely pilose near the base ; cells elongate, parallel, each with a short 

 empty beak. Ovary conical, densely glandular ; style slender, glabrous ; 

 stigma shortly 2-lobed. Drupe obovoid, black, slightly glandular, 

 fleshy, '3 in. long, -25 in. in diam. ; pyrene very hard, reticulately ridged, 

 hollow at the base, the 3 to 4 cells near the top bearing seeds. Seeds 

 oblong, beaked below, ^05 in. long; testa thin; cotyledons fleshy, 

 convex, elliptic ; radicle minute. Benth. in Gen. PI. II. 1154 ; Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 588. 



Perak : at Larut, Scortechini 445, 1480; in dense forest near Lariit, 

 at 500 to 1000 ft. alt., Kunstler [King's Collector) 1841. Selangor 

 at Kwala Lumpur and on Pahang road, Bidley 8546, 10218, 10479 

 Curtis 2366. Malacca: at Chin EhinguU, Griffi.th (K.D.) 6065 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1202. Singapore : at Changi, Bidley 2788. 



As pointed out by Clarke, this species in its inflorescence and corolla, and, it may 

 be added, in its fruit, shows a great affinity to V. vestita. But the calyx distinguishes 

 it at once, and the leaves diiier a good deal. Griffith's fig. represents the anthers only. 



Var. Scortechinii, King & Gamble. Cyines shorter and few-flowered. 

 Calyx much shorter, the upper lip only ^075 in. long, the lower -025 in. 

 wdth more acute lobes. Corolla similar, but middle lobe of lower lip 

 entire and yellow glands much fewer and less prominent. 



Perak : Scortechini ; at Bujong Malacca, Bidley 9725 ; at Tapa 

 Batang Padang, Wray 180; at lower camp, Gunong Batu Pateh, 3400 ft., 

 Wray 992, 1080. Negri Sembilan : at Seremban, Bidley 10096. — 

 DiSTRiB. Sumatra {Forbes 3060). 



Var. Kunstleri, King & Gamble. Leaflets ovate, acuminate at apex 

 and base, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1^5 in. broad; petiole 1 to 2 in. long; 

 petiolule of end leaflet ^5 in., of side leaflets -25 in. long. Calyx 2-lipped ; 



