Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 861 



1. Sphenodesme ferruginea, Briquet in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzen- 

 fani. IV. 3a, 181 (1894). A shrub, probably climbing ; branchlets and 

 inflorescence rusty stellate-tomentose ; branchlets obscurely quadrangu- 

 lar. Leaves chartaceous ; ovate or elliptic, acute at apex, cuneate or 

 obtuse at base ; sparsely hispid-pubescent on the upper surface, especi- 

 ally on the nerves, softly ferruginous-tomentose on the lower ; 3 to 

 5"5 in. long, 2 to 3'5 in. broad ; midrib stout ; main nerves 5 to 6 pairs, tlie 

 lowest pair from close to the base, the next about -2 in. above it, both 

 nearly straight to the margin and then along it, the rest curved to meet 

 in a looped intramarginal nerve ; transverse nervules irregular ; petiole 

 stout, "25 in. to -5 in. long. Pariicles axillary or terminal, spreading, 

 leafy, densely covered with tawny-yellow tomentum, the whole forming 

 a thjTsus 12 in. or more in length and about as broad ; peduncles 2 to 

 3 in. long, 3- or 5-chotomous, the two lower branchlets short-peduncled 

 with each a pair of capitate heads, the two upper long-peduncled and 

 again branching ; heads 7-flowered supported by 6 spathulate bracts 

 •75 in. long and '25 in. broad ; buds obovoid ; flowers sessile. Calyx 

 tubular, densely stellate-tomentose without, whitish-villous within, 

 •25 in. long, 2-lipped, the lips variably lobed, usually the upper 2-lobed 

 rather deeply cleft, the lower very minutely 3-toothed. Corolla-tnhe 

 funnel-shaped, slightly curved, -3 in. long, tomentose without, densely 

 villous within ; lobes 5, 6 or 7, ^2 in. long, linear or ligulate, twisted. 

 Stamens included, inserted low down on the corolla-tube, usually some- 

 what irregularly but generally in 2 to 3 rows, if 3 rows and 7 stamens 

 the upper row 3, the middle 2, the lower 2, these latter close to the base ; 

 filaments slender, glabrous, about -1 in. long ; anthers reniform. Ovary 

 columnar, glabrous ; style extremely short ; stigma very shortly bifid. 

 Fruit not kno\vn. S. microstylis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 

 600. Brachyiietna ferniginea, Griff. Notul. IV. 176. 



Siamese States : Pungah, abundant ! Curtis 2963 ; Tongka, fide 

 Curtis.—'DiS'imB. Burma (Moulmein & Mergui, Griffith (K.D.) 6007, 

 in part; Tavoy, Parish), Siam (Murton 62). 



The curious arrangement of the stamens inside the corolla-tube and the very short 

 style are such well-marked characters that it would almost seem advisable to reconsti- 

 tute the genus Brachynema, or else to bring together into one genus of 4 sections 

 Siohenodesme with Sympltoreina and Coiigea. We are inclined to consider the latter the 

 best course, but it should be done in discussing a Monograph of the Tribe rather than 

 the few species found in a limited area. 



2. Sphenodesme triflora, Wight Ic. t. 1478 (1850). A climbing 

 (sometimes erect, Kunstler) shrub ; branchlets dark brown, terete, 

 rough wnth many small lenticels, a slight ring at the nodes. Leaves 



