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NEW AND INTERESTING PLANTS FROM PERAK. 
By W. Bortine Hemstey, A.L.S. 
Unt within the last three or 38 years nothing much w 
known concerning the vegetation of Perak, a district Seledl a ite 
south of Pulo Penang, except that it was very luxuriant and varie 
but large collections have been made there recently, ener a 
the instigation of Sir Hugh Low, the British Resident. Them 
extensive, however, as sae ned in a recent STR of this J merey 
was that formed by the late Father Scortech The new species 
described below are in one of several eindabienia sent to Kew by 
Mr. Leonard Wray, jun., Curator of the Perak State Museum ; but, 
in 0 
cress to Faery with the description of any further mpc 
venopeTaLta Hook. f. & Thoms. Mr. Wray collecte 
fruit of this which was previously unknown 
. carpella (dua tantam adsunt) subsesslia, — bee 
basi apice oe omnino truncata circiter 8 lineas longa et 6 lin 
lata, undique dense ferrugineo-tomentosa 
“pstenin collected in Moulmein and Singapore. 
Kenr. 
Tsauet rioccosus Mast. Pluss River, 551. 
ellow 
This peste tree was previously a A known from Mount 
Ophir, Malacca, where Maingay collected it. It is allied to the 
widely- dispers a H. pe pe L. (Paritium), yet sufficiently distinct 
to be recognised at a glan 
— WALLICHII Hook. f. var. vel species affinis. River 
the seed, which is phi seven to nine lines long, is invouted i a 
distinct fleshy aril four-fifths of its Bere one the vat hard 
crustaceous testa can y be described as t suspect 
that the fruit of the original specimens is in a much youl state. 
Ay smal is restricted to ee 
ANISO DISTICHA HA Hoo Waterfall Hill, 2500 ft. ; 
pes are the first peti eo of this species that we ae seen 
with the fruit attached. 
Begonia (§ Perermannia) Wrayi Hemsl., n. sp.—B. isoptere 
affinis sed caulibus gracilioribus foliis tenuioribus floribus sneccial 
et os capsule angustioribus. Herba vel suffrutex erectus, 3-pedalis, 
ue ee vel cito glabrescens, caulibus ramulisque gracilibus. 
Polit or iliter petiolata, membranacea, oblige ovato-oblonga, 
absqe eats 8-6 poll. longa, usque ad 2} lata, longe acuminata, 
acutissima, superne grosse paucidentata simul (aootiebiatag petiolus — 
