1903.] King & Gamble — Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 161 



Linn. fil. Suppl. 127; DC. Prod. IV. 127. fAnotis capitata, Korfch in 

 Ned. Kruidk. Nat. Gesch. II. 151. 



Perak: at 2000 feet, Wray 1450. Pahang : Ridley 2233.— 

 Distrib. Java ; British India. 



7. Hedtotis peduncularis, King n. sp. A low glabrous under- 

 shrub; young branches slender, angled, slightly winged, shining, pale 

 brown. Leaves coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, tapering acutely to each 

 end, nerveless, the midrib strong; length 1'5 to 25 in.; breadth *2 to 

 *35 in.; petiole '15 to *4 in., winged. Stipules with broad triangular 

 bases, much acuminate, sparsely glandular hairy. Peduncle solitary, 

 terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, bearing usually a single terminal dense, many- 

 flowered capitulum '75 in. in diam., sometimes with smaller capitules 

 in the upper leaf axils ; the terminal capitule with two deflexed leaf- 

 like linear bracts. Flowers sessile or nearly so. Calyx *15 in. long, 

 coriaceous ; its 4 lobes lanceolate, spreading, persistent in fruit. Fruit 

 obovoid, '1 in. long, the two cocci with tough integuments. 



Kedah : Ridley 5546. 



8. Hedtotis Maingayi, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 49. A low 

 branching glabrous shrub ; young branches slender, angled, slightly 

 winged, greenish when dry. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, acute, the 

 base rounded or slightly narrowed, nerves obsolete, the midrib bold ; 

 length V5 to 1*75 in. ; breadth *4 to '6 in. ; petiole '05 to *1 in. Stipules 

 broadly triangular, acute, not acuminate, thick, persistent. Cymes 

 terminal and axillary, on slender peduncles varying from *25 to 1 in. 

 in length ; the terminal ones the longest; bracteoles thick, lanceolate; 

 branches of inflorescence and flower-pedicels slightly winged. Flowers 

 '3 in. long, their pedicels under '1 in. Calyx campauulate, deeply 

 divided into 4 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading lobes. Corolla 

 salver-shaped; the limb extending beyond the calyx, divided into 4 

 oblong, blunt lobes. Capsules ovoid -globular, less than *1 in. long, 

 ridged, crowned by the deflexed calyx-lobes. 



Malacca: Griffith; Lobb, Cuming 2348; Main gay (K.D.) 887; Ridley 

 3211; Derry 619; Hullett 796. Johor: Ridley. 



9. Hedyotis CONGESTA, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 844. Shrubby glab- 

 rous, much-branched ; branches thinner than a goose-quill, acutely 4- 

 angled. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate, both surfaces 

 pale brown tinged with yellow or green when dry: main-nerves 5 or 6 

 pairs, curved, spreading, indistinct on both surfaces when dry; length 

 2*5 to 5 in.; breadth 1*5 (rarely *75) to 2 in.; petioles 'J5 to '35 in. 

 Stipules triaugular, much acuminate, nearly as long as the petioles, with 

 many linear lobes, the middle one pectinate. Cymes sessile, axillary, 





