1890.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 115 



tomentose on edges and along midrib. Stamens indefinite, connective 

 glabrous. Ovai'y cylindric. Stigma hemisplieric. Fruit pisiform, 2-6 

 seeded. Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 190; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. 

 Plioheros rhinanthera, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 187, t. 39. P. macrophyllay 

 W. & A. Prodr 30. Flacourtia inermis. Wall. Cat. 6673 G, H, only. 

 Malacca, Griffith ; Penang, Curtis. Distrib. Java, Borneo, 



2. S. RoxBURGUii, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. 

 A glabrous shrub or small tree with spiny stem. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 shining above, ovate, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acu- 

 minate, sub-entire or faintly and remotely crenate ; the base rounded 

 or slightly narrowed, 3 to 5-nerved ; lateral nerves about 3 pairs, bold ; 

 length 4"5 to 6'5 in., breadth 1'75 to 3*5 in.; petiole biglandular at the 

 apex, '35 in. long. Racetiies pubescent, axillary, about 1 in. long, 2-6- 

 flowered, bracteolate. Flowers on tomentose pedicels. Sejpals and petals 

 5 or 6 each, densely tomentose externally, broadly ovate. Stamens in- 

 definite, the connective ciliate. Ovary ovate : style cyliudic : stigma 

 3-lobed. Fruit baccate, the size of an olive. Seeds few. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. I, 190 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. Phoberos Roxhurghii, 

 Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 192. Ludia spinosa, Roxb Fl. Ind. ii. 507. Fla- 

 couitia stigmarota, Wall. Cat. 6678, in part. 



Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Burmah, Su- 

 matra. 



3. S. CRENATA, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat., Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. A 

 tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, shining above, 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtusely or sharply acuminate, obscurely 

 ghindular-crenate ; the base narrowed, rarely rounded, obscurely 3-5 

 nerved; lateral nerves about 5 pairs, faint ; length 2 to 5 in., breadth 

 1 to 1*75 in., petiole "25 to "35 in. Racemes axillary or terminal, pube- 

 scent or tomentose, bracteolate, 1 to 3 in. long. Flowers pedicelled. 

 Sepals and petals 4i, rarely 5 or 6, the former tomentose and smaller 

 than the petals. Connective of anthers glabrous. Oya?^^ globular, smooth. 

 Style cylindric. Stigma discoid. Fruit globose, about '75 in. in diam. 

 Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 191. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I pt. 2, p. 167. S. 

 pseudo-crenata, acuminata, chmensis, lanceolata, and crasssipes, Clos. 1. 

 c. S. sceva, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii, 182. Phoberos crenatiis, 

 W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. 

 Wightianus, W. and A. Prodr. 30. P. acuminatus, Hookerianus, and 

 Arnottianus, Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400. 



Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Brit. India and 

 Ceylon, China, Philippines. 



In the young state this is thorny. It is a very variable species 

 indeed, and too near S. rhinanthera. 

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