362 G, King — Materials for a Flora of the Mahujan Peninsula. [No. 3'^ 



Leaves not more than 6 in. long. 



Main nerves of leaves 7 to 9 pairs ... 7. 8. gravdiflora.. 



Main nerves of leaves 4 to 6 pairs ... 8. S. latifolia. 



Flowers '25 in, in diam. 



Petals broadly cordate, obtuse, often clawed at the 



base ; flower pedicels '25 to "35 in. long ... 9. 8. prinoides. 



Petals broadly elliptic ; flower pedicels "5 to '65 in. 



long... .. .. ... ... 10. 8. polyantha. 



Flowers "1 to "15 in. in diam. 



Leaves broadly elliptic, cuspidate ; petals sub-erect, 



oblong ... ... .. ... 11. S. Wrayi. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; petals orbicular, spread- 

 ing ... ... ... ... ... 12. S. Kunstleri. 



Leaves obTong or elliptic-oblong, much reticulate 

 and yellowish when dry. 



Leaves sub-acute ; flowers '15 in. in diam., the 



disc convex... ... .... ... 13. 8.flavescens, 



Leaves obtuse ; flowers '1 in. in diam., disc 



saucer-like ... ... .,. ... 14. S. Lawsoni. 



Imperfectly known species. 



8. Lohbii. 

 8. rubra. 



1. Salagia vimtnba, Wall. Cat.. 7267. A glabrous scandent 

 slirub. Leaves membranous, usually alternate, lanceolate, shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, entire, the base cuneate ; main nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 

 oblique, faint ; length 25 to 4 in., breadth '8 to \'h in., petiole *2 to- 

 •3 in. Flowers '15 in. in diam., on thin pedicels '3 in. long, usually 

 solitary or in groups of 2 or 3 (rarely in cymes), from minute bracteo- 

 late tubercles, axillary or extra-axillary. Calyx cupular, flat, with 5 

 triangular concave lobes. Petals 5, rotund or ovate, thin, larger than 

 the calyx-lobes. Disc very convex, fleshy, glabrous, with a pale zone^ 

 at the base. Stamens 3 ; the filaments very broad, flat, triangular, 

 erect ; anthers transversely oblong, dehiscing by 2 transverse 2-celled 

 apical slits. Ovary sunk in the disc, 3-angled, conical ; stigma small. 

 Fruit (young) sub-globular, glabrous. Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 

 627. 8. alternifolia Scort. MSS. in Herb. Calc. 



Penang ; Wallich. Perak ; King's Collector No., 374; Scortechini^ 

 No. 1811. 



The alternate leaves are the best mark of the plants thus named. 

 I think it however possible that two species are included under these 

 alternate- leaved specimens. Those with flowers in- short cymes may 

 belong to a different plant from those with flowers solitary or on tuber- 

 cles. The material is not good ; and, in the absence of complete flower- 

 ing and fruiting specimens, it is diflicult to differentiate species of 

 Salacia when the leaves present no good head marks, as the structure- 

 of the flowers is very much alike in many species. 



