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sembling the foregoing in leaves, the flowers of which are not on tuber- 

 cles but arise singly or in pairs from the leaf-axils, and this I have 

 named S. macrantha. 



As in the case of S. fiavescens there is a considerable range in the 

 size of the flowers of *?. grandijlora, some measuring only '25 in. diam., 

 while others are '45 in. There is also some difference in the shape 

 of the leaves. The specimens with very long, comparatively narrow, 

 leaves have been accepted as a species by Mr. Lawson. But I cannot 

 find that these differ in their flowers from Heifer's No. 898 (Kew Dis- 

 trib.) which Kurz, the author of this species, has named S. grandiflora 

 with his own hand. I therefore treat these as a variety only. 



\ ar. longifolia. Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, the base 

 much narrowed, 9 to 12 in. long. S. longifolia, Hook. fil. in Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 626 ; Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 258. 



Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 400^. Perak : Wray. 

 DiSTRiB. — Tenasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib.) No. 898. Penang : Curtis, 

 Nos. 134, 1146, 1266, 2939. 



8. Salacia latifolia. Wall. Cat. 4222. A scandent glabrous shrub 

 many feet in length ; young branches slender, terete, dark-coloured 

 when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-rotund, obtuse 

 or shortly cuspidate, entire, the base rounded ; upper surface pale- 

 greenish when dry, the lower pale-brown ; main nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 

 spreading, forking far from the margin, slightly prominent beneath ; 

 length 3 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 3'5 in., petiole '5 in. Flowers "4 in. in 

 diam., in fascicles of 6 to 8 from short axillary tubercles, pedicels 

 about '5 in. long. Calyx cupular, with 5 broad reniform blunt lobes. 

 Petals 5, much longer than the calyx-lobes, obovate, blunt, spreading 

 or recurved. Disc large, thick, glabrous. Stamens 3, inserted near the 

 upper edge of the disc : the filaments long, flat, recurved ; the anthers 

 transversely oblong, 2-celled. Fruit globose, smooth, 1 in. in diam. ; 

 seeds '75 in. long, semi-convex, slightly rugose. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 629, 8. platypJiylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beiig. for 1875, pt. 2, 

 p. 203. 



Singapore; Wallich. Pangkore : Scorte3hini, Nos. 39, 951. Anda- 

 man and Nicobar Islands. 



This is allied to S. prinoides DC, but differs in being a large climber, 

 also in having larger more rotund leaves and larger flowers and fruit. 



9. Salacia prinoides, DC. Prod. I, 571. A large straggling 

 shrub ; young branches divaricating, slender, somewhat four-angled, 

 glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely 

 cuspidate, coarsely serrate or entire, the base cuneate ; both surfaces 

 glabrous, the lower pale ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, ascending, curved ; 



