1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 13 



shorter than the flowers. Sepals broadly ovate, blunt, pubescent. Petals 

 linear-oblong, broadly ovate. Stamens 10, alternately shorter than the 

 filaments, expanded towards the base and united by their edges ; ovaries 

 slightly hairy on the inner side, styles glabrous. Follicles obliquely 

 ovate-oblong, pointed, coriaceous, glabrous, *75 to 1 in. long. Seed ovate, 

 covered by an orange-coloured arillus. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 47 ; 

 Kurz For. Flora Burma I, 324. Cnestis monadelpha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 

 454. Connaracea, Wall. Cat., 8547, 8548. 



Andaman and Nicobar Islands. — Distrib. Burma, Chittagong, 

 Sylhet and Assam. 



The present species (published in 1850), B.pulchella, Bhime (1850), and L. humilis, 

 Planch. (1850), differ from each other so little that I ana not sure that they should 

 not be reduced to one, in which case the species might be named Bourea monadelpha, 

 the earliest published name of any of them being Cnestis monadelpha, Roxb. (1832). 



4. Rourea pulchella, Planch, in Linnaea XXIII, 419. Scandent, 

 woody, quite glabrous. Leaves 3 to 7 in. long; leaflets 3 to 7, thinly 

 coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, the upper sur- 

 face very shiniug, the lower less so, both reticulate ; main nerves 4 or 5 

 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 1*5 to 3 in., breadth *75 to 1*6 in. ; petio- 

 lules *15 in., slender. Racemes crowded in the axils, shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers *25 in. in diam., the pedicels of the same length, slender. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, acute, ciliolate, half as long as the petals, linear- 

 oblong. Pistils 5, ovaries pilose, styles slender. Follicle stout, curved, 

 pointed, glabrous, - 6 in. long, red when ripe. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II. 48. 



Malacca; Griffith, No. 1265. Maingay, No. 501 (Kew Distrib.); 

 Ridley, No. 1449. Singapore, Ridley, Nos. 2028, 3981. Perak ; Wray, 

 Nos. 1167, 3774. 



5. Rourea humilis, Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 262. Scandent, 

 woody, glabrous. Leaves 3*5 to 6 in. long, the rachises slender ; leaf- 

 lets 3 rarely 5, coriaceous, broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, abruptly 

 and obtusely caudate-acuminate, the base rounded, rarely sub-cuneate, 

 upper surface very shining, the lower less so and more distinctly reti- 

 culate ; main nerves about 4 pairs, spreading, faint; length 1*5 to 3 in., 

 breadth 1 to 2*25 in. petiolules about *2 in., the terminal leaflet the 

 largest. Racemes axillary, clustered, slender, few-flowered ; the buds 

 sub-globose, on pedicels of about their own length. Calyx-lobes sub- 

 orbicular, glabrous. Stamens shorter than the calyx, much shorter than 

 the styles. Follicles cylindric, pointed, coriaceous, glabrous, "75 in. long. 



Nicobar Islands ; Jelinek, No. 140. Kurz. Penang ; Curtis, No. 2285. 

 Pahang,. Ridley, Nos. 2645, 5121; Singapore. Perak; King's Col- 

 lector, No. 4677, Scortechini. — Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Distinguished chiefly by its broadly ovate coriaceous leaves, very shining on the 

 upper surfaoe and with broad bases. 



