1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 7 



eub-rhomboidal, compressed, with a short stout apical point, glabrous, 

 obliquely striate ; pericarp leathery inside, sericeous, 1*25 to 1*4; in. 

 long, and about I in. broad, the stalk '4 in. long. Seed nearly 1 in. 

 long, oblong, blunt at both ends, black, with an arillus obliquely cover- 

 ing its lower half. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 52; Kurz For. Flora 

 Burma, II, 32b'. 



The Andaman Islands. — Distrib. Burma. 



This may be distinguished from C. semidecandrus by its larger follicles, and 

 larger seeds much more extensively covered by arillus. The inner surface of the 

 pericarp in this is glabrous ; in 0. semidecandrus it is sparsely sericeous. 



8. Connarus grandis, Jack in Mai. Misc. 2, VII, 40. Scandenfc, 

 all parts except the inflorescence quite glabrous. Leaves 9 to 12 in. 

 long, their rachises stout; leaflets 3 to 5, very coriaceous, elliptic- 

 oblong, acute or obtusely acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate ; 

 both surfaces, but especially the upper, shining, the lower reticulate 

 ■when dry ; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, oblique, faint ; length 4 to 12 in., 

 breadth 15 to 4 in. ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets about *5 in., of the 

 terminal '75 in. Panicles often as long as the leaves, terminal or 

 axillary, spreading, with a few spike-like branches, rusty-tomentose. 

 Flowers sessile, "25 in. long Sepals tomentose outside, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Petals twice as long, linear, dilated upwards, glabrescent. 

 Filaments puberulous. Follicles obliquely ovoid, sub-rhomboidal, com- 

 pressed, glabrous, slightly and obliquely rugulose when dry, tapering 

 to a short pseudo- stalk, 1*5 to 1*75 in. long, and about 1 in. broad; 

 pericarp woody, sericeous inside. Planchon in Linnsea, XXIII, 429 ; 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 53. C. WalUchii, Planch. 1. c. 426 ; Kurz 

 For. Flora Burma, I, 328. Gonnaracea, Wall. Cat., 8538 A. B. (in part). 



In all the provinces except the Nicobars and Andamans. 



9. Connarus ellipticus, King n. spec. Scandent; young branches 

 deciduously rusty-pubescent, the bark dark and polished. Leaves 8 to 

 15 in. long, everywhere glabrous ; leaflets coriaceous, 3 to 5, elliptic- 

 oblong to elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, the base rounded or sub- 

 cuneate, upper surface very shining when dry; the lower paler, reticu- 

 late and less shining ; main nerves 5 pairs, oblique, rather prominent 

 beneath; length 4*5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiolules 2 to '3 in., 

 rugulose, pale. Panicles axillary and shorter, or terminal and longer 

 than the leaves, minutely rusty-pubescent, the branches obliquely 

 spreading, the ultimate branchlets short. Flowers *25 in. long, on 

 pedicels slightly shorter than themselves. Segments of the calyx ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, rusty-tomentose outside, glabrescent inside, about as 

 long as the pistil and half as long as the linear acute glabrous petals. 

 Stamens 5 perfect nearly as long as the petals, and 5 abortive (without 



