1897.] G-. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 3 



tinder surfaces of leaflets pubescent, upper surfaces and 



adult follicles externally glabrous ... ... 3. C. semidecanirns^ 



Both surfaces of the leaflets quite glabrous. 



Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 2 to 4 in. long. 



Follicles sub-cylindric, tapering at the ends, not 



compressed, minutely sericeous inside ... ... 4. C. oligophyllus. 



Follicles compressed, sparsely stellate-hairy inside .. 5. 0. hebephyllus. 

 Leaflets broadly ovate with very rounded bases ; petals 



pubescent; follicles 1*5 in. long, pubescent inside ... 6. C. nicobaricus. 

 Leaflets elliptic-oblong or elliptic, 3 to 12 in. long; 

 petals glabrous. 



Main nerves of leaves 6 or 7 pairs ; follicles I '25 to 



1*4 in. long, sericeous inside .. .. .... 7. G. gibbosus* 



Main nerves of leaves 9 or 10 pairs ; follicles 1*5 to 



1*75 in. long, sericeous inside ... ... 8. C. grandis. 



Main nerves of leaves 5 pairs; follicles 25 in. long, 



jpubescent inside ... ... ... ... 9. 0. etlip'ticas. 



1. ConnarusMaingayt, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 53. A small tree; 

 young branches minutely rusty-tomentose Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, their 

 racliises densely and minutely touientose ; leaflets 7 to 9, coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtusely and shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 

 sub-cuneate, both surfaces distinctly reticulate wheu dry, the upper 

 glabrous, the lower paler and sparsely adpressed-pubescent, the midrib 

 tomenlose ; main nerves 7 to 11 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 2- 25 to 

 3*25 in., breadth 1 to 135 in., petiolules '1 to '15 in. Panicles axillary 

 and terminal, longer than the leaves, densely and minutely rusty- 

 tomentose ; the branches short, spicate, with the flowers clustered near 

 tiie apices. Flowers about "15 in. long, and the same in diameter, on pedi- 

 cels shorter than themselves. Sepals oblong, laterally indexed at the apex, 

 hoary-pubescent outside, glabrous inside, connivent. Petals minute, 

 much shorter than the sepals and shorter than the stamens, pale- 

 pubescent in front. Stamens 10 ; the anthers almost sessile, broadly 

 ovate, glabrous. Pistil solitary, the ovary sericeous like the disc, 

 the style short and stout. Fruit not seen. 



Perak; King's Collector, No. 3106. 



This is readilj distinguished from every Connarus described here by its very 

 minute petals. In leaves it approaches G. oligophyllus, but is distinguished from 

 that by its pinnate nervation. 



2. Connarus fgruugineus, Jack in Mai. Misc. 2, VII, 37. A 

 sarmentose shrub or powerful woody climber as much as 80 feet long ; 

 young branches, petioles, racliises, under-surfaces of leaves and inflor- 

 escence densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 8 to 16 in. long ; leaflets 5 to 

 11, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, shortly acanii- 



