1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 315 



nerves faint ; the lower reddish-brown when dry, the nerves very faint 

 or obsolete but the midrib prominent ; length 325-4 in., breadth 

 1*25-165 in., petiole '6-"75 in. Floivers 1-125 in. long, solitary, axil- 

 lary; the peduncle short, decurved. Calyx as in B. gymnorhiza, but 1he 

 lobes only 10. Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes, deeply bifid, 

 with a stout seta in the sinus between the two narrow lobes, the edges 

 densely clothed with stout white hair, the apices of the lobes bearing 

 one short bristle each. Fruit as in B. gymnorhiza, but the germinating 

 radicle shorter. Wall. Cat. 2451 ; Brandis For. Flora, 219 ; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. II, 438. B. Rumphii, Blume Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat, I, 

 138. B. parietosa, Griff. Notul. IV, 670 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 641. 



In similar situations to the last, but not so common. Malacca ; 

 Griffith 2206; Maingay 642. Penang ; Curtis 514. Pahang ; Ridley 

 1045 C. Perak; Scortechini) Wray 2711. Distrib. Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, Australasia. 



3. Bruguiera caryophylloides, Blume Enum. PI. Javae I. 93. 

 A tree ; young branches slender, with cicatries towards the apex. 

 Leaves oblanceolate or ovate-oblanceolate, slightly oblique, acute, the 

 base cuneate ; upper surface shining when dry, the lower dull, both 

 pale in colour and the nerves faint in both ; length 2*5 to 4 in., breadth 

 1-1*65 in., petiole *75-l in. Cymes axillary, rather longer than the 

 peduncles, erect, laxly 2- or 3-flowered, (rarely only 1-nowered). Flowers 

 about '4 in. long, on short pedicels. Calyx-tube clavate, not grooved 

 when fresh, surmounted by about 8 linear obtuse fleshy lobes as long as 

 itself, at first spreading, but finally reflexed. Petals as many as but 

 shorter than the calyx-lobes, apex bifid, the margins with scanty white 

 hairs outside ; the apical lobes obtuse, each crowned by 3-5 flexuose pale 

 hairs, the sinus with a single bristle. Stamens 16, unequal. Fruiting -calyx 

 about *5 in. long, the fruit in its fundus with the growing radicle pro- 

 truding and growing to 6-8 in. in length. Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist., I, 

 368; Wight 111. 210; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., Vol. I, Pt. I, 589; Kurz For. 

 Flora Burma 1, 450 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 438. Trimen Flora Ceylon, 

 1,153. Rhizophora caryophylloides, Jack Mai. Misc. I. 34; Hook. Bot. 

 Misc. II, 80 ; Wall. Cat. 4879 ; DC. Prod. Ill, 32. Kanilia caryophylloides, 

 Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I, 141; Thwaites En. PI. Ceyl. 120. 

 B. parviflora, Wall, (not of Blume) Cat. 4877 C and D. 



In tidal Forests like the other species of the genus ; in all the 

 provinces. Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



4. Brugciera parviflora, W. & A, Prodr. 311 ; Arn. in Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. I, 369. A shrub or small tree ; young branches slender, the 

 cicatrices distant. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 much attenuate at the base ; upper surface shining and showing the 



