340 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



teeth, every part densely covered with brown scales externally. Petals 

 slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes, oblanceola*te, obtuse, glabrous, erect. 

 Stamens 8, exserted. Fruit compressed, ovate, pointed at each end, 

 dark-brown when dry, with 4 short wings, about 1*2 in. long and *6 in. 

 broad on the compressed surfaces, the other two surfaces narrow and 

 grooved, all parts sparsely scaly. 



Perak ; sea- shore at Matang, Wray 2504. 



8. Combretum Kunstleri, King n. spec. A powerful climber; 

 young shoots slender, terete, very slightly puberulous and with very 

 few scattered rusty hairs intermixed. Leaves opposite, narrowly ellip- 

 tic or elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, slightly narrowed 

 to the minutely cordate base ; upper surface glabrous except the 

 minutely pubescent midrib, shining ; the lower dull, glabrous even on 

 the midrib ; main nerves 5-7 pairs, ascending, curving, length 3-5*5 

 in., breadth 11-18D in.; petiole *1 in. or less, glabrous. Panicles axil- 

 lary and shorter than the leaves or terminal and much longer, peduncu- 

 late, with many short thick glandular hairs, the branches rather short 

 and spreading, bracteoles shorter than the ovaries. Calyx-tube about '1 in. 

 long, constricted both below and above the ovary, the limb widely cam- 

 pan ulate and with 4 very shallow broad reflexed teeth, clothed outside 

 with glandular hairs. Petals inserted near the edge of the calyx -limb 

 and projecting beyond its lobes, broadly ovoid, reflexed, pubescent. 

 Fruit 4-winged, tapering to the ends (when young), unknown in the 

 ripe state. 



Perak ; King's Collector 3435, 6664 ; Scortechini 2014. 

 9. Combretum nigrescens, King u. spec. A slender climber 20-40 

 feet long ; young branches rusty-puberulous and with sparse long 

 rusty-silky hairs. Leaves opposite, membranous, black when dry, 

 narrowly elliptic to oblong, shortly acuminate, the base rounded, 

 the petioles very short; upper surface shining, glabrous except the 

 rusty-sericeous midrib ; lower surface with the midrib and main 

 nerves rusty-sericeous, the intercostal spaces almost glabrous ; length 

 225-2"75 in., breadth '75-1 in., petiole less than '1 in. Panicles termi- 

 nal, lax, spreading, longer than the leaves, minutely cinereous-tomentose 

 with a few long rusty hairs intermixed, the branches interruptedly 

 spicate, bracteoles shorter than the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube only about 

 •05 in. long ; the limb rather longer, campanulate and with 4 rather 

 shallow broad acute teeth, puberulous on the outer surface, pubescent 

 on the inner, with a wing of hairs in the throat. Petals about as long 

 as the calyx-lobes, broadly ovate or slightly obovate, blnnt, puberulous 

 on the outer surface, sericeous on the inner. Stamens 8, unequal, the 

 outer row the longest. Fruit black when dry, shining, glabrous, with 

 4 narrow wings, 8 in. long and "4 in. broad. 



