362 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 



Leaves not more than 6 in. long. 



Main nerves of leaves 7 to 9 pairs ... 7. 8. grcmddflora. 



Main fierves of leaves 4 to 6 pairs ... 8. S. latifolia. 



Flowers "25 in. in diam. 



Petals broadly cordate, obtuse, often clawed at the 



base ; flower pedicels '25 to "35 in. long ... 9. 8. prinoides. 



Petals broadly elliptic ; flower pedicels '5 to '65 in. 



long... .. .. ... ... 10. 8. polyantha. 



Flowers "1 to "15 in. in diam. 



Leaves broadly elliptic, cuspidate ; petals sub-erect, 



oblong ... ... .. ... 11. 8, Wrayi. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; petals orbicular, spread- 

 ing ... ... ... ... ... 12. S. Kunstleri. 



Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, much reticulate 

 and yellowish when dry. 



Leaves sub-acute ; flowers "15 in. in diam., the 



disc convex... ... ... ... 13. 8. fiavescens. 



Leaves obtuse ; flowers '1 in. in diam., disc 



saucer-like ... ... ... ... 14. S. Laivsoni. 



Imperfectly known species. 



S. Lolbii. 

 8. rubra. 



1. Salacia viminea, Wall. Cat.. 7267. .A glabrous scandent 

 shrub. Leaves membranous, usually alternate, lanceolate, shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, entire, the base cuneate ; main nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 

 oblique, faint ; length 2 - 5 to 4 in., breadth - 8 to 1*5 in., petiole *2 to 

 '3 in. Flowers "15 in. in diam., on thin pedicels '3 in. long, usually 

 solitary or in groups of 2 or 3 (rarely in eymes), from minute bracteo- 

 late tubercles, axillary or extra-axillary. Calyx cupular, flat, with 5 

 triangular concave lobes. Petals 5, rotund or ovate, thin, larger than 

 the calyx-lobes. Disc very convex, fleshy, glabrous, with a pale zone 

 at the base. Stamens 3 ; the filaments very broad, flat, triangular, 

 erect ; anthers transversely oblong, dehiscing by 2 transverse 2-celled 

 apical slits. Ovary sunk in the disc, 3-angled, conical; stigma small. 

 Fruit (young) sub-globular, glabrous. Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I.' 

 627. S. alternifolia Scort. MSS. in Herb. Calc. 



Penang ; Wallich. Perak ; King's Collector No. 374 ; Scortechini, 

 No. 1811. 



The alternate leaves are the best mai'k of the plants thus named. 

 I think it however possible that two species are included under these 

 alternate-leaved specimens. Those with flowers in short cymes mny 

 belong to a different plant from those with flowers solitary or on tuber- 

 cles. The material is not good; and, in the absence of complete flower- 

 ing and fruiting specimens, it is difficult to differentiate species of 

 Salacia when the leaves present no good head marks, as the structure 

 of the flowers is very much alike in many species. 



