1896.] Cf. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 415 



196 ; Griff. Notul. IV, 60S ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 644, fig. 1, t. 645, figs. 6, 8 ; 

 Decne in Ann. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. Ill, 445 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 

 611; in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Eat. I, 98, (only in part, and perhaps not at 

 all); Laws, in Fl. Brit. Jnd. I, 666, (partly); Brand. For. Fl. 102; 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 44, 11,179; For. Fl. Burma I, 279 ; (not of 

 Benth. nor of BaJcer.) ; C.B.Clarke in Trimen's Journ. Bot. for 1881, 

 p. 139. L. Staphylea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 18; Fl. Ind. ed. Carey II, 

 471 ; Wall. Cat. 6824, F. I. ; W. and A. Prodr. 132 ; Wight Ic. t. 78 ; 

 Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41 ; Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 64. L. Ottilis, 

 DC, Prodr. I, 636. Leea viridiflora, Planch. Hort. Donat. 6. Aquilicia 

 Sambucina, Linn. Mant. 211; Cav. Dissert. VII, t. 218. Staphylea 

 indica, Burin. Fl. Ind. 75, t. 24, fig. 2. Aquilicia Ottilis, Gaertn. Frucfc. 

 I, 275. Ottilis zeylanica, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 57. Qastonia Naluga, Lamk. 

 Diet. II, t. 611. Gilibertia Naluga, DC. Prodr. IV, 256. Humph. Herb. 

 Amb. IV, t. 45. Rheede Hort. Mai. II, t. 26. 



Penang: Wallich, Curtis. . Singapore : Hullett. Malacca: Maingay 

 (Kew Distrib.), No. 433. Andaman Islands: very common. — Disteib. 

 British India. 



This species is rare in the Malayan Peninsula, but very common 

 in the Andamans. It forms a bush of about the same size as L. gigantea, 

 Griff., from which it is readily distinguished by its smaller leaves and 

 panicles and by its green flowers. I have followed Mr. C. B. Clarke 

 implicitly as to the synonymy of this species as given in his excellent 

 paper in Trimen's Journal of Botany. 



Var. biserrata, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 99. Serrations of 

 the leaves very unequal, sometimes alternately large and small. L. 

 biserrata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 518. 



Perak: King's Collector, No. 3282. Singapore: Ridley, No. 4746. 

 Distrib. Bangka. 



8. Leea acuminata, Wall. Cat. 6830. An under-shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high ; young branches glabrous. Leaves usually pinnate, but one of the 

 lower pinnae often pinnulate ; the rachis not winged, the petiole very 

 slightly dilated at the base ; leaflets oblong, rarely ovate-oblong, sharply 

 acuminate, slightly and unequally serrate, the base rounded or slightly 

 cuneate : both surfaces glabrous, sometimes dotted ; main nerves 10 to 

 12 pairs, rather prominent beneath, the veins sub-horizontal : length 

 25 to 8 in., breadth "75 to 2 in. Cymes compact, 1:25 to 2'25 in. across, 

 many-flowered, the branches short, minutely rusty-pubescent, on pedun- 

 cles varying from 1 to 3 in. long. Floivers coral-red, sub-globular, 

 bracts and bracteoles usually absent ; lobes of the staminal tube broad, 

 emarginate. Fruit depressed-globular, red when I'ipe, *25 in. in diam. 

 C. B. Clarke in Trimen's Journ. Bot. for 1881, 102. L. sambuciua, Laws. 



