Symphorema. 329 



6. P. Scortcchinii King et Gamble, Kew Bull. 113 

 (1908); iid.. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXXIV, t 858. — 

 A shrub; branchlets angular, with inflorescences and petioles 

 fulvous-pubescent; leaves opposite, 3-foliolate, leaflets 

 membranous, pubescent on both sides; terminal leaflets 

 ovate, apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, base rotundate- 

 cuneate, margins entire, pairs of nerves 4, 5—8 by 27^—5 

 cM.; petiolules 1.2—1.9 cM.; lateral leaflets smaller, base 

 cordate often somewhat unequal, petiolules 0.6 cM. ; 

 petioles 4—5 cM.; panicles 2- or 3-chotomously branched, 

 axillary composed, reaching 15 cM. in length; bracts leafy, 

 rotundate, 1.3—1.9 cM. ; calyx fulvous-pubescent, deeply 

 4— 5-lobed; tube 0.6 cM. long, lobes in fruit 1.9—2.5 

 cM., 3— 5-nerved, reticulate; corolla very small, 2-lipped; 

 stamens 4, exsert, the 2 lower ones being longer than the 

 two upper; filaments short; style short with bifid stigma, 

 lobes spreading ; ovary cylindric, villous ; capsule- 0.6 cM. 

 long, ribbed. 



Distribution: Malacca. 



„P. Riedelii F. v. Muell." in Index Kewensis is a mistake. 

 In the „Botanisches Centralblatt L. 1892, 195" F. v. Mueller 

 mentions P. Riedelii (of Oliver) in his publication. 



Tribe IV. SYMPHOREMOIDE.^. 



XXV. SYMPHOREMA Roxb.. PI. Corom. II. 46. t. 

 186, (1798); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. PL, II, II, 1159; 

 Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pfl. fam. IV, 3a, 179; Schauer. 

 DC, Prodr, XI, 621. — Sczegleewia Turcz. in Bull. 

 Soc. Nat. Mosc. XXXVI, II, 212. (1863). - Climbing 

 shrubs; leaves opposite, simple, entire or sinuate-dentate; 

 inflorescences composed, paniculate, terminal, large, with 

 opposite branches, bearing paired, peduncled, 7-flowered 

 heads with 6 — 8 involucral bracts, the terminal one of 



