250 FLORA INDICA. 



Cathartocarpus. Diospyros, Gynocardia. 



Cassia. Bignonia. Trewia. 



Conocarpus. Calosantlies. Quercus. 



Lagerstroemia. Spathodea. Castanea. 



Jambosa. Tetranthera. Antidesma, 



Careya. Croton. Ficus. 



Nauclea. Eottlera. Artocarpus. 



Martaban was visited in 1827 by Wallich, and more re- 

 cently by Falconer. Mergui and Maulmain have been ex- 

 plored by Griffith, whose extensive collections have been 

 distributed ; and by Mr. Lobb, who has communicated some 

 interesting plants to the Hookerian Herbarium. 



9. Malayan Peninsula. 



The Malayan peninsula extends from the southern extre- 

 mity of Tenasserim, almost to the equator, the island of Sin- 

 gapur being in 1^° N. lat. Its width varies from 150 to 100 

 miles, and near the southern extremity it contracts to about 

 fifty miles. A low range of hills traverses the whole length 

 of the peninsula, rising occasionally into isolated peaks, of 

 which the highest. Mount Ophir, near Malacca, attains 4320 

 feet*, but they are usually very much lower. The island of 

 Penang is 2922 feet high. 



On either side of the central axis, low ranges of hills de- 

 scend towards the sea, so as to give an undulating outline to 

 the surface. These are separated by swampy flats of consi- 

 derable length, which are narrow and often under water, but 

 there are no plains of any extent. The coast is occasionally 

 rocky or skirted by coral reefs, at other places low and muddy. 

 The direction of the rivers is generally at right angles to the 

 axis. Their banks are for the most part muddy and low, and 



* This height is taken from « paper by Logan, in the ' Journal of the Ma- 

 layan Archipelago' (ii. 137) . According to the same authority, Kedah peak is 

 3897 feet high. Mr. Logan informs ua that the eleTatious given by Newbold 

 for these peaks (5R93 and 5705 feet) are mere guesses. 



