G8 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula. [No. I, 



Stamens indefinite ; anther-cells extrorse or sublateral ; connective with 

 a terminal process. Ovaries few, style variable ; ovules 2, sub-basal, 

 collateral, ascending. Ripe carpels follicular ; stalk clavate. Seeds 1—2, 

 exarillate, testa shining. — Distrib. Tropical Asia and America ; species 

 about 8. 



Petals 6 1 A. luzonensis 



„ 3 2 A. Sco rtechinii. 



1. Anaxagorea luzonensis, A. Gray Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 27. 

 A shrub ; all parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate, the under surface pale ; 

 main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath, the 

 reticulations wide, rather distinct ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth T75 to 

 2 '5 in., petiole - 25 to 35 in. Flowers about "5 in. long, solitary; pedi- 

 cels - 25 in. long (twice as long in fruit), with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles. 

 Sepals small, OA r ate-rotund, obtuse- Petals subequal, elliptic, obtuse, thin, 

 nerved, white. Ovaries few. Pipe carpels 1 to 3, cuneate-clavate, some- 

 what compressed, narrowed into a long stalk, 1 to 2-seeded. Seeds plano- 

 convex, obovate, black, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 68. Kurz P. 

 Flora Burm. I, 39. A. zeylauica, H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 114 : Thwaites 

 Enum. 10; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 49; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 

 46. p]ioj)alocarpus fruticosus, Teysm. and Binn. in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bat. II, 22 t. 2 tig. B. Anaxagorea fruticosa, Scheff. in Nat. 

 Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXI, 9. 



Burmah; The Andaman Islands ; Malacca ; Ceylon. Distrib. Phi- 

 lippines, Cambodia, Sumatra. 



2. Anaxagorea Scoktechinii, King, n. sp. A bush or small tree : 

 all parts, except the flower, glabrous ; the young branches sub-rugulose, 

 2-ridged. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded or 

 sub-acute base ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, rather prominent beneath, 

 the reticulations open and distinct: length 6 to 8 in., breadth 2"5 to 3 - 5 

 in. ; petiole "3 to "4 in. Flowers "75 in. long, solitary ; pedicels "3 in. (much 

 longer in fruit) with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles. .Sepals membranous, 

 their edges thin, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside. Petals in a 

 single row, much larger than the sepals, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 scurfy-pubescent outside, glabrous within, very fleshy, slightly concave 

 at the base. Stamens numerous, those next the pistils barren,* elongate 

 and bent over the pistils. Ovaries numerous, obovoid, pubescent : styles 

 curved. Carpels as in J., luzonensis, but two or three times as numerous. 

 Seeds obovoid, concavo-convex, compressed, black, shining. 



Perak : at low elevations ; Scortechini, King's Collector, Wray. 

 I have altered the diagnosis of this genus as regards the petals to 



