8 THE FLOBA, OF MOUNT OPH1K. 



country are depositions of very recent date (geologically), and it 

 is quite possible that these plants are the relics of a flora which 

 formerly grew on the sandy coasts of a sea which washed the 

 foot of Ophir. 



Plants of the Upper Part of the Range. 



lllicium cambodianum, Hance. (Magnoliaceoe). A small tree, 

 flower pink occurs also on all the higher hill ranges Of 

 peninsula and in Cochin China. 



Alsodeia lanceolata var. (Violacece). A small shrub with longer 

 narrower leaves and less villous fruit than the Penang 

 form, close to the Padang Batu. 



A. sp. near A. Hookeriana. Shrub with the leaves drying black 

 entire and few nerved, and fruit an inch long black glab- 

 rous blunt, the seed dotted all over. I have only seen 

 fruit of this, the plant grew on Gunong Mering. 



Galophyllum microphyllum Anders. (Guttiferce). A small tree 

 very abundant on all the upper part of the hill, only re- 

 corded from this locality, but I found what I take to be 

 the same tree without flowers or fruits on Gunong Panti 

 in Johore. 



C. sp. Tree with narrow elliptic lanceolate coriaceous leaves 

 very closely and inconspicuously nerved 3-3 \ inches long 

 i inch broad narrow into a petiole ^ inch long (No. 3223) 

 not seen elsewhere. 



Garcinia montana n sp. A small tree about 15 feet tall with 

 four-angled branches. Leaves lanceolate usually obtuse- 

 ly acuminate 2 inches long. 3/4 inch wide or often much 

 smaller, thickly coriaceous, veins invisible, except the 

 midrib which is raised on the upper surface, petiole 3/8 

 inch long. Male flowers solitary terminal small 1/4 inch 

 across on thick pedicels 1/8 inch long. Sepals 4 decussate 

 unequal ovate obtuse concave green. Petals 4 rounded 

 striate yellowish green. Stamens connate into a sessile 

 subglobose head, anothers numerous crowded linear, no 

 rudiment of the pistil. Female flowers terminal on. very 



