10 THE FLORA OF MOUNT OPHIR. 



Eutlemis leucocarpa Jack (Ochnacece). Above Padang Batu, 

 and on Gunong Mering. Common in the low country in 

 sandy woods near the sea. 



Gomphia sumatrana Miq. Gunong Mering and Ledang common 

 tree in the low country. 



Lepionurus sylvestris Bl. (Olacinem). Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Not 

 rare in woods in the low country, possibly collected on 

 the lower part of the range. 



Gomphandra penangiana Wall. On Gunong Mering. 



G. lanceolata King. Mt. Ophir (Griffith). Both common shrubs 

 in the low country also. 



G. sp. With thick ovate leaves 2 inches long and one inch wide. 

 Fruit nearly half an inch long, on Gunong Mering. A 

 very distinct plant but I have seen no flowers. 



Ilex sclerophylla Hook fil. (Ilicinew). A shrub or small tree 

 with rather large thick leaves. Above Padang Batu rare 

 and confined to Mt. Ophir. 



/. Gi-iffithii Hook fil. A shrub with pink flowers common all over 

 the upper part of the hills, occurs also in India, Java, and 

 Sumatra. 



/. sp. near Malabarica. Collected both by Mr. Hullett and my- 

 self. Above Padang Batu. Unfortunately the specimens 

 are hardly adequate for description. 



Microtropis Ophirensis n. sp. A tree with whitish bark, leaves 

 opposite lanceolate or ovate lanceolate blunt narrowed at 

 the base coriaceous 2-3 inches long, l-J inches wide, 

 nerves above invisible, beneath 7 or 8 pairs interarching 

 within the margin, petiole 1/8 to nearly 1/4 inch long, 

 thick. Cymes very shortly peduncled axillary or with long 

 peduncles about an inch long and dichotomously branched. 

 Flowers few together small white. Calyx lobes 5 scale 

 like rounded with a subscarious irregularly toothed mar- 

 gin. Petals 5 in two whorls ovate sub-acute. Stamens 





