16 NEW OR RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



self in the Malay Peninsula on the banks of the Pahang 

 river and on the Rumpin river. It occurs also in 

 Sumatra, Java and Borneo, and a variety is recorded 

 from Madagascar. 



G. elegans, Kurz. 



Is a smaller tree slender and tall, with rather 

 long narrow elliptic leaves rather long petioled, and 

 bright red calyces to the flowers. The fruit is flattened 

 and rounded \% inch across smooth and black. It 

 occurs commonly in Penang, and has been met with in 

 Malacca and a variety occurs in Tenasserim and the 

 Andamans. Native Name " Rengas Ayam." 



G. coarctata, Hook fil. 



This I take to be the extremely common bush or 

 bushy tree occurring in most tidal waters in this 

 region. It never seems to attain any great size 

 and is conspicuous in the water edge of the river from its. 

 bright red young leaves. The flowers are yellowish white 

 in panicles shorter than the leaves. The fruit is subglo- 

 bose, corky, light brown and very resinous. 



This is the commonest species ; very abundant in all 

 our tidal rivers, and also very conspicuous in Sumatra 

 and Sarawak. 



Gl. Wrayi, King. 



I have seen no type of this but I take the 

 description given in the Materials of the Flora of the 

 Malay Peninsula to apply to this plant, of which good 

 specimens were sent to me by Mr. Burn-Murdoch, under 

 the name of Rengas Kerbau Jalang or Red Rengas. It 

 is a very big tree with stiff coriaceous leaves 4 to 6 

 inches long elliptic acute narrowed at the base to a 

 broad flat petiole, nerves about 12 pairs conspicuous 

 on the lower surface, finely reticulated on both sides. 

 Panicles 4 inches long with rather distant branches to 

 near the base ; flowers very numerous red and white 



Jour. Straits Branch 



