1 8 NEW OR RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Penang: Balek Pulau (Ridley 9465). 



This differs from Wrayi in the less pubescent 

 spathaceous not bilobed calyx, the pubescence on the 

 inner face of the corolla lobes and the perfectly glabrous 

 ovary. A specimen collected by Curtis in Penang of 

 what seems to be the same plant has elliptic acuminate 

 leaves very much resembling those of Gl. Wrayi but the 

 flowers are exactly those of the above described species. 



Compositae. 



In the 16th part of the Materials for a Flora of the Malay 

 Peninsula Sir George King publishes the account of the Com- 

 positae of the peninsula. Most of the plants of this order here 

 are introduced species often of wide distribution, but a consider- 

 able number have apparently not been seen by him, although 

 they are thoroughly established in the country. They are 



Sparganophorus Vaillantii Gaertn. 



So common as to be a pest in the gardens. A herb 

 with axillary balls of purple flowers, growingmin damp 

 spots. Common in Tanglin and elsewhere. I have 

 also found it in Selangor at Batu Tiga and in Borneo at 

 Lundu in Sarawak district. It is said to be a native 

 of the "West Indies. 



Elephantopus tornentosus L. 



This is a very much taller plant than the common 

 E. scaber four or five feet tall and much more woolly 

 The stems are much branched and the leafy shoots tall 

 and very woolly. It has a very different appearance 

 from the common plant and is said to be a native of 

 North America. 



Johor, Roadside Castle wood, Tebrau river (Ridley). 

 Conyza semipinnatifida, Wall. 



A very common weed in new clearings and waste 

 ground. A tall branched plant with ■ small heads of 

 yellowish flowers, quite resembling Erigeron linifolia in 

 appearance. Clarke says in his description of it in the 



Jour. Straits Branch 



