NEW OR RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 115 



Foreman Gardener of Penang Gardens. This is a very 

 widely distributed and variable herb occuring all over 

 tropical Asia from India and Ceylon to New Guinea 

 and China, but hitherto it has been wanting from the 

 Malay peninsula. The form collected is the narrow 

 leaved form represented by 0. angustifolia as figured in 

 Wallich's Icones Kariores. 



RUBIACEAE. 



Reindict fragantlssima, n. sp. 



A stout woody climber, stem through bark of branch- 

 lets pale. Thorns in pairs strong woody J to \ inch 

 long. Leaves elliptic acute to ovate acute coriaceous 

 glabrous 5 to 7 inches long 2^ to 3J inches w r ide, nerves 

 about 10 pairs; petioles stout \ inch long. Cymes ter- 

 minal or lateral 2 inches across, 20 to 30 flowers in each. 

 Flowers waxy white, fragrant. Bracts at the base of the 

 flowers ovate pubescent, several on each very short pe- 

 duncle, the terminal one double and resembling an epi- 

 calyx. Calyx campanulate pubescent J inch long teeth 

 5 short acute. Corolla tube an inch long cylindric gla- 

 brous, lobes oblong obtuse f inch long, interior of the 

 tube silky hairy. Stamens 5. Anthers nearly sessile in 

 the mouth of the corolla, linear, base bilobed. Style 

 stout longer than the corolla-tube with tw r o flat elliptic 

 lobes. Berry J inch long. 



Singapore: Garden Jungle (Ridley 5664), Bukit 

 Timah (13022), Changi, Pulau Tekong; Malacca: 

 Selandor (Cantley's Collector), Ayer Panas (Derry 

 1056), Bukit Bruang (Derry 274). Native names, 

 " Akar Seburus ; " " Akar Kuku lang." 



A very beautiful climber when in flower with its tufts 

 of pure white fragrant flowers reminding one of those of 

 the Stephanotis. 



R. A. Soc, No. 50, 19^8. 



