4 NEW OR RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



As there has been so much confusion in our two Penin- 

 sular species, I give complete description of them. 

 Wormia subsessilis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. I. 618. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 315, t. 9. 



A very large shrub forming large thickets in damp 

 open spots. Stem as much as 6 inches thick branching 

 at the base. Branches decurved and rooting at the nodes, 

 where they reach the ground. Shoots and leaves quite 

 glabrous except for a few hairs along the midrib and 

 bases of the nerves behind. Leaves ovate or oblong ovate 

 obtuse, except for the midrib prolonged into a short 

 mucro, margin distantly and very shortly serrate, nerves 

 about 15 hairs straight and parallel, base broad, passing 

 into the broadly winged petiole, which encloses entirely 

 the bud, blade dark green above nerves lighter coriaceous 

 8-12 inches long 6-7 inches wide, petiole H inch long. 

 Raceme decurved, of 5-6 flowers. Bracts lanceolate claw- 

 like pinkish I inch long. Flowers •") inches across. Sepals 

 ovate obtuse edges ciliate at the tip, 2 outer ones dull red 

 not visibly nerved, nearly } inch long, 3 inner a little 

 smaller green with traces of red coloring. Petals 5 

 undulate hardly crenate bright yellow 2 inches long 1| 

 inch wide. Stamens white f inch long, the outer row of 

 staminodes shorter yellow. Styles T, greenish a little 

 longer than the stamens. Carpels 7, rose pink, sutures 

 and centre white, 1 inch long when fully expanded ovate 

 tipped by the withered style. Seed subpyriform J inch 

 long black with a red aril. 



Common in the swampy open country of the South 

 of the Peninsula. 



Singapore: Tanglin abundant; Pulau Tekong (Rid- 

 ley 3966); Pulau Ubin. Johor: Pinerong Estate 

 (Cantley) ; Kwala Sedili Besar (Feilding). Distrib. 

 Banca. 

 var. borneensis, n. var. A very tall plant forming dense thick- 

 ets and layering itself by its branches. Leaves very large 

 18 inches long and 12 inches across, margins strongly 

 dentate, with thorn-like processes at the tips of the teeth, 



Jour. Straits Branch 



