12 NEW OR RAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Singapore: sandy woods Changi (Ridley 5917),, 

 Bukit Timah (8050), Garden Jungle (4813); Johore: 

 Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall 4047). " Sisik Managon." 



This tree is quite distinct from the plant — I believe 

 was intended for Unona stenopetala by Hooker, the 

 leaves of that being very much larger. It has a typical 

 Polyathia fruit. Specimens in flower have been referred 

 to a variety of Unona stenopetala at Kew. 



It is always more or less in flower in the gardens but 

 seldom fruits. 

 Polyaltlna pumila, n. sp. 



Dwarf shrub about a foot tall little or not branched. 

 Stem black densely covered with rusty hairs. Leaves 

 elliptic or oblanceolate coriaceous, base broad nearly ses- 

 sile, above dark glabrous, beneath paler, minutely red 

 dotted, and sprinkled with hairs, nerves above inconspi- 

 cuous -beneath prominent about 12 pairs, alternate, meet- 

 ing in an undulate intramarginal nerve some way from 

 the edge 8-10 inches long, 3 inches wide petiole swollen 

 J inch long densely red hairy. Flowers solitary axillary 

 nearly sessile bright orange color. Calyx lobes 3 tri- 

 angular lanceate obtuse, silky hairy outside less hairy 

 within jo inch long. Petals 3 outer ones, linear lance- 

 ate subacute 1J inch long by jq inch wide dilated at the 

 base but not excavate silky hairy especially at the base 

 glabrescent upwards. Inner petals 3, 1J inch long, nar- 

 rower linear glabrescent. Stamens minute cuneate. fila- 

 ment very short, connective rounded recurved. Back 

 of a'nther keeled. Carpels few stigmas short densely 

 silky. 



Dindings: Telok Sera Woods (March 7996); 

 Johore: Gunong Janing (Kelsall.) 



The most dwarf Anonacea I have ever seen, with a 

 short stem large coriaceous leaves like those of Agrostis- 

 iachys and rather large handsome orange flowers. Kel- 

 sall gives the Johore name of "Kananga Merah." I have 

 not seen fruit of this but I take it to be a Pohjalthia. 

 It is remarkable not only for its small size but for the 



Jour. Straits Branch 



