18 NEW OE RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Calophylhim foetid urn, n. sp. 



Tall tree about 80 feet tall, and 8 inches through, bark 

 flaky. Leaves elliptic narrowed to the petiole very shortly 

 nan-owed to the tip, coriaceous fine nerved, 1 J-.'H inches 

 long, 1-1] inch wide, petiole h inch long. Flowers small 

 I inch across foetid, in lax racemes axillary 3 inches 

 long of about 8 flowers, pedicels slender ^ inch long. 

 Bracts very small ovate caducous. Sepals 4 ovate lan- 

 ceolate reflexed glabrous. Petals 4 obovate subspathu- 

 late apex rounded base narrowed ^ inch long. Stamens 

 very numerous shorter. Pistil conic glabrous style 

 longer than the stamens, stigma discoid. Fruit small 

 elliptic about ] inch long. 



Singapore: Garden Jungle (Eidley 13305, 14110, 

 11958 and 6935); Malacca: Bukit Bruang (Deny). 



This tree is remarkable for the small size of its 

 flowers, which possess a very unpleasant odour. It is one 

 of the comparatively few species in this region which 

 possess petals and have lax racemes of distant flowers. 



Garcinia. 



The Garcmias are often difficult to make out from dried 

 specimens as they do not preserve well and further being 

 unisexual one is apt only to get hold of plants of one sex. 

 Three species of the small fruited ones commonly known 

 as Kandis by the Malays, have thus been confused in 

 the Materials. Indeed under G. nigrolineata, Plouch. 

 King suggests that his description may cover two 

 species. I have been able to study these plants from 

 living specimens in the forests, and find that what he 

 classes as G. nigrolineata covers three species, viz., the 

 true G. nigrolineata of Pierre, a species apparently un- 

 described for which I propose the name Garcinia 

 glooulosa, and the Garcinia parvifolia, Miquel. 



Garcinia nigrolineata, Pierre Fl. Cochin-Chinensis VI. p. 

 xxix, t. 81, fig. 1 F. 



Tree 30 to 40 feet tall, branchlets above subangled. 

 Leaves coriaceous lanceolate acuminate, glabrous, narrow- 



Jour. Sraits Branch 



