12 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



the Hongkong plant in having a tomentose inflorescence. The 

 Malayan form is quite glabrous. 



Q. macrocarpa, Wight, 111. i. 109. 



A tree or shrub quite glabrous. Leaves 1- to 5-foliolate 

 on the same plant, subcoriaceous, the trifoliolate leaflets 

 are lanceolate, distant acuminate, shortly narrowed to the base, 

 3 in. long, .7 in. wide, petiolule .1 in. ; the uuifoliolate leaflets 

 elliptic lanceolate, acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 7.5 in. 

 long, 2.7 in. wide, very finely gland-dotted, nerves often dis- 

 tinctly elevate beneath in the larger leaflets, 8 pairs. The flow- 

 ers white are .2 in. long 2 to 3 on very stout axillary racemes in 

 the only Malay specimen I have seen, in terminal clusters .5 

 in. long in the Indian type, rachis and calyx scurfy. Sepals 

 short ovate. Petals quite 3 times as long, linear oblong, sub- 

 acute. Stamens with broad truncate linear filaments and short 

 oblong anthers. Ovary glabrous, cylindric on a moderately 

 large disc. Berry .75 in. long, globose with 2 large plano- 

 convex seeds. 



Perak. At 4500 feet, "a tree, flowers white" (Wray 

 264). 'South India: Courtallum (Wight). 



A very distinct plant in its large flowers and very large 

 fruit as big as a cherry. Wight gives it as shrubby, Wray as a 

 tree. 



G. malayana, n. sp. 



A glabrous shrub, about 6 feet tall, with light green leaves. 

 Buds red tomentose. Leaves 5-foliolate, thin, submembranous, 

 leaflets elliptic, bluntly acuminate, shortly narrowed at the base, 

 nerves 5 pairs impressed above conspicuously elevate beneath, 

 inarching .3 in. within the margin, very finely gland-dotted 

 above, sometimes but not always beneath, 3.5 — 5.5 in. long, 1 — 2 

 in. wide, petiole .5 — 1 in. long, petiolules .1 — 2 in. long. Pani- 

 cles axillary and terminal 2 — 3 in. long, branches spreading 1 

 in. long, glabrous, rarely red scurfy. Buds globose. Sepals 

 orbicular ciliate on the edges. Filaments broad, flat. Ovary 

 cylindro-conic, 5-celled, glabrous. Fruit white, globose, nar- 

 rowed at the base, .2 in. through. 



Singapore. Chan Chu Kang (Ridley 3912). Joiiore. 

 Bukit Murdom (Kelsall), and Sedenah (Ridley 13508). Se- 

 langor. Kuala Lumpur. Perak. Larut (King's Collector 

 2035, 2839). Penang. (Wallick 6373D) ; Muka Head 

 (Curtis 722) ; Government Hill (Maingay) . 



This is our commonest species. The very smooth leaves 

 with strong elevate nerves beneath and very inconspicuous ner- 

 vules and reticulation beneath are very characteristic points. 

 Frequently they are not at all gland-dotted but in the more 

 northern Perak and Penang specimens conspicuously so. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



