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lobes acute 5. Petals oblong obtuse puberulous outside, gla- 

 brous within. Stamens connate for half their length, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, filament (free part) linear subulate, anthers 

 small. Ovary cylindric, glabrous. Style stout, shorter than the 

 stamens. Stigma capitate. Disc thick fleshy annular. 



Perak. Kamuning (Ridley 3022). 



Allied to W. neurodes, Hiern. but with much thinner 

 leaves, the stamens much more united, and ovary glabrous. 



OLACACEAE. 



Gonocaryum crassifolium, n. sp. 



Shrub with flexuous branches, glabrous except the inflores- 

 cence. Leaves alternate, stiffly coriaceous, ovate acuminate or 

 oblong acuminate, base rounded, midrib above channelled, 

 beneath strongly elevate, almost keeled, yellow, nerves elevate 

 beneath, 5 pairs ascending, rather slender, 7 in. long, 3.5 in. 

 wide, petiole thick rugose .75 in. long, yellow. Spikes 3 — 4 

 together in an axil, slender, pubescent, 2 — 2.2 in. long. Flowers 

 .05 in. long, scattered. Bracts small ovate. Calyx base cam- 

 panulate, 5-lobed, lobes ovate obtuse, pubescent outside, im- 

 bricate. Petals twice as long hardly cohering, glabrous, ovate 

 oblong, apex incurved, fleshy edges thickened, concave. Sta- 

 mens 5, filaments much shorter than the anther, which is 

 oblong obtuse, red. Disc small annular undulate. Pistillode 

 small, pilose. Female flowers and fruits unknown. 



iSelangor. iSempang mines (Ridley 15695). 



In foliage this resembles G. pyriforme, Scheff. but the 

 flowers are very much smaller and the rhachis and caiyx pubes- 

 cent. 



CELASTRACEAE. 



Celastrus malayensis, n. sp. 0. Cliampionii, King, Mat. Mai. 

 Pen. p. 353 (not of Bentham). 



A glabrous woody climber with black stem. Leaves usual- 

 ly stiffly coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, acute or acuminate, serrate 

 or nearly entire, base shortly cuneate ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, pro- 

 minent beneath, 3.5 to 4.5 in. long, 1.5 to 1.7 in. wide, petiole 

 .25 — 5 in. long. Racemes several from one axil 2 in. long with 

 the flowers in small lax cymes, pedicels .01. Flowers nearly .1 

 in. across. Calyx very small, obscurely 5-lobed. Petals very 

 small, oblong round-tipped. Fruit on pedicels 2 in. long, 

 three-valved, orange colour, valves ovate .3 in. long and as wide. 

 Seed 1. 



Paijang. Sungei Jelai (Ridley 11581) ; Telom (Ridley). 

 Perak. Cunong Batu Putih (Wray), Maxwell's Hill (Ridley). 

 Penang. Penang Hill (Ridley); Penara Bukit (Curtis). 

 Patani, Tomoh (Machado). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



