2G NEW AND KARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



rhachis of the brandies of the inflorescence being flattened as 

 in Pterisanthes and the flowers distichous on the edge. It 

 has the peduncular tendril of Pterisanthes which however 

 occurs also in species of Ampelocissus and on the whole seems 

 a connecting link between Pterisanthes and Ajnpehcissus. 



Pterisanthes Daihousiae, Planch. 



This species was described by Planchon from a specimen 

 from " Indes Orientales ? Lady Dalbousie in herb. Delessert 

 ex herb. Graham 1846." As no species of the genus has been 

 met with except in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago it is 

 as he suggests improbable that it came from India. The des- 

 cription given is very short but it applies very fairly well to a 

 plant collected by Mr. Curtis in Penang except that the leaves 

 are smaller. Planchon gives no measurements of his specimen 

 unfortunately, but says that they are much smaller than those 

 of P. cissoides, " 3 — 4 cent, de long sur \ — 1 cent, de large." 



I do not quite understand the passage. In the herbarium 

 of Kew is a coloured drawing of a plant evidently this, of 

 unknown origin from " Prince of Wales Island.'' Lady Dal- 

 housie we know did collect in Penang. 



Leea saxatilis, n. sp. 



A low herbaceous plant. Leaves pinnate, petiole 18 in. 

 long to 3 feet, smooth, red, leafy portion 12 in. or more, rhachis 

 when young sparsely hairy, leaflets 9, oblong lanceolate acu- 

 minate with a long acute point, base rounded slightly oblique, 

 terminal one larger narrowed to base, serrate or biserrate, sub- 

 membranous above, glabrous with an elevate midrib beneath, 

 the nerves 12 — 13 pairs elevate slender hairy tomentose, ner- 

 vules and reticulations conspicuous, 4 — 7 in. long, 2 in. wide; 

 terminal one 7 in. long, 2.6 in. wide; petiolules lowest .6 in., 

 median .4, terminal 1 in. long. Flowers in a dense capitulum 

 .75 in. through on a peduncle hairy .5 to 1.5 in. long, dull red, 

 small globose. Bracts ovate acuminate hairy. Calyx thin, 5- 

 lobed mucronate hairy. Petals as long, oblong obtuse, glabrous, 

 calyptrate. Stamens with filaments long, anthers large oblong, 

 urceolus with blunt rounded lobes. Fruit dull red, dry ellip- 

 tic, depressed, .3 in. across, 5-lobed on a peduncle 3 in. long 

 and a cyme of 1 in. 



Selaxgok. On limestone rocks at the base of the Batu 

 caves, (Ridley 305, 8260) ; also Pahang on the Tahan river 

 and at Kuala Dipang in Perak and Lanka wi (Kedah). 



SAPINDACEAE. 



Allophyllus scandens, n. sp. 



A woody climbing shrub with cinnamon brown bark 

 densely covered with paler lenticels, glabrous except the very 



Jour. Straits Branch 



