176 NEW AND EAEE SPECIES OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 



wide, petiole slender .4 to .5 in. Panicle in. long, glabrous, 

 branches spreading 3 in. or less long, branchlets short .5 in. 

 long. Flowers light yellow .05 in. long. Calyx narrowed into 

 a thick pedicel, lobes ovate, round, scurfy. Petals elliptic, 

 blunt edge thinner, glabrous. Stamen-tube shorter open at the 

 mouth. Anthers 5 large exsert, ovary small, hairy. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Dense jungle near limestone rocks. Perak, Goping (Kun- 

 stler). 



This resembles A. Ganggo, Miq. in general appearance but 

 the petals are shorter, and not scaly. Typical Ganggo, Miq. 

 has narrow leaves, very oblique at the base and an ovoid stamen 

 tube with a small mouth and small not exsert anthers. There 

 is a plant resembling the Goping one named Ganggo! from 

 the Buitenzorg herbarium at Kew, but it is not MiqueFs plant. 



OLACINEAE. 



Gomphandra salicifolia, Eidl. n. sp. 



Small tree with wiry branches, glabrous except the cymes. 

 Leaves narrow, linear acuminate, base very shortly narrowed, 

 midrib very prominent beneath, nerves invisible above, beneath 

 4-5 pairs; very short and inconspicuous forming conspicuous 

 loops 3 in. long .3 in. wide, petiole .15 in. Cymes terminal 

 compact, branches very short, peduncle .2 in., puberulous. 

 Flowers crowded, glabrous. Calyx very small. Petals 4, ob- 

 long .15 in. Stamens 4, filaments broad, long, hairy below 

 anther, a tuft of hair at the top. 



Penang West Hill (Curtis 739 and 1265) at 2,500 ft. alt. 

 Very distinct in its willow-like rather coriaceous leaves. 



Gomphandra pubescens, Eidl. n. sp. 



Shrub. Branches wiry, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate 

 caudate blunt, base shortly cuneate, subcoriaceous, nerves basal 

 pair running from near the base along the edge, nerves from 

 midrib 6 pairs, midrib pubescent 3-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, petiole 

 .15 in. pubescent. Cymes extra axillary compact .5 in. long, 

 peduncle .25 in. pubescent. Flowers very small. Calyx-lobes 

 large ovate, cuspidate gibbous at base. Petals 4, very short, 

 filaments obcuneate, very short, anther small with a short pro- 

 cess at back 



Selangor, Weld's Hill, Kuala Lumpur (Eidley). 



Eemarkable for its very small flowers, and its pubescence. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



