178 NEW AND RARE SPECIES OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 



was based on a Nepalese tree which is quite different from the 

 Malay Peninsula one to which Wallich, evidently seeing the 

 difference, had given in his catalogus the name latifolia. 

 Wallich\s No. 4939 is given for T. pomifera and the variety 

 sphaerocarpa by King. The variety sphaerocarpa, King, is based 

 on T. sphaerocarpa of Hasskarl, a Javanese plant which again 

 is different from any plant we have in the Malay Peninsula, 

 and it is clear that King's T. pomifera var. sphaerocarpa was 

 intended for the commonest of the Malay Peninsula species, 

 but the only specimens named by King in the herbarium I 

 have seen are distinctly different from the common plant. T. 

 pomifera, King, (not De Candolle), is only recorded by him 

 from Perak (King's collector 4243), of which there is no 

 specimen here in England and I have no clue as to what it 

 was, but it is improbable that it was the true Nepal plant of 

 De Candolle, Dalrymplea pomifera, Eoxb. 



We have also another very distinct trifoliate plant with 

 large flowers which T propose to describe under the name of 

 T. trifoliaia. 



Turpinia trifoliata, Eidl. n. sp. 



A tree. Leaflets 3 distant, elliptic, blunt or cuspidate, 

 serrate subequal, nerves 6 pairs fine, elevate beneath, curved 

 upwards and branching at the top or before reticulations, 

 netted and conspicuous when dry, rather thin in texture, dry- 

 ing light-greenish 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; central petiolule 2-3 

 in. long, laterals .5 in. long, petiole .2 in. long. Panicle 2-3 

 in. long, peduncle 1.5 in. long; branches short, dense flowered. 

 Flowers white 3 in. across. Sepals ovate lanceolate narrowed 

 small, lanceolate acuminate, persistent. Pedicels .05 in. 

 Flowers white 3 in. across. Sepals ovate lanceolate narrowed 

 to the round tip .15 in. long. Petals a little longer. Fila- 

 ments short terete; anthers large, oblong, ovary large conic 

 groove^ deeply, narrowed upwards to the style. Stigma dis- 

 tinctly 3-lobed, lobes acute. Fruit ovoid, eventually globose 

 .25 in. through when dry, the three styles as conic processes 

 with grooves between. 



Malacca, Nyalas (Goodenough 1771) ; Selangor, Sempang 

 Mines, Semangkok (Eidley 15906). 



Turpinia latifolia, Wall. Cat. 4939. 



Tree 30-40 feet tall. Leaves over a foot long of 5 stiff 

 dark green shining coriaceous leaflets, ovate elliptic shortly 

 cuspidate or blunt, base short, cuneate or round or minutely 

 serrate, drying dark fuscous green; nerves ver}^ faint above, 

 4 pairs, elevate beneath, ascending; petioles terminal 2 in. 

 long, laterals .25-.5 in. wide, petiole 3 in. long. Panicles ter- 

 minal and in upper axils, 3 or 4 terminal, with long 4 in. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



