66 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Mitrephora Kcithii, n. sp. 



Branches glabrous dark. Leaves elliptic acuminate, 

 upper ones lanceolate base rounded apex obtuse, cori- 

 aceous glabrous shining, nerves slender 9 pairs, reticula- 

 tions close and conspicuous 4-7 inches long 1^-3 inches 

 wide, petiole i inch long thick, transversely wrinkled. 

 Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary opposite the leaf, 1 

 inch across, pedicel | inch long, pedicel shorter yellow 7 

 hairy. Sepals 3 ovate | inch long yellow hairy. Petals 

 6 in two whorls, outer whorls ovate clawed pinkish; inner 

 ones narrower, all pubescent outside silky within. Stamens 

 numerous oblong, appendage broad flat, grey. Pistils 10 

 orange, hairy. Fruit young, cylindric yellow pubescent. 



Bangtaphan (Keith). 



This seems very near M . reflexa Merrill of the Philip- 

 pines differing chiefly in the fewer nerves of the leaves 

 and their shape. 



M. reticulata, Hook. fil. Trang at Chong (Native). Distrib. 

 South to Malacca. 



Alphonsea Keithii, n. sp. 



An erect tree 30 feet tall glabrous except the young 

 parts red pubescent. Leaf ovate subacute or obtuse base 

 rounded, coriaceous 4 inches long 2 inches wide glab- 

 rous, nerves invisible above, petiole § inch long. 

 Flowers in short red hairy panicles about an inch long, 

 pedicels i-i inch long red hairy. Sepals ovate very small 

 red hairy. Outer petals triangular ovate | inch, obtuse 

 green hairy. Inner petals as long or nearly so. Stamens 

 on a raised torus about 12. Anthers oblong, appendage 

 short triangular not covering the others. Carpels, 2 

 cylindric hairy. Stigma capitate. 



Bangtaphan (Keith). 



Only one rather poor specimen but sufficiently 

 complete. Flowers small for the genus. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



