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above sparingly stellate hairy, midrib densely hairy, 

 beneath grey closely stellate hairy, nerves from the base 

 5 laterals above from the midrib 5 slender rather incon- 

 spicuous, petiole tV inch pubescent. Spikes of flowers very 

 short i inch long. Calyx tubular woolly unequally lobed. 

 Petals short hardly longer than the calyx spathulate un- 

 dulate pale violet. Whole flower hardly i inch long, 

 Stamens 10 connate, anthers very small. Fruit not seen. 



Bangtaphan by the road side (Keith). 



Remarkable for its extremely small flowers. 



Melochia corchorifolia, L. 



Perlis, Ginting Kabok; Setul, cosmopolitan weed. 



M. velutina, Bedd. Lanka wi, Kesap (Aniff). Perlis at Kanga 

 (15219). Flowers rosy. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



Pterospernum Bhimeanum, Korth. Lanka wi at Kwah (Curtis ) 



Distrib. Burmah, Assam, Malay peninsula and is- 

 lands. 



Pentapetes jihosnicea, L. Pedis Kanga, at Besih Hangat in 

 pastures abundant and obvi ">usly wild. I have collected 

 this in Bukit Jitan, Johor, and Perhentian Tinggi in 

 Negri Sembilan (No. 10057) but am doubtful as to 

 whether it is wild in these places. It is sometimes culti- 

 vated for its beautiful flowers. Distrib. India to Bur- 

 mah. 



Commersonia platyphylla, Andr. TYang (Fox). 



Distrib. Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Tiliace^:. 



Greicia umbeUata, Roxb. Tongkah (Curtis). Common in the 

 Peninsula. 



Triumfeita rkomboidea, Jacq. Bangtaphan (Keith). Cosmo- 

 politan. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



