TO LOWER SI AM. 79 



Corchorus capsularis, L. Perlis, Kanga, a weed. 



King is in error in stating that this, the jute, is 

 cultivated here and there in all the provinces. It is never 

 cultivated and only occurs casually. 



C. acutangulus, Lam. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi. Bangtaphan 

 (Keith). Distrib. all the tropics. 



Eloeocarpus petiolatus, Wall. Trang (Fox). 



Distrib. Malay peninsula and Sumatra. 



E. robustus, Roxb. Setul. 



Distrib. Himalayas to Burmah, Andamans, Pahang 

 and Penang. 



E. paniculatus, Wall. Lankawi, Kesap (Aniff). 



Distrib. Malay peninsula. 

 Schoutenia glomerata, King. Tongkah (Curtis). 



Distrib. Johor. 



Columbia diptera, n. sp. 



A tree about 40 feet tall, young parts pubescent. 

 Leaves young thin lanceolate long acuminate, base nearly 

 equilateral rounded nearly glabrous, nerves about 5 pairs ; 

 older leaves more stiffly coriaceous quite smooth above 

 with inconspicuous nerves, nerves beneath elevated, ner- 

 vules horizontal, scabrid, midrib pubescent 4 inches long 

 1 inch wide ; petiole \ inch long slender. Inflorescence 

 secund with short branches half an inch long. Flowers 

 not seen. Fruit 2 winged top retuse, base broad glabrous 

 striate, wings rounded, half-an-inch long f inch wide, 

 ovary 2 celled, 2 seeded. 



Perlis at Besih Hangat (15221). 



This certainly looks much like a Columbia but the 

 fruit is only 2 winged. The tree is deciduous and the 

 leaves vary very much according to age. No flowers 

 were to be seen. 



R. A. Soc, No. 59, 191 1. 



