TO LOWER SIAM. 85 



Salacia flavescens, var. ditmosa. Lankawi, Kwah and Pulau 

 Sirih (Curtis). 



S. polyantha, Korth. Tongkah (Curtis). Lankawi, Kwah 

 (Curtis 2574). Distrib. Borneo. 



S. viminea, Wall? Lankawi (Curtis 2665). Distrib. Mergui, 

 Tenasserim, Andamans. 



S. prinoidcs, Dec. Kedah, Alor 8ta. A bush (15455). Dis- 

 trib. Indo- Malaya. 



Lophopetalum intermedium, n. sp. 



Tree 40 to 50 feet tall. Branches with black bark, 

 branchlets angled, dilated and flattened at each node. 

 Leaves opposite thinly coriaceous, elliptic base rounded, 

 apex shortly acuminate obtuse, margins undulate, above 

 drying greenish brown, beneath green, with reddish midrib, 

 nerves 8 pairs 4-5 inches long lf-l£ inch wide, petiole 

 i inch long. Panicles short about 2 inches long with 

 few spreading angled branches. Bracts very small ovate 

 subacute one-fourth of the length of the pedicel. Pedicel 

 | inch long. Sepals connate very shortly free, lobes ovate 

 glabrous. Petals 5 oblong rounded tip fimbriate white, 

 with a transverse crest of processes near the base. Disc 

 thick cushion-shaped with 5 stamens rising from the 

 centre, filaments short fleshy, anthers ovoid acute. Ovary 

 trigonous free from the disc, style short and thick. 



Lankawi, Kesap (Aniff. Feb. 1911). 



Near L. oblong tun, King, of Penang, but the ovary is 

 distinctly free from the disc and three angled connecting 

 . ... .the genus with Kokoona. 



Lophopetalum pcduncidatiun, n. sp. ....... 



Tree, leaves opposite subcoriaceous glabrous obi an - 

 ceolate shortly cuspidate narrowed to the base 5 inches 

 long 2 inches wide, nerves about 6 pairs little elevated, 

 drying olive green above, yellow green beneath, petiole 



R. A. Soc, No. 59. 19H. 



