TO LOWER SIAM. 157 



V. siamiea, Williams. Lankawi, Dayong Bonting and Kwah. 

 Fox (Ridley, 12720), (Curtis, 1683). 



Distrib. Limestone rocks and Selangor. 



V. pubescens, Vahl. Perlis, Kanga (14939), Setul (14938). Dis- 

 trib, India, Burmah, Malaya. 



Peronema canescens, Jack. Perl's, Chupeng. 



Distrib. Malaya. 



Glossocarija premnoides, n. sp. 



Shrub, stems closely brown, pubescent, internodes half 

 an inch long, Leaves opposite, ovate, apex rounded, base 

 cordate, thinly coriaceous, 2 inches long, 1| inch wide, above 

 glabrous or in younger ones pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath, nerves usually pubescent, nerves 4 pairs, curved 

 ascending, petiole \ inch long, pubescent. Panicle short, 

 dense, sessile, pubescent, 2 inches long, 2j inches wide, 

 flowers numerous, small. Bracts minute. Calyx urnshaped, 

 very obscurely 5 lobed, pubescent, \ inch long. Corolla 

 white, tube slender, \ inch long, pubescent, lobes 4 pubes- 

 cent outside. Stamens 4, long exsert filiform, longer than 

 the corolla, anthers minute, elliptic. Style long filiform, 

 with 2 short filiform stigmas, Fruit cylindric, rounded at 

 the tip, pubescent, \ inch long, dehiscing into four valves 

 each containing a single linear oblong seed rounded on the 

 back, angled in the inner face. 



Perlis, Besih Hangat (15149). 



Three species of Glossocarija are recorded, one from 

 Ceylon, one from Burma, and one from Australia. The 

 Perlis plant has a much more compact inflorescence than 

 the Ceylon species, and the leaves are not cordate. 



Spkenodesme ferruginea, Briquet. S. microsii/lis, Clarke. 



Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis). Kedah, Bukit Pinang 

 near Alor Sta (14938). Perlis, Kanga, very common, 

 Setul, Punga (Curtis). 



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