NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 293 
MELIACEAE. 
‘Turraea breviflora Risley, n. sp. 
A glabrous shrub. Leaves thin membranous, alternate, lanceo- 
late acuminate cuspidate, narrowed and cuneate at the base, nerves 
about 10 pairs distinct beneath; 6.5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petiole .3 
in. long. Flowers 3 or 4 on a very short .1 in. long axillary pubes- 
cent raceme, green; pedicels very short. Bracts minute ovate. 
Sepals connate at base with 5 short acute points. Petals 5, linear 
blunt, .25 in. long. Stamen-tube stout cylindric, shorter than 
petals with rather long filaments alternating with the anthers from 
the top of the tube; anthers elliptic 10, sessile with a long terminal 
process. Disc short and thin, lining the base of the tube. Style 
rather stout, hairy. Stigma capitate. Ovary conic hairy. 
Hab. In woods; not common. Singapore, Serangoon, Ridley 
9114; Selangor, Ulu Selangor, Goodenough 10612; JXanching, 
‘on limestone rocks, Ridley. 
This species is very unlike the others of the genus in its very 
short green flowers, but there are a few in Africa which resemble it 
to some extent. ‘The frmt has not been collected and till it is 
known it would be better to leave this plant in the genus Twrroea 
to which at least it is nearest. 
RHAMNACEAE. 
Zizyphus pernettyoides Ridley, n. sp. 
A spiny creeper with slender stems covered with scattered 
brown hairs. Leaves ovate acuminate, base round obscurely crenu- 
late, coriaceous sparsely hairy on the edge, nerves 3, prominent and 
reticulations conspicuous when dry; .5 in. long, .25 in wide; 
petiole very short hairy, spines straight slender .25 in. long. 
Flowers .1 in. wide, greenish yellow in axillary fascicles of three 
in upper axils; pedicels very short .1 in. long. Sepals 5, triangular 
ovate with a few long hairs at the tips. Petals 5, halt as long, 
spoon-shaped, clawed with an elliptic blant hmb. Stamens 5, very 
slender wrapped in the petals. Disc fleshy filling the tube. Ovary 
sunk in the disc with 2 short stigmas. 
flab. \Vankawi, Dayang Bunting, Robinson 6193. Creeper; 
flowers greenish yellow, December 7, 1916. 
A remarkable little plant with the smallest leaves of any 
Zizyphus known to me. 
MYRTACEAE. 
Eugenia alata Ridley, n. sp. 
Tree, glabrous; branches 4-angled and winged in the upper 
part with 4+ low wings along the angles. Leaves thinly stiff cori- 
mR. A. Soc., No. 86 1922. 
