80 NEW AND BARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Pexaxg: West Hill at 1,000 ft. (Curtis No. 818). 



This is one of the species included under R. Forlesii, 

 King, by King and Gamble in the materials, but it is utterly 

 different from the other plants on which the species is based. 

 It is an unarmed tree, Forbesii a climber. The foliage is quite 

 different, that of Forbesii being coriaceous with only the 

 primary nerves visible, those of R. incurva are thin, large with 

 very conspicuous, inarching veins. The calyx of Forbesii is 

 cylindric truncate, the corolla tube nearly twice as long, the 

 lobes narrower and smaller. 



R. longiflora, Lam. Diet. ii. p. 227. 111. t. 156 f. 3. 



Though there can be little doubt as to which species 

 Lamarck intended, there has been a great mixture made under 

 this name in the Flora of British India. This appears to have 

 been due in the first instance to De Candolle, who thought 

 that Posoqueria longiflora, Eoxb. was Lamarck's R. longiflora. 

 To this species Hooker in Flora of British India has added 

 (1) R. scandens, Dec. Tocogena scandens, Bl. and (2) Gar- 

 denia patiila, Horsfield, both utterly different plants. R. longi- 

 flora, Lam. is the thorny, half scandent bush, so common in 

 the tidal swamps of the Malay Peninsula. It occurs also in 

 Borneo, and is absent entirely from India. The Indian plant 

 is totally different, and does not seem to have any name. The 

 only evidence of its occurring in the Malay Peninsula is 

 WaHidi's specimen numbered 8284 D, collected by him in 

 Singapore in 1822. 



Randia Roxburghii, n. sp. 



A glabrous, woody climber with numerous recurved spines 

 .5 in. long in pairs at each node, bark whitish. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, elliptic, shortly acuminate, blunt, base cuneate, nerves 

 4 pairs depressed above, raised beneath slender, secondary 

 nerves and reticulations invisible, 4 in. long, 1.75 in. 1.8 in. 

 wide; petiole .2 in. long. Cymes nearly all axillary lax, 

 peduncle .3 in. long branches spreading few about as long. 

 Bracts small, ovate, persistent. Pedicel nearly .1 in. long. 

 Calyx urn-shaped, narrowed at the base with triangular, short 

 teeth .2 in. long. Corolla, tube 1 in. long, cylindric, lobes 

 broad, oblong, subacute .4 in. long, .1 in. wide. Fruit globose, 

 ribbed, about 5 in. long, crowned with the remains of the calyx. 



Singapore; (Wallicli 8284 D), (Lobb). Cliittagong. 

 Assa^i (Jenkins). Silliet (TVallich 8284 B). 



It is quite possible that TTallich's plant came from Chit- 

 tagong and another specimen in Herb. Hooker is labelled 

 " Chittagong (Wallich) 8284 D." but there is a ticket on the 

 specimen in AVallich's own herbarium saying lie got it in Singa- 

 pore. It has not been met with in the Peninsula since. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



