94 NEW AND BARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Payena utilis, n. sp. 



A very large tree. Leaves small oblanceolate tip round 

 or blunt-pointed, base long narrowed thinly coriaceous diving 

 green, shining above pale beneath, nerves S pairs, faint but 

 visible above and midrib elevate beneath, broad, flat above 3 

 in. long, 1-1.5 in. wide, petiole slender 1 in. long glabrous or 

 with a few red hairs. Flowers numerous in the uppermost 

 leaf axils forming a subterminal tuft, pedicels slender, glabrous 

 or sparsely pubescent. Calyx subcyclindric, lobes lanceolate 

 blunt and narrow, pubescent .25 in. long, inner pair oblong 

 and narrower. Corolla-tube cylindric .25 in. long hairy inside, 

 lobes linear narrow blunt, recurved shorter than the tube. Sta- 

 mens 16 filaments long slender exsert as long as the lobes, 

 anthers linear-oblong, appendage minute. Seed very large 1.5 

 in. long 1 in. wide, .5 inches through, elliptic base round tip 

 subacute yellow-brown, hilum half the width of the seed. 



The "Betis" or "Bilian" of the Malay Peninsula (not 

 of course The Borneo Bilian) I partly described this in the 

 Agricultural Bulletin, vol. v, p. 39, but at that time had only 

 leaves and seeds. In the Kew Herbarium are specimens with 

 flowers from Ulu Selangor collected by Mhd. Hashin for the 

 Forest Department. 



OLEACEAE. 



Linociera spicifera, n. sp. 



Tree. Bark of branches white. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 

 abruptly acute acuminate base shortly cuneate, nerves 7-8 pairs 

 faintly depressed above, slightly elevate beneath, inarching 

 at apices, midrib prominent on both sides 4-4.5 in. long, 1.5 

 in. wide, petiole .15 in. long thick pale papillose. Flowers 

 sessile in short racemes .21- inches long with persistent coria- 

 ceous ovate bracts. Calyx campanulate with L very short 

 rounded lobes. Corolla tube very short, lobes narrow linear 

 .25 in. dilate at base, narrowed upwards and edges incurved. 

 Stamens, anthers ovoid obtuse with very short filaments, ovary 

 oblong with a sessile stigma. 



Selangoe; Bawang, Forest reserve (Kloss). 



Linociera parvifolia, n. sp. 



Apparently a glabrous bush with strict black branches. 

 Leaves coriaceous lanceolate or subrhomboid or oblanceolate 

 blunt, midrib depressed above, elevate beneath, nerves about 

 6 pairs, very fine almost invisible above and faint beneath. 

 1-1.75 inches long, .5-75 in. wide, petiole slender .12 in. long. 

 Cymes panicled base spreading .5 in. long, flowers in threes 

 at the end of branches, pedicels .1 in. long. Calyx shortly 

 cup-shaped witli 4 small ovate teeth. Corolla .1 long tube 



Jour. Straits Branch 



