30 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 
hairy y inch. Corolla tube thick hairy, 4 inch long, lobes oblong 
short obtuse hairy shorter than the tube. Coronal processes linear 
hairy not prolonged above the sinus, with a scale like mass of black 
hairs near the base. Staminal column rather stout dark coloured. 
Stigma large conical white. 
Selangor: Semangkok Pass, April 1911 (15564). 
Gymnema dissitiflora, n. sp. 
Long slender pubescent branched twiner. Leaves membranous 
when dry ovate or elliptic ovate cuspidate acuminate base cuneate 
2 inches long # inch wide, glabrous except the midrib beneath 
covered with appressed hairs, petiole hairy 4-4 inch long. Inflores- 
cence axillary of a slender hairy rachis with distant cymes of 
numerous flowers 3-4 inches long. -Pedicels 4 inch hairy. Calyx 
lobes ovate hairy outside. Corolla tube very short, lobes ovate ob- 
tuse short broad valvate. Corolline scales small rounded semiovate. 
Staminal column short very small, filaments linear rather broad, 
anthers rather wide with a short broad appendage, ovary of 2 carpels. 
Perak: Tapah (Ridley 14058), 
Tylophora squarrosa, n. sp. 
Stem slender long climbing, inter nodes 3 inches Jong glabrous. 
Leaves ovate cuspidate base broad rounded glabrous 2-3 inches long 
one inch wide, nerves 4 pairs membranous drying pale. Peduncles 
axillary an inch long bearing one or two elongating racemes at 
length half an inch Tong, covered with lanceolate acuminate per- 
sistent crowded bracts 35 inch long, pedicels 4 inch long. Flowers 
very small. Calyx lobes narrow lanceolate glabrous. Corolla tube 
very short, lobes ovate obtuse. Coronal scales oblong obtuse as 
long as the filaments. Anthers small with short rounded append- 
ages. 
Singapore: Woodlands in mangrove swamps; Johore: Tana 
Merah Road (Ridley 2737). 
The inflorescence is unlike that of any other species known to 
me. 
Hoya crassifolia, n. sp. 
Stem rather stout with rugose often pale bark rooting pro- 
fusely. Leaves very coriaceous ovate acuminate slightly cordate 
at the base, margins undulate and minutely irregularly dentate, 
nerves very inconspicuous 3-4 pairs at an acute angle, midrib in- 
conspicuous 6 inches long 24 inches wide, petiole very short and 
thick. Peduncle 14 inch long rachis half an inch long with elliptic 
sears, pedicels slender 4+ inch long, hairy with long rufous hairs. 
Sepals small linear lanceolate acuminate. Corolla half an inch 
across pink, lobes triangular cuspidate with a long point, villous 
with long white hairs on the edge. Corolla scales, lower lobes long 
thick blunt not smooth and spinine. upper ones short erect about 
half as long triangular acuminate. Staminal column short thiex 
Jour. Straits Branch 
