1890.] 6. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 115 



tomentose on edges and along midrib. Stamens indefinite, connective 

 glabrous. Ovary cylindric. Stigma hemispheric. Fruit pisiform, 2-6 

 seeded. Hook fil. PI. Br. Ind. I, 190; Miquel PI. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107, 

 Phoheros rhinanthera, Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 187, t. 39. P. macrophylla, 

 W. & A. Prodr. 30. Flacourtia inermis, Wall. Cat. 6673 G, H, only. 

 Malacca, Griffith ; Penang, Curtis. Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



2. S. Roxburghii, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. 

 A glabrous shrub or small tree with spiny stem. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 shining above, ovate, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acu- 

 minate, sub-entire or faintly and remotely crenate ; the base rounded 

 or slightly narrowed, 3 to 5-nerved ; lateral nerves about 3 pairs, bold • 

 length 4*5 to 6'5 in., breadth P75 to 3'5 in. ; petiole biglandular at the 

 apex, "35 in. long. Bacemes pubescent, axillary, about 1 in. long, 2-6- 

 flowered, bracteolate. Flowers on tomentose pedicels. Sepals and petals 

 5 or 6 each, densely tomentose externally, broadly ovate. Stamens in- 

 definite, the connective ciliate. Ovary ovate : style cylindic : stigma 

 3-lobed. Fruit baccate, the size of an olive. Seeds few. Hook. fil. PI. 

 Br. Ind. I, 190 : Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. Phoheros Roxburghii, 

 Benn. PI. Jav, Rar. 192. Ludia spinosa, Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 507. Fla- 

 courtia stigmarota, "Wall. Cat. 6678, in part. 



Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Burrnah, Su- 

 matra. 



3. S. CRENATA, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat., Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. A 

 tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, shining above, 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtusely or sharply acuminate, obscurely 

 glandular-crenate ; the base narrowed, rarely rounded, obscurely 3-5 

 •nerved ; lateral nerves about 5 pairs, faint ; length 2 to 5 in., breadth 

 1 to 1'75 in., petiole "25 to '35 in. Bacemes axillary or terminal, pube- 

 scent or tomentose, bracteolate, 1 to 3 in. long. Flotvers pedicelled. 

 Sepals and petals 4, rarely 5 or 6, the former tomentose and smaller 

 than the petals. Connective of anthers glabrous. Ovary globular, smooth. 

 Style cylindric. Stigma discoid. Fruit globose, about '75 in. in diam. 

 Hook fil. PI. Br. Ind. I, 191. Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I pt. 2, p. 167. S. 

 pseudo-crenata, acuminata, chinensis, loAiceolata, and crasssipes, Clos. 1. 

 c. S. sceva, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii, 182. Phoheros crenatus, 

 W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. 

 Wightianus, W. and A. Prodr. 30. P. acuminatus, FLookerianus, and 

 Amottianus, Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400. 



Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Brit. India and 

 Ceylon, China, Philippines. 



In the young state this is thorny. It is a very variable species 

 indeed, and too near S. rhinanthera. 

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