— 334 - 



Boxburghii P. DC. Prodr. IV, 399. — P. variabilis Hassk. in Flora 1845, 

 p. 232. 



Jungle near Kong Munsé, a small tree (n. 490). 

 Area: From East Bengal it is widely diffused in the Eastern Peninsula of 

 the East Indies to Java and Borneo; it grows in swampy forests. The syno- 

 nymy is very complicated cf. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. c. 



Seyplüphora Gaertn. 



22. S. hydrophyllacea Gaertn. Fr. III, 91, t. 196; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. III, 125. — Epithinia malayana Jack in Mal. misc. I, 12. 



Lem Ngoh, Koh Kong, on muddy, sandy or rocky ground near the Sea 

 (n. 598). 



Area: In mangrove swamps on the western coast of the Western Penin- 

 sula of the East Indies and Ceylon to the Malayan Archipelago, North Austra- 

 lia, New Caledonia and the Philippines, sometimes very copiously. 



Diplospora DG. (det. G. B. Clarke). 



23. D. pubescens Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. v. 3 [1882], p. 124. 

 Jungle near Klong Son; Koh Chang Noi; a shrub with greenish flowers. 

 Area: Malay Peninsula. 



24. D. Malaccensis Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. v. 3 [1882], p. 124. 

 Jungle near Lem Dan; a shrub. 



Area: Malacca. 



The Examples, Schmidt n.412, match the Malacca plant very well; but 

 they are in extremely young flower, so that the identification is insecure. 



Mussaenda Linn. 



25. M. lanceolata K. Sch. n. sp. 



Frutex alte scandens. Pv.ami graciles teretes ferrugineo-subto- 

 mentosi tarde glabrati ad 55 cm. longi et vix 2,5 mm. diametro. 

 Folia vix 2 mm. longe petiolata, lanceolata attenuato-acuminata et 

 subrostrata basi acuta utrinque tomentosa sericeo-micantia subtus 

 canescentia ad 12 cm. longa et 3 cm. lata vel jam angustiora; 

 stipulae geminatae subulatae 5 mm. longae caducae. Flores apice 

 ramorum capitato-condensati ; capitulum vix 5 mm. longe peduncu- 

 latum; bracteae subulatae. Ovarium tomentosum. Sepala subulata 

 4 mm. longa puberula. Corolla 3 cm. longa extus subtomentosa, 

 lobi vix 5 mm. longi ovati breviter acuminati flavi. 



From the described species it differs by the very narrow "leaves and 

 beautifully clothed flowers. 



Jungle near Klong Munsé. A tall liane with white bracts and yellow 

 flowers (n. 521). 



Urophyllum Wall. 



26. U. Schmidtii C.B. Clarke n. sp. 



