1889.] G. King— Matenah for a Flora of the Malayan TeninsuU. 383 



Miers remarks ih&t Wallicli describes the species as a bush. Mr. 

 Kunstler, -who collected it at various places in Perak, describes one sot 

 of his specimens (No. 6184) as bushes of 8 to 10 feet : the other he 

 describes as climbers. Between the male flowers of these two I can 

 detect no diiierence. The species is at once reco'gnised by the length of 

 the panicles of male flowers. 



3. L. VELUTiNA, Miers Contrib. iii. 110. Whole plant, but especially 

 the young branches, olivaceous-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 ovate-oblong, often slightly obovate, obtuse, acute or shortly and finely 

 acuminate, the base acute or rounded ; when adult glabrous and shin- 

 ing above except the midrib ; beneath olivaceous-pubescent ; 3-uerved ; 

 length of blade 3-5 to 5-5 in., breadth 1-6 to 2 25 in. ; petiole 5 to 'lo in., 

 stout, terete. Oymes shorter than the petiole, umbellate, in axillary 

 fascicles of 2 to 6. Male flowers small. Stamens 6, filaments much 

 thickened upwards ; anthers large, 2-celled. Drupes 1 or 2, transversely 

 reniform, very little compressed, sparsely tomentose ; otherwise as in the 

 last. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 100 ; Miq PI. Ind. Bat. i. Pt. i, 80 ; Kurz 

 For. Flor. Burmah I, .55 ; H. f. & T. PI. Ind. 189. L. inornata, Miers 

 1. o. iii. t. 109. Gocculus velntinns, Wall. Cat. 4970. 



Var. GLABEESCENS, leaves nearly glabrous. L. distimta, Miers Con- 

 trib. iii, 111, t, 109. 



In Forests in the Straits Settlements. Distrib. Sumatra. 

 A slender climber 15 to 20 feet loug : readily recognised by the 

 yellowish olivaceous tomentum, and short cymose inflorescence. 



4. L. KuNSTLEEi, King, nov. spec. Branches, petioles, and nerves of 

 leaves softly pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, 

 shortly petiolate, lanceolate, mucronate, the base cuneate, 3-nerved ; re- 

 ticulations wide, distinct; length of blade I'S to 2'5 in,, breadth -5 to 1 

 in., petiole 2 in, Oymes pedunculate, axillary, solitary, little longer 

 than the petioles ; or in terminal racemes. Male flowers small. Stamens 

 6, the filaments short, clavate; anthers large, cordate, 2-celled, con- 

 nivent. 



North Coast of Singapore near the Sea ; King's Collector, No. 70. 



This very distinct species has been gathered only once. Only the 

 male flowers are known, but they are unmistakeably those of a Limacia. 

 The species is distinguished by its shortly petiolate small leaves, and 

 numerous short cymes which (toward the end of the branches) are 

 aii'anged in racemes. 



Hypseepa, Miers. 

 Climbing shrubs. Floiuers in short axillary oymes. Parts of 

 flower varying in number. Sepals in three rows, the outer 3 brnctiform 

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