392 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 4, 



1. C. HuLLETTii, King, n. sp. A mucli-branched, sub-decumbent, 

 small shrub ; the stem striate, puberulous, and with a few short prickles 

 in distant j)airs. Leaves dimorphous ; those of the lower part of the 

 stem petiolate, trifoliolate, the leaflets obovato ; those of the upper part 

 simple, sessile, ovate ; all pubescent and from 'S to '75 in. long. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, about '5 in. in diam. Stamens 6. Pedicels slender, 

 much longer than the leaves. Capsules terete, striate, glabrous, about 

 1'6 in. long : seeds large, muricate. 



Singapore, in dry place by road-sides. 



This is allied to the Peninsular Indian species G. aspera, Koen, and 

 G. Burmanni, W. & A., but differs from both in its dimorphous leaves. 



2. 0. VISCOSA, Linn. An erect, glandular-pubescent, viscid herb. 

 Leaves the lower with long petioles, the upper sometimes sub-sessile, 

 8 to 5-foliolate ; leaflets obovato or ovate. Flowers in terminal corymbs, 

 on long pedicels. Petals yellow, reflexed, about '5 in. long. Stamens 

 12 to 20. Capsule glandular-pubescent, striate, narrowed to the apex, 

 2 to 3'5 in. long. Seeds small, reniform, transversely ridged. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. -Br. Ind. i. 170 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. Ft. 2, 97. Bl. Bijdr. 62 ; 

 DC. Prodr. i. 242 ; Wall. Cat, 6968. Polanisia icosandra, W. & A. 

 Prodr. 22 ; Wight Ic. t. 2.— Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 33. 



A common weed at low elevations in the tropics. 



2. GrYNANDROPSIS, DC. 



An annual, glandular-pubescent or glabrate herb. Leaves 5-folio- 

 late, long-petioled. Floiuers racemed. Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4, 

 spreading, long-olawed, open in bud. Stamens 6, filaments adnate be- 

 low to the slender gynophore, spreading above. Ovary stalked, ovules 

 many. Capsule elongate, stalked : valves 2, separating from the seed- 

 bearing placentas. Seeds reniform, black, scabrous. 



1. G-, PENTAPHTLLA, DO. Prod. i. 238. An erect, glabrous, or 

 pubescent, spreading herb. Leaves on long petioles, quinate, the leaflets 

 sessile, obovate or cuneate, acute or obtuse, entire or serrulate, 1 to 1-5 

 in. long. Flotvers whitish or purple, in terminal racemes, "35 to '8 in., 

 in diam., bracts 3-foliolato. Capsules cylindric, pointed, striate, nearly 

 glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 171 : Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. Pt. 1, 96. W. & A. Prod. 21 : O. affinis, Bl. Bijdr. 61. Oleoyne 

 pentapliylla, Linn. Eoxb. Fl. Lid. ii. 126. 



Abundant in waste ground all over the tropics. 



3. Capparis, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs, erect, decumbent or climbing, unarmed, or with 

 stipular thorns. Leaves simple, rarely 0. Flowers white or coloured, 



