394 G. Khig^Ma/erials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 4, 



In hot diy places at low elevations, but not common in the Sti'aits 

 Settlements. Distrib. India, Ceylon, Philippines, Timor, Australia. 



3. 0. ScOBTECHiNii, King, n. sp. Scandent ; young parts, and the 

 inflorescence at all stages densely and minutely ferruginous-tomentoso ; 

 older branches with 1 or 2 striae, glabrescent ; thorns stipular, in pairs, 

 mach shorter than the petioles, hooked. Leaves coriaceous, broadly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, much narrowed at the base, smooth and shining 

 above and the nerves obsolete ; under surface ferruginous-tomentoso 

 when young, but becoming glabrescent, the midrib and 6 pairs of nerves 

 bold and prominent; length 5 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., petiole "6 in. 

 Flowers 1'5 in. indiam., on short lateral, leafly, bracteate, woody racemes. 

 Brads petiolate, ovate-acuminate, "75 in. long, deciduous. Sepals rotund, 

 concave, tomontose externally. Petals pink, broadly elliptic, sub-obovate, 

 blunt, notched, the base cuneate, glabrous. Stamens more than 20. 

 Fruit globose, 3'5 to 4 in. in diam.; the gynophore transversely wrinkled, 

 2"5 in. long and '6 in. in diam. 



Batang Padang district in Perak. King's Collector No. 8083. 

 Soortechini, 191. 



The fruit of this has been only once collected. The species is a 

 fine creeper, 15 to 20 feet long. It closely resembles 0. trinervia, Hf. & 

 Th. in many respects : but the leaves are not triple but pinnate-nerved. 



4. 0. MiCRACANTHA, DO. Prod. i. 247. Shrubby, not scandent, glab- 

 rous. Branches minutely striate ; the spines in pairs, stipular, one-third 

 the length of the petioles, divergent, polished, not hooked. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, shining, minutely reticulate, broadly lanceolate to oval, 

 acute, mucrouate ; the base narrowed or rounded ; midrib stout, nerves 

 7 to 8 pairs ; length 3 to 4 in., breadth 1'5 in., petiole '3 in. Flotvers 

 on short pedicels, 2 or 3 in a line, supra-axillary, 1 to 1"5 in. in diam. 

 Sepals and petals oblong ; the former puberulous, the latter white. 

 Stamens 15 to 20, shorter than the gynophore. Fruit sub-globose, 

 smooth. Hook. 111. PI. Br. Ind. i. 179 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 99 : 

 Blumo. Bijdr. 52. 0. conspicua and G. F inlay soniaua, Wall. Cat. 6991 

 and 6992 A (not B). 



Generally diffused at low elevations throughout the Malayan 

 region. Distrib. Burmah. Sir Joseph Hooker gives the size of the ripe 

 fruit (which I have not seen) as 2 to 3 in. in diam. 



6. 0. PUBIFLOEA, DC. Prod. i. 246 ; var. Perahensis, Scortechini,MSS. 

 A stTaggling shrub 15 feet long, branched from the ground. Branohlets 

 compressed, striate, glabrous ; thorns in pairs, minute. Leaves membra- 

 nous, elliptio-oblong, shortly acuminate, the base narrowed or rounded, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, nerves (9 to 10 pairs) and reticulations rather 

 prominent ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 2-5 in. ; petiole "25 in., stout. 



