18S9.] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninsula. 395 



cliannelled. Floioers 1 in. in diam. on long slender pedicels, 2 or 3 in 

 a line, supra-axillary. Sepals oblong, concave, the two inner I'ccnrvcd, 

 tlie two outer pubescent externally. Petals white, oblong, the two 

 posterior united at the base by a gland so as to form a short spur. 

 Stamens numerous. Qynophore about 1 in. long, pubescent as is the 

 ovary. 



Perak. Scortochini. 



Collected only once, and without fruit. In Father Scortechini's 

 field notes, he remarks that the petals are pubescent above and round 

 the margin of the gland, and bave a purple blotch. 



A straggling but non-scandent shrub, almost unarmed, the thorns 

 being very small. This variety differs from the type as described by 

 De Candolle, and by Decaisne from Timor (Nouv. Ann. du Musfom, ii, 

 43G) in having the venation of its leaves more straight and erect ; 

 otherwise it agrees. 



6. 0. FiNLAYSONiANA, Wall. Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. I, 179. Scandent, 

 glabrous ; the spines stipular, nearly straight, in pairs, very short, with 

 broad bases and blackish rather blnnt tips. Leaves coriaceous, shortly 

 petiolato, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly 

 narrowed to the base ; the under surface pale (yellow whoa dry) the 

 midrib and 6 pairs of nerves very bold ; reticulations minute, distinct 

 on the upper surface ; length 6 to 7'5 in., breadth 2-25 to 3 in., petiole 

 tinder '5 in. Floiuers (fide Hook, fil.) solitary or in pairs, supra-axillary, 

 larger than in inicrantha. Sepals lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Eipe 

 fruit solitary, on a long stout stalk of vrhioh 1*5 in. is pedicel and the 

 remaining I'o in. carpophore, cylindric, tapering to the apex, 4 to 7 in. 

 long, and 1 to 1'5 in. in diam., yellowish-red, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 

 smooth, '4 in. long. 



Singapore, Wallich : Ulu Bubong in Perak, 



Sir Joseph Hooker, who describes this species in the Flora of Brit. 

 India from Wallich's Singapore sjiecimens (which are accompanied by 

 no field notes), is in doubt whether this is erect or scandent. Kunstler'a 

 field notes on the Perak specimens show it to be a creeper 20 to 30 feet 

 long. It does not appear to be a common plant. 



Species of wliicJi the jloioers are unhtotvn, 



7. C. CUCURBITINA, King, n. sp. Scandent; branchlets finely 

 striate, nearly glabrous ; the thorns stipular, in pairs, hooked, very 

 sharp, much shorter than the petiole. Leaves glabrous, shining, more 

 or less broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the 

 base narrowed or rounded ; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs anastomosing in 

 bold intramarginal arches, the secondary nerves bold as is the midrib, 



