396 Gr. King — Materials for a Flora of tlie Malayan Pcm'nsula. [No. 4, 



tho reticulations distinct ; length 5'5 to 7"5 in., breadth 1'75 to 2'26 in. ; 

 petiole under '5 iu., slender. Flowers unknown. Fruit cylindric, taper- 

 ing to each end, the apes shortly beaked ; when ripe orange-coloured, 

 3 iu. long, and 1-5 in. in diam. ; gynojihore nearly "75 in., pedicel 1'25 in., 

 slender. Seeds ovoid, smooth, "4 in. long. 



UIu Bubong, Perak. King's Collector, Nos. 10027 and 10795. 



A creeper, 20 to 30 feet long ; allied to 0. Fiiilaysoniana, Wall, by 

 its curious cucumber-liko fruit, but with different leaves. Flowers 

 have not as yet been collected. 



8. Cappaeis Kunstleki, King, n, sp. Scandent, the branches glab- 

 resoent : thorns stipular, in pairs, hardly -1 in long. Leaves membranous, 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, the base narrowed, both surfaces 

 glabrous, midrib and 7 pairs of sub-horizontal curving nerves prominent 

 below ; length of blade 4-5 to 6-5 in., breadth 1-5 to 2-25 in., petiole '5 in. 

 Fruit axillary, solitary, globose, 1-5 to 2 in. in diam., deep yellow ; gyno- 

 phore about 2 in. long, stout ; pedicel rather shorter. 



Gunong Bubu, iu Perak, at an elevation of 800 feet. King's Collec- 

 tor, No. 8337. 



A creeper, 40 to 60 feet long. Only fruiting specimens have been 

 collected. 



4. EoTDSiA, Rosb. 



Large unarmed woody climbers, branches spotted white. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers yellow, racemed or panicled. Calyx 6-partite, segments 

 - 2-soriate, tips a little imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens indefinite, inserted 

 above the base of the short cylindric gynophore. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled 

 from the prolongation of the placentas ; styles 3, subulate, or single and 

 undivided ; stigmas small, terminal; ovules many, 2-seriate in the angles 

 of the cells. Fruit fleshy, with a woody 3-valved, 1-oellod, endocarp, 

 1-seeded. Seed erect, cotyledons fleshy, unequal, longtitiidinally folded, 

 the larger embracing the smaller.— Distrib. Species 3, tropical Asiatic. 



1. R. PAEViFLOBA, Griff. Notul. iv. 578 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 607 f ] 

 A semi-scandent shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, glabrous, except the puberulous 

 inflorescence and tomentose sepals. Leaves membranous, oblanceolate 

 to obovate-elliptic, or sub-rotund, with an abrupt short blunt acumen • 

 both surfaces shining, the midrib bold; primary nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 

 prominent on the under surface, as are the intermediate nerves and 

 reticulations; length 3-5 to 4 in., breadth 1-5 to 2-25 in.; petiole 

 •6 to 6 in., slightly thickened in the upper half. Floioers in long naked 

 racemes arranged in a terminal leafless panicle much longer than the 

 leaves, shortly pedicellate, -2 in. in diam. Sepals 0, yalvate, linear- 

 oblong, sub-acute, densely tomentose on both surfaces, reflexed. Stamens 



