1«89.] G. King—Maferiah for a Flora of ilie Malayan Peninsula. 407 



acute, pubescent marginfi the scarions. Cymes axillary and exti-a-axil- 

 lary, sessile, condeused, 3 to 6-flowered ; bracteoles lanceolate, keelfid, 

 pubescent. Sepals sliglitly unequal, ovate, obtuse, ribbed, tomentose 

 externally, nearly as long as the petals. Petals oblong, obtuse, pubescent 

 externally, glabrous internally. Stamens from a short glabrous disc ; 

 filaments longer than the anther, glabrous. Anthers narrowly ovate, 

 the base cordate, with a single small terminal white appendage. Ovary 

 eessile, densely villous, style sparsely villous : stigma truncate, cup- 

 shaped. Capsule when ripe from 1 to 2 in. across, densely covered with 

 brownish, tomentose, branched, felted fibres : valves compressed, blunt 

 ■75 in. long : seeds sub-globose, compressed, smooth, the caruncle ovate. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 188 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 116 ; Oudem. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 79 ; Miq. 1. c. iv. 216 ; PI. Jungh. i. 122. 



Singapore, Malacca, Perak, Penang, at low elevations. Distrib. 

 Sumatra, liangka. 



Usually a small tree 20 to 30 feet high. Sometimes shrubby. 



13. A. CAPILLATA, King, n. sp. A small shrub, the young branches 

 rnfous-tomcntose. Leaves membranous, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate both at apex and base, serrulate; upper surface glabrous 

 except the pubescent nerves and midrib ; lower rufous-pubescont ; the 

 uerves about 11 pairs, bold, as are the transverse veins; length 6 to 7 in., 

 breadth 1-5 to 1'75 in., petiole '25 in. ; stipules lanceolate, pubescent ex- 

 ternally. Flowers in small, sub-sessile, 3 to 5-flowered, axillary cymes. 

 Sepals narrowly oblong, obtuse, tomentose externally. Petals linear- 

 oblong, the apex sub-acute and reflexed, hairy along the midrib externally. 

 Stamens alternating with the lobes of a deep, 5-lobed, glabrous disc ; fila- 

 ments slender, glabroiis, longer than the anthers. Anthers small, ovate, 

 each with an ovate acute small terminal appendage. Ovary sessile, 

 globular, villous : style long, cylindrie, sub-villous ; stigma truncate, cup- 

 shaped. Capsule -5 in. long, riiety — pubescent externally and densely 

 covered with unbranched, often hooked, soft, pubescent spines about 

 5 in. long and not felted. Seeds ovoid, smootli, pale, with dark semi- 

 circumfei-ential band, and an oblong carunculus. 



Laroot in Perak, King's Collector No. 24(32. A small bush 4 to 

 8 feet high. This comes near A. echinooorpa and comosa, but differs 

 notably in its flowers and seeds. 



Section III. Anther cells each with a terminal subulate ujjpendago ; 

 no appendage from the connective. 



14. K. COMOSA, King, n. sp. A shrub or small tree, the young 

 branches densely ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves membranous, sub-sessile, 

 oblong-oblancoolate, caudate-acuminate, serrulate, the base rounded ; upjwr 



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