408 G. King — Materials for a Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsula, [No. 4, 



surface glabrous ; the lower |Dubescenfc, especially on the pi'ominent midrib 

 and 11 to 14 pairs of lateral nerves ; length 5"5 to 7"5 in., breadth 1'5 to 

 2*5 in., petiole 2 in. ; stipules subulate, '3 in. long. Flowers in dense 

 axillary bracteolate glomeruli. Sepals ovate, obtuse, tomentose. Petals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent externally, and (like the sepals) with 

 an apical tuft of hairs, glabrous internally. Stamens from a short 

 minutely toothed glabrous disc, the filaments shorter than the anthers : 

 anthers narrowly ovate, each cell with a terminal apical seta, but with- 

 out any appendage from the connective. Ovary elongate, sparsely 

 villous ; style pubescent ; stigma truncate, cuiJ-shaped. Capsule '5 in. 

 long, flocoulent-tomentose, densely covered with unbranched, subulate, 

 soft, pubescent spines about '5 in. long, not felted. Seeds pale, ovoid, 

 smooth, with sub-terminal papillate caruncle. 



Perak, Wray No. 3299 and 1254; Kiug's collector Nos. 406 and 



654. 



Species imperfectly hnoiun. 



15. A. PACHTCAEPA, King, n. sp. A small tree ; the young branches 

 pale, glabrous, sparsely lenticellate. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late to elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, minutely and rather irregular- 

 ly serrulate, the base slightly narrowed : both surfaces glabrous, the 

 lower darker in colour ; nerves 11 to 14 pairs, thin, but prominent be- 

 low ; length'5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., petiole '4 in. Sepals rotund, 

 pubescent, with thin glabrous edges. Gapsules on short axillary branch- 

 es, usually solitary, about 1-25 in. long ; the valves boat-shaped, com- 

 pressed, separating when ripe into two layers, the outer dark-coloured 

 and pubescent, the inner pale, smooth, cartilaginous, and bearing the 

 angular smooth carunculate seeds. 



Perak, King's Collector No. 10235 : Scortechini (without number). 



A tree 20 to 25 feet high. Fresh flowers being unknown, the sec- 

 tion of the genus to which this belongs cannot be determined. The 

 capsules, however, show that it is a distinct species. 



In addition to the foregoing, there are in the Calcutta Herbarium 

 specimens of what appear to be five distinct species of this genus. The 

 materials are, however, insufficient for accurate determination. 



