iOi (x. Ring — MukV-ials for a Flora of the Malai/an Pemmula. [Ko. H, 
bt-istle teeth near the apex, the bnse narrowed ; lower (rarface minutely 
reticulate; lenifth 2 to 3*5 in. brnacUh '85 to 1'35 in. ; pRtiolulos of the 
middle leaflets sometimes aa mncli as 8 in. long", those of the lateral 
leafifitB from '28 to 1*25 in. j tendnh lon^, sloader, forked. Ct/njes 
axillar/, pnberulons, much-branchod, spreading, 3 to 6 in. acroas, on 
peduncles as long as the leaves. Flowers broadly ovoid in bud, '15 in, 
long-, 4i-mBrotis ; the calysc ciipalar, truncate; the petals broad, minutely 
pnbornlouB externally; disc targe, cnpular, thin. I^nn/ ovoid or Rub- 
globular^ with two deep grooves, glabrous, 'iJ iu. in d>am., without pulp; 
seeds 2, globular, truncate and with a deep pit on one side, tli© opening 
•occluded by a meiubrane. Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, I, 662. 
Oissm nwvemfolia. Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 559, 
Perak : Scortechini, No, 1728 ; King's Collector, Nos. 1245, 2736. 
Andamaos : King's CoUectora. 
The plant above described agrees with Wallicb's imperfect speci- 
mens from Singapore. It is readily recognised by the great iueqaality 
of the petiolulefl of its leaflets. The middle leaflet is ttRually quite free 
h'om the others and has a much longer petiohile than they have. 
Species intperfectly hioivn. 
ViTis OOBTAOBA, DC. Prod. I, 632, A species from Timor too briefly 
described by De Candolle for accurate identification. There are in 
the Calcutta Herbarium specimens from the Andaraans (King's Col- 
lectors, No. 3000) and from Sumatra (Forbes, No. 1^44), both of 
which agree with a apeclmen in the Kew Horbarinm named V. coria- 
cea, DC. The Sumatra specimens have pedately 5- to 7-foliolate leaves ; 
the leafieta ara coriaceous, glabrons, obliquely obSong or obovate-oblong, 
bluntly cuspidate, remotely serrate -crenate, witb raunded or tapering 
bnses ; they are 2"5 to 4. in. long and 1*35 to l"7o in. bimd ; the cymes 
ai"© widely branching, nearly 3 in. across when in fruit, and on short war- 
ted peduncles 1 in. long* tho fruit is ovoid-globose, '2 in. in diam., with 
a thick pericarp and no pulp. Tlio seeds are large, solitary, ovoid, 
smooth^ with shallow transverse markings and a very shallow vortical 
groove down each face. In the Andaman specimens the leaflets ai-e 
larger and loss coriaceous, the cymes are larger (6 in. wide), and the 
fi-uit and seeds are slightly longer. But the appearance and structure 
of the seeds is exactly the same in both } and I believe both ma^ be 
F. coriaceUi DC. 
