3S0 G, King — Mater^nJe for a Fhm of tlw Mahynn Pomnfutla, [Ko, 3, 
ity for this species by its author; but if thxB distribution be given on 
the streiif^th of Heifer ToQaaaerim specimen No. 2022 (Kew Difitrib,), 
I think it is erroneous : for that Bpeeimen does not agree with Maingaj's 
(from Malacca) No. 407 which ia the type of the species. 
3. VBNTit-ACiO LEiocAiiPA, Bentli. F], Hongkong 67; Jonrn. LiBn. 
Soc. V, 77. Yomi^ slioots angled and, like the iiifloreacenee, pubcrntona* 
Leaves thinly coriaceous^ glabrons, ovate-oblong, more or less shortly 
catidnte-aenminatc; the edges more or less minutely cren a te-sDrcate, some- 
times entire, except at tUe rounded or slightly narrowed ba«e ; main 
iierres G or 7 pairs, curved, fiscending ; length 3'25 to 3 5 iti., breadth 1 to 
I'l in., petiole "2 in. Panicles very naiTOW and epike-like, much longer 
than the leaves even when only in flower ; their latcml branches distant, 
very short, cyniose. Flmoers shorter than their pedicels, *1 in. to '125 in. 
in diam. Calyx and disc glabrescent. i'Vwiit golden yellow, glahroua r 
nut about '2 in. in diam, ; the wing with several vertical nerves, blunt, 
from 2 to 2 5 in. long and 4 (rarely "75 in.) broad, Lawson in Hook fit. 
Fl. Br. Ind. I, 6:H ; Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 263. V. madras- 
patana, Benth. (not of Gaertn.) in Hook. Kew Joum. TV, 42. 
Singapore : Ridley, No. 3607. Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Dtstrih.) 
406 J Griffith (Kew Distrib ), Nos. 2022 and 2026. Pemk ; King a 
Collector, Nob. 6573, 7758 ; Wray, Noa. 2276, 2^35. Scortechini, ifp. 
2110. — DiriTRiu. Sumatra, Java, Hongkong. A common plant. 
In a few specimens the flowers ai-e armnged in small axillary cymes ; 
bnt, by the fall of the leaves, the inflorescence would be converted 
into narrow spikes of cymes as above described. Some of the speci- 
mens from Perafc have entire leaves as much as 8 in. long aud 2*5 in. 
broad ; and these may belong to a distinct species. The species is 
readily distinguished by its crenate-serrate shining glabroua leaves, and 
by its glabrous several -nor s^ed fruit- wings. A species from Sumatra 
described by Miquel (Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 330) under the name of 
F. hieens must be very near to, if not identical with this. If it be identi- 
cal, the name V. lucem (pabltshed in 1860) must take precedence of 
Beutliam's name which was not published untO 1861. 
4. SMTrHEA, Seem. 
Scandent or sub-scandent nnarmed woody shrubs. Leaves alter- 
nate, petiolate; Flmvers in axillary fascicles, or on leafless terminal 
branches which form lax panicles. Calyii;4uhe obcouic ; the lobes 5, 
spreading. Petals 5, cucullate, broadly emarginate or 2.1obed. ifif^o- 
viem 5, not covered by the petals ; the anthers incurved, didymons. 
Disc 5-angled, Ovary half- inferior, 2-cened ; styles 2, recurved. Capsule 
with the calyx adherent to its base, ovate-lanceolate, compressed, 
