I 
370 — Materiak for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, [No. 3, 
Imperfectly known species. 
Skhkcik LoBBfr, Laws, in Hook. fi!. Fl. Bi'. Ind, I, 626, An erect 
sbrnb ; branches tercto, covered with minnte warts. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong witli a slioH obtuse pointy entire^ not drying blacky 3 to 3"5 in. 
long and 1 to 1*75 in. broad. Flow&is J to 3 in each axil, thick and 
fleshy ; pedicels atont, 1 to 1'5 in. long. Petals rottndly ovate, sub-cordate 
at the base, '25 in. long. Fruit unknown. 
Singapore, Lobb. 
This is known only by Lobb's imperfect specimen said to have been 
collected at Singapore. The description above given is copied from. 
Lawson {L c). 
Salacia RUliRA, Laws, in Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. I, 627. Ascandent ? 
shrub with coarse pale -coloured branches. Leaves snh-conaccons, ellip- 
tic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate^ entire, the base cuneate, 
both surfaces glabrous, the lower paler ; main nerves 5 pairs. F!(>we7S 
unknown. FruU globose, bright red when ripe, rugose, 15 in. in diam., 
2- seeded. 
Malacca i Maingay (Kew Distrib.), Nos. 398/2 and 1525. 
The above description is taken from Lawson ( L e.) 
Order XXXIL Rhamnej!. 
Shrubs or trees, erect or scandont (cirrhose in Gouania). Branches 
unarmed spinous or aculeate. Leaves simple, alternate, or rarely opposite, 
usually coriaceous, often S-S-nerved; stipules small, decidnona or 
changed into prickles. Flowers hennapiirodite or polygamous, aniall» 
gi'eenish, in cymes which are solitary or disposed in spikes or panicles. 
Cahjx 4-5-fid ; lobes triangular, erect or reeui-ved, usually cai-inRte 
withinj valvate. Petals 4-5, rarely 0, inserted on the throat of the 
calyx-tube, usually shorter than its lobes, cacullate or involute. Stamens 
4-5, inserted with the petals and opposite to them, often enclosed within 
theii' folds; ajiihefs versatile, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, BIsg 
fleshy and filling the calyx-tube, or thin and lining it, entire or lobed, 
glabrous, rarely tomentose. Ovary sessile, free or immersed in the disc, 
■wholly free from the calyx-tube or more or less adherent to it, 3- rarely 
2-4-celled ; style short, simple, or 2-4-cleffc ; ovules 1 in each cell, 
erect, anatropous, raphe dorsal. Fruit free or girt at the bnse or middle 
by the adhering calyx-tubcj 3- more rarely 1 ^-celled, capsular and of ton 
winged, or drupaceous. Seed with fleshy albumen, rarely exalbuminous j 
embryo large^ erect, — Distkid. fci-opical and temperate regions ; species 
about 420. 
