1896.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninstila, S6& 
diam-, in axillary clusters of 2 or 3 or on very short woody tubercles ; 
pedicels rather longer than the flowers. Oalyx of 5 broadly ovate acute 
concave sepals eometimes with coarsely ciliafce edges, othervvise glabroaa. 
Petals twice as long as the sepalg, broadly elliptic, glabrous, the inner 
two Bometimes with two imperfect transverse thickened bands on the 
npper surface. Disc with saucer-like wavy lower rim^ the upper part 
fleshy aud confluent with the ovary. Stamens 3, inserted on the disc ; 
the filaments broadly triangular, embracing the ovary : anthers small, 
transversely elongated^ 2-cellod, Ovary immersed in the disc, conical, 
3-angled, glabrous, the style protruding, the stigma small. Frtdt 
globular, glabrous, 1-5 to 2 in. in diam. Seeds several. Knrz For. Flora 
Burma. I, 260: Laws, in Hook, fil, Fl. Br. Ind. I, 627. Microfropis 
conacea, Wall. Cat. 4338. M. Jongifolla, Wall. Cat. 4339 (in part). 
Xanthochymus ovalifolmft Wall, (not of Roxb.) Cat. 4839 B. 
Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 404/2. Perak: King's 
Collector, Scortechini, Curtis. Penaug ; Wallich, Curtis, No. 12, 
Kedali : Curtis^ No. 2653. Distrib. — Tenasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib.) 
No. 897. 
Var. diimosa : a small erect shrub ; flowers bricb*red. 
PeraJc : Scortechini, No. 505, 1734 : King's Collector, No. 10948. 
Kcdah : Curtis, No. 2054. 
I think it probable that better acquaintance with this shrubby 
Don-scandect variety will prove it to be quite as well entitled to specific 
rank as many members of this genus. 
14. Salacia Lawsoni, King. A scandent shrub with smooth prai- 
Bose branches, becoming black when dry. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic, 
obtuse, entire, the base rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, pale yellow- 
iBh-brown when dry, reticulate, shining : main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 
faint ; length 2'5 to 5 in., breadth 1*5 to 3 in., petiole '2 to "35 in. 
Flowers '1 in. in diam., 3 to 6 from small axillary bracteolate tubarclea ; 
their pedicels slender, '25 to "3 in. long. Calyx of 5 ovoid-deltoid^ 
thick sepals. Petals 5, larger than the sepals, broadly ovoid, obtuse. 
Disc convex, Eesby. Stamens 3, inserted on tlie upper edge of the disc ; 
filaments flat, broadly triangular ; antJiers small, broader than long. 
M-uU unknown. S. ovalis, Lawson (not of Korth.) in Hook. fij. Fl. Br. 
Ind. I, 627. 
Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 400. 
A species with leaves like those of 8, fiavsscetis Kurz, but with 
mucli smaller flowers : collected only by Maingay. I have been obliged 
to change the nam© of this, as there is an earlier S- ovalis published by 
Korthals in 1S4S (Flora, XZXf, 579); whereas Mr. Lawson 's nam© 
dates from 1875. 
