1896.] G, King — Matef iaU for a Flora of the Malayan l^eninsula. 367 
length 1-75 to 3*5 in., breadth 1 to J '5 in., petiole *15 to '25 in. Flowers 
■25 in. in diam., 3 to 6 from small tubercles in the axils of tlie leaves 
or from tbe smaller bmncliea below the leaves ; their pedicels slender, 
about '25 to '35 in. long. Calyx cupular, with 5 rounded concave lobes. 
Petah much larger than the calyx-lobes, broadly cordate, obtuse, often 
clawed at the base, the edges membranous. Due broad, fleaby, convex. 
Staniem 3, from the upper edge of the disc ; the hlameiita flat but not 
broad, erect: anthers Bmall, transversely oblong, 2-celled. Ovary small, 
conical, 3-angled, buried in the disc. Frm'i ovoid -globular, '5 in. in 
diam., l^ccUed, 1 -seeded. Blumo Bijdr. 221 ; Wall. Cat. 4219 : W. and 
A, Prod. 105 : J>alz, and Gibs, Fl Bomb. 33 ; Kum For. Flora Burma^ 
r, 260 V lliq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 597 ; Hook. til. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 
626. S. podopetala, Turcz. io Bull. Soc. Nat. AIosc. 1863, 1, 581. S. 
Wightiana^ Wall. Cat. 4221. Johnia corornandeliana, Roxb. FL Ind, 
I, 169 ; DC- Prod. I, 571. Tonsella prinoidest Willd. in Act. Acad. Cur. 
Ber. IV, 184. 
In all the provinces.- — DfSTRiB : British India, Ceylon, the Malay 
Archipelago, Philippines. 
Var. mac leaves broadly elliptic, acuminate, much narrowed 
at the base, 4 to 5 in. long, and 175 to2*75 in, broad. S. inacropliylla ^ 
Bl, Bijdr. 221. 
Perak : King's Collector, 7552; Wray, ISq, 2133. Distrib.— Java. 
10. Salaoia polyantha, Korth. in Flora XXXI for 1848, p. 379. 
Scaudent, glabrous j young branches dark-coloured when dry, minute- 
ly warted. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, the apex 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate, the edges with 
remote shallow serrations ; tlie upper surface shining when dry and 
sub-olivaeeous, the lower dull brown ; length 3'5 to 4'5 in., breadth 1'25 
to 3 in., petiole *35 in. Fhwers about "25 in. in diam., on slender 
pedicels '5 to "65 in. long, crowded on very short bracteolate axillary 
tubercles. Calyx, flat, fleshy, with 5 rotund slightly imbricate lobes. 
Petals 5, much larger than the calyx -lobes, bi^oadly elliptic, obtuse, con- 
cave, spreading. Dm very convex, fleshy, glabixtus. Stataem 3, insert- 
ed near the upper edge of the disc : filaments flat but not Tory broad, 
short, sub-recurved j anthers small, trausvcracly oblong. Fruit un- 
known. 
ToDgkah : Curtis, No. 2917. Kedah : Curtis, ]S"o. 2574. Distrib.— 
Borneo. 
Mr, Curtis describes his Tongkab plant as a climbing shrub and 
his Kedah plant as a tree ; but I cannot find any differeoco in their 
flowers or leaves. 
11. Salacia Wrayi, King, n. sp. A stoafc uiimber: young 
