1S96.] G, King ^ Materials for a Flora af the Malayan Pemnstila. 365 
lobes. Petals 5, much, longer than tlie calj^, tliick, spreading, orbicular. 
Disc broadi convex, fleeliy. Slavi^vs 3, inserted iienr tbe apex of the 
disc ; the filaments broadly triangular, compressed ; anthers email, 
Orarif flat, buried in tbe disc, the short, cooical thick stylo proti-uding- ; 
ovules 3 in each cell. Fruit unknown. 
Perak : ScortechiJii, No. ISiS. 
This ia known only by the late F. Scortechini'a scanty specimens. 
It is a very distinct species. 
7» Salacu oiiAKDlFi^ORA, Kurz in Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, 
pt. 2, p. 300. A shrub or small tree ; young branches rather slender, 
their bark pale when dry. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or elliptio, 
shortly cuspidate, the fdges entire, the base slightly narrowed or 
rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the tipper very shining and reticulate ; 
main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, ascending, curved, slightly prominent ; lenj^tb. 
5 or 6 in., breadth 2'25 to 8 25 in., petiole '5 in. Flowers glabrous, *25 to 
*45 in. in diam., in groups of 3 to 6 from vez'y short axillary or extra- 
axillary bracteolate tubercles ; their pedicels "2 in, long. Cal^x cupnhir, 
deeply divided into 5 sub-orbicular fleshy segments. Petah 5, orbicu- 
Inr or obovate-orbicular, concave, spreading. Disc very convex, fleshy, 
glabrous, jfif^amens 3, insetted towai-ds the apex of the disc ; the fllainents 
broad, triangular, recurved. Ovary buried in the disc, the 3-anglod 
stylo alone protruding, stigma small. FrnU globular or ovoid, glabrous, 
1 to 1*25 in. diam., the calyx and corolla per.sistent at the base while j^'oung, 
about 1-5 in. long when ripe. Kurz For. Flora Burma, Ij 259 ; Laws, in 
Hook, fib Fh Br. Tnd. I, 626. 
Malacca : Grifiith. Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 5924 and 7579. 
DiSTBiH. — Tenasserim (Kew Distrib,), No, 891. 
Kurz describes his ffrandiiiora (Journ. As. Soc. Beng., pt. 2, p. 
300), as scandent, and as having its flowers on minutely bracteolate 
axillaiy or extra- axillary tubercles. He has with his own hand written 
the name *?. grandifiora on various specimens in the Calcutta Herbarium 
which, although they have all axillary tubercles, shew no evidence of 
being scandent. These sheets are as follows : — Heifer, Tenasserim or 
Andamans (Kew Distrib.), Nos. 898 and 891 ; Griffith, Malacca (with- 
out number) ; and Wall. Cat. No. 2812 from Penang, These in turn 
agree with various specimens from Penang, Perak, Singapore and 
Blalacca which are described by their collectors as small erect whrtibs, 
and not scrnident. The character of being scandent must therefore 
be eliminated fi-om Kiirx's diagnosis of 6'. grandijlora. In this view 
Mr. Lawson appears to agi'ee, for he describes botli 6'. grandi flora and 
8. hnpfolia Hook. fil. { which I reduce to a variety of IS. (jrandfjlora) 
as erect shrubs. There is however a scandent species veiy closely re* 
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