864 G. Kmg—Matmals for a Fkra of the Malayan Fenimula. [No, 3, 
i-ather long, stigma small. Fruit when ripe sub-globular or piriform, 
gliibrous^ r5 to 2 in. in dtam., aomotiiueS nearly 3 iu. long', aud of a 
dark yellowisli red colour. 
Perak: King's Collector, No. 2708, 3198, 4410, 5953, 6488 and 
10747. Scortechini, 
4. Salacia Grifphhii, Laws, in Hook, fil. M., Br. Ind. I, 628, 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-obioug, sliortlj and bluntly acuminate, the 
edges serrate -crenate, the base sub-caneate ; both surfaces glabrous, 
minutely reticulato ; main neiTes 5 to 7 paira, ascending, cnnring ; 
length 4'5 to 6 in.^ breadth 2 in,, petiole '3 in. Cymes solitary, 
axillary, on peduncles 'C to '75 in. long, diTaricating, about 1 in. 
in diam. Fiowers loss than 20, '1 in. long, on pedicels shorter than 
themselves. Calyx pubernlous, a shallow cup deeply divided into 
6 mtnnd-ovate roucave lobes. Petals 5, ei*ect, much longer than 
the calyx-lobes, thick, oblong, pnberulous, the point slightly in flexed, 
tlie apex apiculate. IHsc very convex, fleshy, glabi-ous ; sta7n€7is 3^ 
inserted on its npper edge; filaments erect, broad j anthers rcuiform. 
Ovary buried in the disc. Fmit unknown. 
Penang: Curtis 692. 
5. Salacia Perakensis, King, n. sp. Scandent j yonng branches 
dark-coloured when dry, lenticellato. Leaves elliptic, shortly and blunt- 
fy acuminate, entii'e, the base minutely cordate ; both surfaces shining, 
minutely reticulate ; main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending, curving, faint , 
length 2 to 2'75 in., breadth 1 to 1'35 in., petiole '2 in* Gymea axillary; 
'3^ to '45 in. in diam,, on peduocles '3 to '75 in, long, 5- to S-flowereiJ. 
Flowers '15 in. long, on pedicels shorter than themselves. Gahjx cupulur, 
shallow, fleshy, deeply divided into 5 rotund concave lobes. Pefah 5, 
erect, fleshy, oblong, concave, apiculate, puberulons, much longer than 
the calyx, Bisc thick, cylindric. Anthers 3, sessile on the convex apex 
of the disc, large, trans vei^ely oblong, 2.cellcd, Ovary buried in the 
disc, conical, stigma minute. FritU unknown. 
Pei-ak : Scortechini, No. 1042. 
6. Salacia ScoRTECHiNii, King, ru sp. A tall rohust climber j 
young branches rather stout, pale-brown when dry, leufcicellate. 
Leaver coriaceous, opposite, oblong or oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly 
obovate, sub-acuto, the edges entire, the base usually narrowed but 
sometimes I'oauded ; both sni'faces glabrous, the upper shining, the 
lower dull, not reticulate ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, shghtly prominent 
beneath ; length 6 to 10 iu., breadth 2*25 to 3'5 in.; petioles 6 to *75 im^ 
stout. Flowers '35 in. in diam., glabrous, rather numerous (10 to 12) 
on very short woody axillary tubercles, their pedicels '35 or '4 in. long. 
Calyx Gupalai', divided to the base imto 5 8'hallow broad eub-reuiform 
