362 G, Kir\g ^ MateriaU for a Flora of tits Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 
Leaves not more than 6 in, long. 
Main neryea of leaves 7 to 9 paits ... 7, S. gTandiJloTeu 
Main nerves of leaves * to 6 pairs 8. 8> laiifolia. 
Flowers '25 in, in diara* 
Petals broadly cordate, obtuse, oft^n clawed at the 
base J flower pedicels '25 to '33 in, long ... 9, 8, prinoides. 
Petals broadly elliptic 5 flower pedicels "5 fco 'BS in. 
long." ... 10, 8. polyautha. 
Flowers "1 to "15 in. in tliam. 
Leaves broadly elliptic, cuBpldate j petals sub-erect, 
oblong ... 11. 3. Wrayi. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate j petals orbicular, spread- 
ing ... ... ... ... 12. 8. Kunstleri. 
Leaves oblong or elliptio-oblong, mucli reticulate 
and yellowiflb when dry. 
Loaves sub-acute j flowers 15 in. in diam., the ^ 
diiM3 convex.,. .„ ... ... 13. 8. Jiavescens, 
Leaves obtuise ; flowers '1 iu. in diam., diac 
SEincer-like ... ,„ ... Xi. 8. Lawemi* 
Imperfectly known specios. 
S. Lohbii, 
8. rvJira. 
1. Salacia viMrifEA, Wall. Cat., 7267. A gkbroaa scandent 
slirab. Leaves membranous, usTially alternate, lanceolate^ ehortly and 
bluntly acuminate, entire, the bftse cuneate; main nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 
oblique,* faint ; iongtli 2'5 to 4 in., breadth '8 to 1'5 in., petiole *2 to 
*3 in. Floioers *15 in. in diam., on thin, pedicels *3 in. long, nsuallTij^ 
solitary or in groups of 2 or 3 (rarely in cymes), from minute bracteo- 
late tubercles, axillaiy or extra-axillary. Calyx cupular, flat, with 5 
triangular concave lobes. Petals 6, rotund or ovate, thin, larger than 
the calyx-lobea. Disc very convex, fleshy, glabrons, with a palo zone 
at the base. Stamens 3; the filaments very broad, flat, triangular, 
erect ; anlJwrs transversely oblong, dehiscing' by 2 transvorso 2-cellcd 
apical slits, Ovanj sunk in the disc, 3-angled, conical ; stigma smaM. 
Fmit (young) sub-globular, glabrous. Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 
627. S. alteniifoUa Scort. M8S. in Herb. Calc, 
Penang ; Wallich. Perak ; Kings's Collector No. 374 ; Scortecbini, 
No, 1811. 
The alternate leaves are the best mark of the plants thus named. 
I think it however possible that two species are included under these 
alternate* leaved specimens. Those ivith flowers in short cymes mny 
belong to a different plant from tboso with flowers solitary or on tnber- 
clea. The material is not good; and, in the absence of complete flower- 
ing and fruiting specimens, it is difficult to differentiate species of 
Salacia when the leaves present no good head mai-ks, as th© etrncture 
of the flowers m very much alike in maiiy species. 
