1896,] G, King — Maierials for a Flora of tJie Malayan Peninmla. 361 
things, viz., S. ohkmfnlia Roxb. and S. Qrahamn, Wight ; while M. tor- 
tnosa^ Cat. No. 4216, is a mixture of H. ohtnsifoUaf Roxb, arnl of 
JJ". miiica, Willd. To K GraJhamii, Wight, Mr. Lawson (I c. p. 624) 
has reduced the plant iBsned by Wallich as his No, 4214, under the name 
lanceolata, Ham. But in my opinion this reduction ig wrong, Under 
JT. ArnoUimia, Wight, Mr. Lawson proposes to include Salacia termimU^?^ 
Thwaitea, which xa a tree with cymose panicles on long pedimclGa much 
longer than the learea, 
Donhtfnl Species* 
HrpPOCEATM Maingati, Laws, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Tnd. T, 625. 
Branches terete- Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, glabrous, 3 in, long by 
'75 in. hroad. Cymes 3-f!owered, racemose, Oarpeh triquetrous, woody, 
4 to 5 in. long. Seeds oblong, 3" 5 to 4' 5 in, long, 
Malacca : Maingay, (Kgw Distrib.) No. Distrib. ? Borneo. 
Known only by Maingay's imperfect descriptions. (The above des- 
cription is copied from Lawson I f.) 
11. Salacia, Linn. 
Scandeni or sarraentose shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, 
rarely alternate, pctiolate, exsHputate, Flotvers few or many, clustered 
in the axils of the leaves or extra-axillary, more rarely in cymes. Calyx 
small, 5-parted. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 3, rarely 2 or 4^ continuous 
yith the disc, recnrved, Ovanj conical, immersed in the disc, 3-celled ; 
style very short, stigma simple or 3-lohed ; ovules 2-8 in each cell, 
in 1-2 series, inserted on the inner angle, Frnit baccate, 1-3-celled, 
fiub-woody or fleshy. Seeds large, angular. — Distrih, Species about 
130 ; natives of the tropics of both hemispheres* 
Leaves alternate ... ... ... ... 1. 8. viminea. 
Leaves opposite* 
Flowers flolitary or in paira from the leaf-axila, not on 
tttberclefl ... ... ... ... 2. S. Maingayi, 
Fiowerfi in pednnonlate axillary cymeB. 
Flowera campauuloid ; tho petals erect ia their 
lower half, spreading tn tho upper ... ... 3, S. cartvpanuloidea. 
Petals spreading from the base. 
Loaves serrate -creaate .„ 4. S. Gri^thii. 
LeftTes entire „. ... 5. S. Fvrakensis. 
Flowers from short axilkry tubercles. 
Flowers "35 to '4'j iu, in diam. 
Loaves 6 to 12 in. long» 
axillary tubercles each hearing 10 or 12 
flowers... ... .,.6. S. BeorfeeMnii. 
axillary tuhorcles bearing only 3 to 0 
^ Mowers.^, ... ... 7, S. grandijloni 
var, hiti^ifolia. 
