1896.] G. King — Materiahfor a Flora of the Malayan PeninmJa. 347 
2. KoKOONA ScoBTECiiiNir, King n, sp. A large tree 70 to 80 
feeb liitjfli ; young bmiicbos smoofcli, dai'lc-coloured wheo dry. Leaves 
coriacoons, elliptic or elliptic-obloag, acute or sub-aeute, entii e, the base 
cutieate, lower surface cinereous when dry ; main nerves about 6 or 7 
pairs» spreading, faint J length 2*75 to 3' 15 in,, breadfcb 1*35 to 2 in., 
petioles '25 to '35 in. Faniclen axillary,, peduncled, pj^ramidal, eome- 
times longer than the leaves j the brandies divaricate, the ultimate 
brancblets racemose. Flowers not crowded, abonfc 25 in., in diara., on 
bnicteolate pedicels about as long as themselves. Calyx cupulai-, fleshy, 
glabrous, ^vith 5 (rarely 4) sballow broad teeth. Petals 5, (rarely 4), 
inserted below the dfijc, longer than the calyx, fieahy, broadly ovate, 
with a slight vertical central ridge on the antenor surface. Disc 
fleshy, shortly cylindric, with 10 shallow quadi-ate teeth. Stamens 5 ; 
the filaments fleshy below, tjlcuder above, inserted on tlie inner sur- 
face of the disc. AntJiers large, ovate, sub-cordate at the base, the apex 
with a short stout incurved appendage. Ovary conical, abort, thick, 
free from the disc, 3-colJed. Stigma sessile, Joi^ge, capitate-cyliudrtc. 
Fruit unknown. 
Pemk : Scortechini, Ko. 2042. Penang, Cui-tis, No. 1576. 
This has been galbercd in Penang by Mr. Curtis, who descrihcB 
it as a tree about 40 ft^et high. The late Father Scortechini. who 
gathered it once in Ferak, and who referred it doubtfully to Lophopeta- 
Iwii rejlexu7ti Laws., describes it as a tree 70 to 80 feet high. Its fruit is 
still unknown. 
3. KoKOONA GOBI ACE A, King n. sp. A tree SO to 50 feet high j 
young branches cinereoas when dry. Leaves coriaceous, broadly 
ovate to ovate-oblonsfj sab-acute, the base caneatej the edge when di'j 
sUgbtly recurved J npper surface dark when dry, the lower cinereous; 
main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, curved, erecto-imtent, rather faint on both 
surfaces ; length 4'5 to 5 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., petiole *5 to '6 in. 
Panicles axillary, pedunculate, from half as long to a^ long m the leaves, 
the brancfies divaricate, racemose, few-flovveted. Flowers S in. in diam., 
on bracteolate pedicels shorter than themselves. Calyx enpular, thick, 
with 5 short shallow broad teeth, PetaU 5, attached outside the short 
disc, longer than the calyx, thick, broailly ovate, with a vertical ridge 
in the middle. Statn&tu 5; the filaments subulate, inserted on the inner 
Tertical surface of the cupular fleshy obscurely 5-lobed corrugated disc j 
anthers lai-ge, cordate, with a long apical appendage. Ovary ovoid, 
glabrous, inserted in the fundus of the fhiwer and separate from the disc, 
S-celled : stigma sessile, cylindric-eapitate. Fruit anknowu. 
Perak : King's Collector, No. 4226* 
