1896.] G. King-^Matenals for a Flora of the Malayan Fenimula* 345 
diverging. Disc 4'lobed. Ovary immersed in the diso, 4- lobe d, 4- 
celled ; etjle short, atigma capitate; oviiles solitary and pendulous from 
the top of each cell. Capmle subgloboee, coriaceona, 1-4-cellod, 1-4- 
Beeded. Seeds as in Eiwnymus. — DiaxRiB. Species 7 3 in Cejlon^ Southern 
India, and Malayan Peninsela, 
Leaves 2 5 to 3' 5 in. long ... I. Q. Scortechiniu 
„ 6 to 12 in. long ... ... 2. (?. qimdrangulam. 
1. Gltptopbtalttm ScoBTECHiNit, D. Bp. Kiifg. YoEng branches 
terete, striate. Leaves eoriaceouB, elliptic, often slightly obovate, very 
shortly aud obtnsely cuspidaW, the edges with a few remote ohscare 
serratures in the upper third, the base cuneate ; main nerves 8 to 10 
pairs, .spreading, ranch curved, very faiut and not more prominent than 
the intermediate and secondary nerves ; length 2 5 to 3 5 iti., breadth 
1-35 to Vlh in., petioles "25 in. Flmnerhtg peduncles rather stout, supra- 
axillary, 1*5 to nearly 2 in. long ; pedicels 2 or 3, under an inch in 
length. Fmii broadly obovate, deeply 5-lobed, glabi-ons, '45 in. long, 
the 5 sub-rotnnd reflexed sepals persistent at its base. 
Perak : Scortecliini, No. 1617. 
A species collected only by the late Bev, Father Scortechini, whose 
Bpecimens are not in flower. He referred tbe plant to Euonymus, but 
the solitary ovules in the cells of the immature fruit show that its 
place is in Ohjptopetaluni, 
2. GrLTiTOPETALDM QUADRANGtjrARE, Praiii MSS. in. Horb. Calc, A 
shrub 8 to 15 feet high ; young braDches boldly 4-angled, narrowly 
winged. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or clliptic-oblong, shortly acumi- 
nate, obscurely and remotely serrate in the upper half, the base rounded 
or cuneate ; both surfaces bullate, the upper shining, the lower dull ; 
main nerves 10 to 32 ftairs, when dry much depressed on tbe upper and 
very promirient cn the lower surface, the reticulations wide and dis- 
tinct ; length 6 to 12 in., breadth 2*5 to 5 in,, petiole '3 to G in. 
Cym/fs much shorter than the leaves, dichotomous, minutely 2-bracteolate 
at the bifurcations, axillary, few-flowered, on slender peduncles 
1*5 to 2 in. lojig (nearly twice as long in fruit). Flowers *3 in. io 
diam., their pedicels 2-5 in, long (longer in fruil:). S*ypals 4, nar- 
rowly reuiform, entire. Petals 4, attached to the edges of the thick 
fleshy 4-lobed disc, much longer than tbe sepals, broadly rotund-reui- 
forra, clawed, tbe edges incurved, smooth. Awi/ter* reniform ; the ceJls 
on short thin filaments, sub-orbicular. Ovary sunk in the disc, i:he 
capitate stigma alone projecting, 4-celled : ovules solitaiy. Fruit de- 
pressed, obtusely 4*aiigled, capsular, '4 to '6 in. in diam. 
Perak : Scortechini No. 524, Wray No. 3229 : King's Collector 
Nos. 7106, 8222. 
