J 896.] Q-. King—MaieriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 343 
epmading, indistiuct, not more promment than tho intermediatQ and 
secondary ; length 4"5fco 7 in., broad tli I'o to 2'75 in.^ petioles '3 to "4 in, 
Cijnies axillary or exti-a-axillaiy, on filiform pediiucles 1*35 to 3 in, 
long, divaricate, bracteolafco, l-mmiy' flowered. Flaioers '3 in. in diam., 
on pedicels 1 to '2 in. loug. Sepals nai-rowly renifoi-m, sparsely-puberu- 
lous. Petals mucb longer than the sepals, oblong, obtuse, witk a central 
li)ngitiidinal ridge on the upper surface, piiberaloiis, anited into a short 
tube at the very baee. Stj,mens 5, bmger than the pistil but much 
sliorLer than the petals ; aidkets broadly ovoid, the filaments diiattfd 
©flpecially at the base and attached to tUe corolla tube. Ovary short, disjo 
none ; style cylindric, ridg^cd ; stigma broad, flat. Fruit ovoid, pointed, gla- 
brous, smooth ; "5 iti, long, tbe calyx pet-sietent at its base, tbe style aub- 
persifiteut on the apex. M, hivahls^ LawBon in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, L 
[in part) not of Wall. Microiropiii bivaUis, Kurz (not of Wall.) For, 
Flora Barraa, I» 251. Eiionijinus ? laeta. Wall. Cat. No. 4294. Eaony^ 
9UUS Jiiiformis, No. 4295. 
Feiiiing: Porter, Sfolickza. Perak : Wraj ITo. 435, King^s Col- 
lector, No. 2025. Distrib. Tenasaerim. Heifer, No. 1980 (Kow 
Distrib. ) 
This hafi been included by Mr. Lawson in FL Br. Ind. under 3f. 
bivalvis^ WalL, but it is a perfectly distinct plant ; differitiop frotu tbat 
in the great length of the peduncles of its cymes, iu the larger size of 
its leaves, and in its fewer larger flowera. 
2. EuTo^TYMUs, Linn. 
Treea or shrubs, erect, rarely scandent, glabrona. Leaves oppo- 
site, petioled, rarely aubsessile ; stipules caducous. Calyx 4-5-6d, 
spreading or recurved. Petals 4-5, free, efoveolafco. Stairiens 4-5, 
inserted on the disc j anthers broad, 2-celied. Di^c large, fleshy, 4-5- 
lobod. Ovary sunk in the disc, 3-5-celled ; style short or 0, ."^fcigina 3-5- 
lobed ; ovules 2 iti each coll, attached to the inner angle, ascending and 
suspended. Capsule 3-5-celled, 3--5-lobed, angled or winged, coriaceoes, 
rarely echinato ; cells 1-2-seeded, loculicidal. t^t-eiis covered by the aril, 
albuminous.- — Dihtrtb. About 80 species chiefly tropical Asiatic aud 
Malayan ; a few European and Korth Auiericau. 
Flowers usually in fascicles of 2 or a, rarely in 2- 
to 3-flowercd cymes ; petals fimbriate ... ... 1. J?. Jacanktts, 
Flovvenj in very lax divaricate slender spreading 
JO"- to 20-flowered cymes ; petals not fimbriate ... 2, E, Wrayi, 
I, Edonywus jAVANiorjs, Illume Bijdr. 1I4G. A shrub or small 
tree ; young branches sluuder, stib- terete. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ob- 
