342 G, K'mg—Matei'ial^ for a Flora of the ^falayun Penimnda. [Ko. 3, 
young brandies terete, dark-coloured when dry. Leaves tiiiiily coriaceoas, 
oblong-lftuceoiafce, acuminate* entire, the base narrowed botii aurfaces 
pale and rather dull when dry : main nerve§ 5 or 6 pairw, faint, not more 
prorainent than the itittjnnediatos : length 2'5 to'6'b in,, breadth i fo 1'75 
iu., petiole "25 to "35 in. Ci/m^s extra-axillary, from } to 1*5 in, Son^; the 
peduncle fiSiforra, *5 to 75 in. long". Flowers about 3 to 5, '25 in. in diani,, 
on thill divaricating pedicels '2 to "3 in. long ( longer in fruit). Sep'tls 
nan owly reniform^ imbricate in two rows, sub-glabrons, palo, the edges 
dai k-coloiired and minulely crenulate. Pelals targ-er than the sepals, 
spreading, mthcr coriaceous, ovate-rota nd, narrowed to the base, 
glfibroua. Stamens 5 ; tlie anthers broadly ovate, the filaments dilated 
and conjoined in their lower half into a tube. Disc none. Ovary short, 
2-celled j style about as long as the sfeamenR, cjlindrio, striate, expanded 
at tho apox, the stigma truncate and 2-lobetl, Fridt ovoii3, glabrous, 
crowned by the persistent style and wiih the calyx perwisti^nt at the 
base, 'b in, long, usually l-celled and 1-seeded, bat sometiraeB 2-cclled and 
2-seeded, Lawson in Hook, fil, FL Br. Ind. I. 614 (in part). 
Penang : Wal lick's Coi lector ; Curtis, No. 1025. Malacca : Maingay 
(Kew DiBtrib.) No. 392/2. 
The plant here described is that issued by Wallich doubtfully as Bt 
Microfropis nnder the name M f bivith'is. It i^ not, as Wallich appa- 
rently supposed, the plant pablished by Jack in 1820 (Muluyan Mia- 
cellanies No, V) as Celastrm ? hivaivis ; for Jack deiscribea liia plant 
as apetalous, I liav?e seen no authentic specimoi* of Jack's plant ; but 
I have little doubt that it is, as Miquel believed, the same as the species 
to receive which that Botanist founded in 1859 the genus Faracelustrus 
(Miq. Flora Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 59U). Wallich issued under his Cata- 
logue number 7270, and the name Euoiiyitirts cap%lliiGen&,& Penang plwnt 
with snlitarj cnpillaiy extra-axillary pedicels ; but bis specimens have 
neither flowers nor frnit. It is possible that this may be the lost 
Celastrtts ? hivalvh of Jack, The issue of Wallich 's Cutalogue was not 
begun until 1828, ei^bt vearti Inter than the issue of the number of the 
Mahiyan Miscellanies where Jack's 0. bivahis was published. But, 
as Wallich correctly suggested the genus Microtropis for his No. 4S40f 
that author's name must stand for this plant, and another must be 
found for the true apeialc-ns Celasirus ? hivaWis of Jack, should MiqneVa 
genua Paracelastrm not be maintained. 
4. Mict:OTR0Pis FII.1F0KM1S, King- A small tree, 10 to 15 feet high ; 
young branches slender, terete, daj-k-colonred when dry. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, more or less brondly elliptic, shortly acnminate, the edges 
snb-undalafe, slightly recurved wlieu dry, the base cnneate ; the upper 
surface shining, the lower dull, pale j main nerves 5 to 8 pairs. 
