* 
1896,] King-^Materials for a ¥l&ta of the Malayan Primula, 429 
4 Lbpisantbes Scortr<jh!N11» King n. ep. A tree ? Leaves 2 to 
3 feet long, abruptly pinnate : leaflets tLsaally 8, snb-oppoBite, elliptic- 
oblong, the apex shortly acurainafce, the baae slightly cuueate ; both 
sai-facoa glabrous except the midrib and nerrea on the lower ; mnin. 
nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, bold beneath and pttberatons ; length 
1*2 to 18 in., breadtb 6 to 7 in, ; pdioluhs '75 to 1 in. long, stout. 
^Pa7^ides narrow, raceme-like, axillary, only 2 in. long, pubescent; bracts 
and bracteoles uarrow^ *25 in, long | pedicels hairyj *25 in. long i Jlower- 
huds anb-corapreasedt *3 in, in diam. Sepals 5» concave, widely iinbii- 
cate. Fetah 5, each with a recmrved scale at its base. Disc glalirons. 
Stamem S, the filaments hairy, tbe anthers oblong. Mudhnentary ovartf 
(in male flower) hairy. Fruit sharply 3-angled, with three deep vertical 
grooves, densely but minntely rnaty-tomentose, I in. long and about as 
broad, 
Perak : Scortechini, ^o. 2090. 
Fr- Scortechini'a Bpecimens are in fruit only. The above descrip- 
tion of the flower baa been compiled from his field notes on his speci- 
mens. The species is notable for its large leaflets. 
5, Lefisanthes lAiNQiFOLiA, Radlkofer iiber die Sapindaceen Hol- 
Ifindisch-Indiens, p. 35. A shrub 8 to 20 feet higb : young pai-ts and 
inflorescence minutely rusty- tomentose- Leaves 2 to 2*6 feet long j 
leaflets about 6, opposite or sab-opposite, narrowly oMong, shortly acumi- 
nate or acute, the base narrowed, glabrous on both surfaces ; main 
nerves 14 to 18 pairs, spreading j length 12 to 15 in., breadth 2 to 4 in. ; 
petiolules *4 to "8 in,, pubemlons like the rachis, Racemes solitary or 
crowded, sometimes branobed, axillary or supra- axillary, 2 to 3 in. long. 
Flowers '5 in. long, tomentose j bracteoles subulate, about '15 in, long. 
Petals 5, obovate- oblong ; the basal scale single, abort, hairy, flat, entire 
or bifid, Frtiit dcpreased-globular, trigonous and with 3 broad vertical 
furrows, softly echiuateand densely rn sty- tomentose, length 1 in., breadth 
about '8 in. Semigyrosa hngifolia, Hiern in Hook. lil. Fi. Br. Ind. 
I, G71. 
Malacca: QritEth, Maingay, No. 446. Perak: King's Collector, 
Nos. 5539, 8465, 10220. 
An nuconunon trtfe of which only a few specimena exiat in coUeo- 
tions. 
7. Otophoka, Blnme, 
Trees or shrtibs. Leaves ' alternate, pinnate, stipulate ; leafiets en- 
tire, hifiorescence axillary and terminal. Flowers regular, polygamous. 
Sepals 4 or 5, concave, widely imbricated. Petals 5, rarely 4, smaller 
than the sepals, somewhat equamate by inflexion of tbe subauriculate 
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