430 G^. King — Materials for a Flora of Hie Malayan Penhutula, [Fo, 3, 
ba^?e. Disc complete, annular, crennlate or entii-e. Stamens 8-9 nirely 
&j iDserted within the disc; Jilameuts very short; aniAers oblong, in- 
cluded. Ovary ovate or elliptic, 2- to 3-celled ; ovules solitary, ascendingj 
stigma snbsessile, obtuse, obsoletely 3-4-rayed. Fruit baccate, not 
lobed, indehf scent, 3-4- or by abortion 2-1-celled ; seeds arillate ; embryo 
straight; cotyledons thick. — DtsxRiB. Species about 12, confined to the 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. • , 
Leaflets sessile ... ... 1. 0. sessilis. 
Leaflets petiolukte ... ... ... 2, 0. cryilirocahjx. 
1. Otophora skssilts, King n. sp. A elirnb or small tree. 
Leaves 30 or 40 in. long, the base of the petioiea slightly swollen : leq^ets 
about JO or 12, sessile, alteraate or sub-opposite, coriaceous, broadly 
oblong- or elliptic-oblong, shortly cuspidate, the base alightly narrowed 
and often minutely cordate : both surfaces glabrous and reticulate, the 
upper olivaceous Trbeu dry, the lower pale brown : main nerres 9 to 
15 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent on both surfaces ; len^^tli 8 to 
12 m,, breadth 2' 75 to 4 in. ; stiptdes at the very base of the petiole, 
ovate- rot«nd, 2 to 2 '5 in. long, ramcles axillary, 8 to 10 in. loDg, 
consisling of 2 or 3 narrow raceme-like brancheis. Flowers '25 in. in 
diam., polygamous. *9i'pfi?s 4, obovate or sub-rotund. Pcfa?* 4» elliptic, 
with inQexcd seal 0*1 ike eeiiceous bases. Stamenis 6, with short glabrous 
filaments. Fruit ellipsoid, compressed^ glabrous, not lobed, neailj 1 in, 
long and about half an inch bi'oad. 
Perflk ; King's Collector, Nos. 2460, 5043. 
This resembles 0. erythrocalyx, Hiern, but has sessile leaflets which, 
as well as the stipules, are moreover larger than those of 0. erytJiro- 
calyx. 
2. Otophoea ERTTHEOCAtTX, Hiem in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. I, 680. 
A small glabrous tree. Leaves'SO to 4.5 in. long, the petioles thickened 
at the base : leaflets 14 to 19, coriaceous, opposite or alternate, elliptic- 
oblong to elliptic, shortly cuspidate, the base cuneate, both surfaces 
glabrous and reticulate, the upper olivaceouSj the lower brown when 
dry J main nenres 10 to 13 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath ; length 
5 to 8 in,, breadth 1'5 to 3 in. j petiolules *4 in., stout i stipules ovate, 
6 in. long. Panicles large, many-branch ed, 20 to 30 in. long (or oven 
longer), pedirels filender. Flowm-s *lo to '2 in. long, on slender pedicels, 
Sepnh 5, red. Petals 5, pale-rose-coloured, each with short infiexed 
basal scales. Stamens 8, filaments thick and hairy; anther-s pointed, 
hairy. Disc glabrous. Ovartj S-gonoas, :glabroua, the stigma sessile, 
3-grooved. Frnit ovoid, 3-gonoiis, glabrous, 1'6 in. in diam., 3-ceiled ; 
geeds^riWsbte. 
Malacca : Maingay, No. 447. 
