^8 G. King — Maieriah for a Flora of the Malaijan Fenimnla. [Uo. 3, 
1 in, long, the testa thin : coiyledvns plano-conrex, vary thick and 
fleshy. 
Poi'Jik : King's Coliectorsj No. 3485, 3727, 7056. Penang : Curtis, 
No. J 567. 
A fine species readily distingflislied by its Inrgo flowers and in- 
append icu Sale fmit, 
• 7. Melakorrkoka iNAPPENDiCULiTA, Kin^ n. ap, A tree 50 to 60 
feet high ; young bmuehes only as thick aM a s\va,n*B quill, cinereous, 
rough. Leaves coriaceoas, ohlong-oblauceolaio ; the apex brond and 
rounded, Bomefcimes retase; tlie blade narrowed fi*om above the raidtllo to 
the narrowly cuucate base and prolonged alcng part of the petiole, the 
edges slightly re volute ; both suvfacea glabrous; main nerves 15 to J8 
pairs, spreading, sti-tvight, slender; length :V5 to 5 in., bread tli 1 "5 to 
2 in. ; petiole '75 to 1 in,, winged for half its length, Fanicies about aa 
loug aa the leaves, axillaiy, solitary in the axila of the leaves, few-flow- 
oretl. Flowers "75 in. in dmnx, petals nart-owly elliptic, blunt • ovule 
oblong, pendulous, its funiLdu attaeliod to the side of the base of tbe 
wide loculus of tJio ovary, otherwiae as iu if. aptera. Drupe globular, 
ghibrous, 1 to J '5 in. in diam, • * 
Per.ik; King's Collector, No. 5il8. Penan^' : Curtis, Ko. 2475. ^ 
This is a second species of Mclamrrhatioea with non-accrosccnt 
petals. According to Mr. Cnitis tlie petals are white, with a pink 
flush at the base, aud the Qhtmentsaro pink, while the anthers are green. 
The attachment of the fnnielo of tlie ovale in this species is to the side 
of the base of the ovular loculus, whereas in M. aptm'a it is attached to 
the centre of the base. 
7, SwiNTONiA, mBf, 
Trees, quite glabrous. Leama altemate, long-petioled, simple, quite 
entire. Panicles ternunal and axillary, veiy largo and broad. Flowers 
small, li'ermaplirodite or nnisexnal, small, 5-lobed; lobea routided, 
imbricate. Petah 5, adnate to the middle of the disc, liueai-'Oblong, 
imbiicate, muoh enlarged aud refleied in fruit. Disc short or elongate 
or oylindi-ic. Stnm&as 5, inserted on the top of the disc, fi*ee. Ovary 
sessile, ovoid, I-celled, narrowed into tbo slender style ; stipna capitel* 
late ; ovule pondulons from a basal funicle. Dmpe ovoid, smooth, ses- 
sile, coriaceous, subtended by the 5 reflexed enlarged petals Seed ei-eot, 
testa til in, cott/hdom amygdaloid. DiSTitiB, The following ai'e tbe 
only species known, 
Braota of the pauicle inconspicuous or absent* 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, main nerves 14 ■ to 18 
pairs ; flowers on very short pedicels 1,8, SchwenkiL 
