4:00 G. King — Maieriah for a Flof'a of Ihe Malayan Petiinsula. [No. 3, 
ai-e sabsessilo. In their leaves llie Makcca and Beuiteniorg BpecimoTis 
closely reseniblo each other, but the panicles of the latter are niuch 
lai-ger than those of the former. I thiuk it possible) therefore that, 
when better specimens of the Malacca plant ai^ collected, other char- 
acters may be found which will prove tha,t it is not really the same as 
8, ^ckwenkiif T. and B. 
2. SwiSTONU Pbkangiaka, King n. sp. A tall tree: young 
bran^^hes Blendei', glaucous. Leaves coriaceous^ obhf tig- lanceolate, i-ai-ely 
ovntc-lanceolatc, tapering from the middle to the shui tly hluiitly acumi- 
nate apex and to the cutieate base ; main nerves 10 to 12 pail's, spread- 
ing, fuiiit on both surfaces, the i-eticulations obsolete : length 8 to 4"5 
in., brcfidth I'l to 14 in. ; petiole *75 to 1*25 in,, slender, but slightly 
thickened near the base. Panicles axilhu-y and terminal, m long as cir 
longer than the leaves, pcdunenlate, slender, glabrone i the branches 
liix, spresidiiig, the tlowei-s in ultiniato eymules of about three. Flowers 
•16 in. long ; their pedicelH slender, longer tlmn thenieelvea- Cahjx 
narrowly campauulatc, wifcli 5 broad subtmncato aub-ciliate lobes. PetaU 
5, longer tliau the calyx, sub-erect, oblong, obtuse, minntely tomeiitoae 
with glabrous margins. Stameua 5; tho anfJierg elliptic, doi-silixed, 
tlie filaments slonder. Disc thin, cylindric. Ovary oblicpjely oyoid, 
pnbescent, tMpenng into the short sub- terminal style, stigma rather 
large for the f^etius. Drupe globular, glabrons, smooth, '5 in. in diam., 
the I'cfliexed accrescent petals narrowly oblong, sub-acute, about 1^15 in. 
long and '3 in. wide, glabrescent. 
Penang: Curtis, No. 1579. 
A species allied to S, Jforibimda^ Gi-ifF., but with shorter panicles, 
and globular not oblong, fruit. The leaves^of thia raoi-eover ai*© more 
coriaceous and have fewer nerves than those of S. JloHhmtda. 
3, SwiNTOKiA sriciFKUA,. Hook. fil. F\. Bi-'. Ind. 11, 27. A lofty 
tree; young branches smooth, reddish when fi^csh, L(?at'ejJ coriaceous, 
oblanceolatc or elliptic-obovato, tine npex sab-acute or obtuse, the base 
attenuate-cuncatc ; upper syrfaeo shining, not rctieuhite, the lower pale 
brown when dry and glaucous ; main nerves 13 to 20 pairs, obsok'te on 
the upper and only slightly prominent on the lower surface, spreading, 
slightly curved ; length 3"25 to 4-5 in., breatlth 1'5 to 1'75 in, ; petiole 
•6 to 1*25 in. Panicles crowded near the ends of the branches, longr 
pedunculate, exceeding the loaves; the brauchlota articulate, eorymt>osely 
CTOwded and triehotomously branebcd, angled, puberulous. Flowers '2 in. 
long, each on a pubescent pedicel euibraiied by a broadlj- -ovate 
concave puberulous bractoole. Cahj.r fleshy, tubalar, with 5 deep 
quadrate segments, puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Petals 5, twice 
as long as the calyx, tliiclc, oh ovate -oblong, obtuse, concave, shortly 
