1896,] G. KiQg--Uatenals for a Flora of the Malayan Penitisula. '491 
clawed. Stantem 4 or 5, shorter than the petals, filaments slender, the 
anthers short oblong j disc thiu, cjlindric. Ovajy stalked, obliquely 
ovoid, pnberuloufi. Drupe obiiquclj ovoid, smooth, 75 in. long, tho 
accrescent potala raflexed, coriaceons, veined, I'lo in. long, pericarp 
thin. Eiigler in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 233. 
Penang: Maingay, N"o. 4S6/2 ; Cartis, No. 371; King's Collector, 
Ko. 1802. Perak: Scortechini, Noa. 1891» 2083; King's Collector, 
Xoa. 3534, 3677. 
Yar. ScortecMniif King ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly and 
bluntly acarainate, the base rounded or sub-cuueato, main nerves 12 to 
14 pairs. 
Pemk^ Scortechini, No. 1891, 
This species and its variety are both notable for the bracts which 
embi-ace the flower-buds. 
4. SwiNTONiA LURiDA, King u. sp. A small tree i all pfirts quite glab- 
rous ; the yotiiig brauchea slender, striate and dark-coloured wlion thy. 
Leaves thinly coiiaccoas, nai-rowly elliptic-oblong, tho edges slightly 
thickened and undulate, the fipex shortly abruptly nnd bluntly acumi- 
nate, the base euneate, decurrent on tho petiole ; bofh surfaces glabmus 
and niimitely reticulate ; the upper shining, olivaceous green when dry ; 
the lower dull, pale liver-coloured when dry ; main nerves 22 to 24 
pairs, i-athcr faint, spreading to tho edge without iiiterarching, the 
secondary nerves almost as pi-ominerifc ; length G to 8 in., breadth I'S 
to 2 25 in. ; petiole *6 to "75 in., thickened near the bnse. Panicle ter- 
minal, branching from the ba-se, dTOoping, slender; the bran cliof3 long, 
bearing short branclileta iviLh the numerous flowers in small cymes, 
Mai^ rmn-EES a lifctlo mor^than '1 in. long, pedieelled. OaUja:^ cuptilnr, 
fleshy, with 5 broadly triangular teeih, glabrous. Petals 5, twice as 
long as the calyx, pale, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, with a triiticate base, 
glabrous, Stamens inserted ontsjdo tho shallow cupniar dark-coloured 
slightly .5-lobed fleshy disc, shorter than tho petals : antherft short, 
ovate, dorsiiixed ; ftlaments broadly subulate, with a very fine-pointed 
apex. Budimeiilai-y ovary narrowly elliptic, sunk in the disc, tapering 
slightly upwards ; no distinct style, stigma small, concave, Semecarptts f 
hirida. Hook. fil. PI. Br. lud. II, 34 ; Eugler in 1>C. Mon. Phan, lY, 
496, 
Malacca: Malngay, No. 495. Perak: Wray, No. 3249» 
A species of which female flowers and frmit are still unknown. 
Maingay's specimens were originally described by Sir Joseph Hooker 
as a doablful species of Senwcm^ts^ under the name ? 8. lurida. Tliey 
are very incomplete. Since Maingay's timo good specimens of exactly 
the same plaiit, but still without female flowers or fruit, have beeo 
