4£*2 G. King — Mntet^tnlfs for a Flora of /he Mahyan Femnftnla. [No. 3, 
collected by Mr. L. Wray in Perak. These have ennbled Dr. Stapf, 
of the Ko,\v Horlmiitim, and niysolf to i-ofor iho plant to the g'enuH 
Swbiioiiiay its nearcjst nllies hahrg S, Jioribnnda ond 8. 8chwenkiL In 
Wra} 's field note on Ida specimens he writes " flower pale-greenish- 
yellow r leaves shining, bright green above ; pale and blnish beneath," 
8, PARrsniA, Hook, fiL 
Tall treea with alternate nneqnalty-pinTiafco leaves;* the hajlets 
coriaceowfl, cntii*o. Panicles lar^e, uoddinff. Flowers dicecions. Male 
Flower. Cahjr enpular, 4-lol)6d ; the lobes ovate, valvate, Peiab 4, 
obluiigj imbricate. iJisc short, annular, obscuicly 4-lobed, Stttviem 
4, inserted bcbiw the margin of the dise, UwUimntai-y ovnrt/ cylindr-ic, 
$*EnidZE Flowse^ Cnlyx 4-lobed, the labes persistent and greatiy en- 
liug(*d in fruit. Pvtah 4. Ovttry sessile, ovoiil, 1-cuJU'd ; $hjlt' terminal, 
nnequally 3-fid, stigmas capitate ; oimh pendalous from near the apex 
of Clie cell. Fruit sub-globose, dry, pulieseeiit, bearing the pereistent 
base of the etjlo at its npex, tlio peric:irp thin. .Set-d pendnlous, its 
ti'sta monibranoas; rf/jyltc/ofw amygthiloid, i-adiale superior,-— Disrtiia, 
5 species, all either Bumieae or Malayan, 
Wings of accrescent- calyx 2"5 to 3 in. long ,.. 1. F, insigms, 
WiiigB of accrescent-calyx 4'5 in. and upwards in 
length. 
Leaflets glabrous beneath, the midrib and 
TKsrves very slightly puberulous ... ... 2. P, MningaijL 
Leaflets rusty-pubescent on the lower surface 3. P. puhcseens. 
I. pARlstllA 1KSIGN13, Hook. fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIII, 270, 
t. 26. A tall tree; youn*? braiicbea stout, l^iliccHate, rnaty-puberulous. 
Leaves 12 to 20 in. long, the raehis eyllndric : lefiffdn 6 to 8 pairs, thinly 
coriaceous, obliquely ovate-oblong to oblong- lanceolate, acute or ahorily 
acuminate: the btLse broad, rounded or sub-conlate, unequnl; upper 
Burface shining, glabroiis or glabrescent, the lower gfabrescent and 
reticulate, or (var. jJiibesmu?) shortly and softly pubescent ; main 
nerves 8 to 12 pairs, spreading, ctirviug i length 3 to 5 in., breailth 1"2 
to 2 in. ; petiolule 1 to 'Sin. il/^iB pjiY/cij?s as long as the leaves, 
much branched, raauy-flowered, rusty ♦pubescent or tomentose. B^loteers 
'2,5 in. in diiim., on pedicela longer than themselves, Ofjlyx rusty- 
pubeacent ; its lobes uncqiml, triaof^ular. Petals oblique, broadly ovate, 
8ub-glabrons, reflexed at the apex, longer than the calyx, (S'famfHs about 
as long as the petals ; the anthers short, ovate» about one- third as long as 
the filaments. Disc pubescent, 4.angled, Female JJawer not seen. 
Fruit sub'globulnr, '5 in. in diam., the persistent remains of the style 
■1.') in, long; acercBcent calyx-wings narrowly oblong, bl ant, 2*5 to 3 
