1897.] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pminsulat 11 
long', eTeiywTiere pale rusty- torn en toae ; length of follicle and bneak equal 
to that of the psendo-stalk ; pericarp leathery, glabrous inaide. Seed 
arillate at the haso, testa black, 
Perak ; very common, Scortechinj, Wray, Curtis, King's Collectors. 
3. RouREA, Adbl. 
Scandont or Barmentosc sliraba. Leaves unequally pinuate, some- 
times with only o(»e leaflet; leaflets aubopposite or alternate. Ra- 
c^emes or panicles axillary. Flowers small ; pediicels nsuaUy slei^ler- 
Sepals 5, orbicular, imbricate, enlarged and clasping' the base of the 
ripe capsule, Petaht 5, usually linear-oblou^j. Stanwm 10; filaments 
connate at the base. Ovaries 5, 4 usually imperfect ; style slen- 
der. FoUkte sessile, curi^ed. 8eed erect, arillate, exalbnmiaoas.— 
DiSTaiB. Tropics ; species about 52. 
Leaflets not more than 7, potiolalate, glabroae- 
Leavei with usually a single leaflet ... 
Leaves with 3 to 9, rarely 11, leaflets ; mfloreBcance cbrac* 
teokte, or the brftcteoles (if axky} f iigaciona. * 
Leaflets glaoemis on the tower aurfiice 
Leaf] eta uot gluucoLis on the tower 8arfftC&. 
Leayea B to 12 in. tong; lonftets etliptic-lanc^olAte 
to elliptic, their uiaiu nerrea 2 to 5 pairs, curving 
abruptly upwm'di } flowers '35 in. in diam., in racemes 
or pauiclea, flower bmds o¥oid 
Leaves 3 to 7 in. long ; Jeaflet^ ovate -lanceolate, their 
main nerres i or 5 pnirs, faint, spreadiug ; llowera '25 
in. in diam. ; flower buds ovoid ... ..« 
Leaves 3'5 to 6 in. long; Jeafiets 3 rarely 5, broadly 
ovate or ovate-orbicatur with broad roniided bases ; 
their main nervoa about 4 puira, spreading, faint ; 
flower-bada globose 
Leaflets very namerom (17 to 40), smalt, sessile, oblong. 
Leaflets ahortiy atid bluntly acuminate, pubeaceiit beneath... 6. R, rugosa. 
Leaflets bifid at the apeat. minutely dotted und sparsely 
pabesront beneath 
LeaJttetft with obtuse rounded apices. 
Lower sarface of leaflets rnaty-florieoouH 
Lower darface of toaflets minutely dotted^ reticulate, 
glabroaa ..i «•* 
1. E,0DRt3A ANOMALA, King n. speo. A powcrful woody perfectly glab- 
rous creeper. Leaves either simple or teriiate ; leaflets coriaceous, ovate- 
ellipLic to broadly ovate, shortly and bluntly euudate-acumiiiate, the 
base rounded and usually broad ; both surfaces shining and minutely 
reticulate when dry ; main nervea about 6 pairs, curving upwards. 
1. B. ajiomala. 
2. U. acumiaato. 
3. R. ecminvAaia, 
4, JE, puXckellti* 
6. R. humili9» 
7. R. paraUela, 
8. R.Sulgens, 
9. R, eoncolor. 
