12 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninmla. [No. 1, 
faint ; length of the simple leaveg and of the terminal leaflet of the 
ternate leaves 3 '25 to 4"5 in., breadth 1*6 to 2'2 in. ; petiolulea about "2 
io., those of the lateral leaflets shorter, Macemes slender, shorter thau 
the leaves^ in fascicles in the loaf-aiils, laxlj-flowerad. Floi&ers '35 in. 
long^ on slender pedicels of about the same length. Segments of calyx 
ovate-orbicular, siib-obliqiie, pabemlous outside, their edges ciliate, only 
about one-third of the length of the litieat-oblong glabTOus petals. 
Stamens much shorter than the pettils and than the glabrouB pistils. 
Foilides obliquely ovoid, aub-compressedj blunt, yellowish with a red 
tuige when ripe, 1 in. long, Seed with a aoft red aiillus, 
Penang ; Curtis No. 504. Perak ; King's Collector Nob. 804', 953, 
S06G, 38(36, 4527, 4622, 6755, 8312,10542,10863. Wray, No. 3799; 
Scortechiui, 
Ttiia regemblGB E. siinj)Ucifolia Bl. in having hoth simple flrtd compountl leaves ; 
bat that is a amallor plant with puboriih]D8 inflorcsceticef and clifforent folJicles. 
2. RouREA ACUMiKATA, Hooli, fil, PI Br. lud. II, 48. A powerful 
woody perfectly glabrous creeper often over 100 feet long ; young branch- 
es glabrous, often ininutely lenticellate. Leaves 3 to 9 in. long, the 
rachis slender; leaflets 5 to 11, thinly coriaceous, oblong, lanceolate 
or elliptic-ohloiig, Bometimea somewhat obovato, abruptly shortly and 
bluntly caudate-acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base or 
ivith broad minutely cordate base; upper surface shining, the lower dull 
and glaucous, both minutely reticulate when dry ; main nerves about 
5 pairs, very faint, spreading; lengl^h 1-5 to 2' 25 in., breadth "65 to '9 
in, ; petiolulcs under "1 in., the terminal one sJightly larger, Macevtea 
very slender, lax, several from an axil, t'loivers 'Z in. long, on slender 
pedicels of about the same length. Sepals ovate-rotund, about half aa 
long as the narrowly oblong glabrous sepals, glabrous, the edges miinutely 
ciliolate. Slavwm shorter than the petals and glabrous pisLila. Follicle 
naiTOwly ovate, curved, pointed, '75 in. long, when ripe red tipped with 
yellow. Cnestis acuminata^ Wall, Cat. 8533. 
Singapore ; Wuilioh. Perak ; King's Collector Nos. 866, 4271, 6987, 
7781, 10599, 10871. 
3. RouREA COMMUTATA, Plauoh. iu Liuuaea, XXIII, 420. Shrubby, 
ficaudent; young branches pubcrulous becoming glabrous, sometimes 
minutely lent ice Hate. Leaves 8 to 12 iii. long, glabrous; leaflets 3 to 7, 
thinly coriaceous, sab-opposite, elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic, sub-obtuse- 
ly caudate-acuminate, the base rounded, both surfaces shining ; main 
nerves 2 to 5 pairs, curved, rather abruptly ascending ; length 2'5 to 6 
in,, breadth 1"33 to 2 "25 io. ; petiolulcs "15 to *2 in., the terminal one 
larger. Flo%vers "35 iu. in diam., in glabrous i-acemes or racemoid pani- 
des much shorter thau the leaves and clustered in theu- axils, pedicels 
