16 G. Eingr — Matffriah for a Flora of the Malnyan Feninsnla. [Ko. 1, 
1. RouREOPsra pubinervis. Planch* in Linnaea^ XXIIl, 424. A 
woody climber, ftometimes as long as 50 feet; young brancbes with pal& 
striate ptiberiilona bai-k. Leaves 2'5 to 5 in. long, the rachiBca pube- 
scent ; leafletB membranouB, 5 to 9, (the terminal one larger than fcb© 
others), narrowly ovate -elliptic^ tapering to each end, tbe apex abnipt 
and notched, the base cmoeate ; upper eurface glabrous ; tbe lower 
paler, pubei-ulouss on the midrib and sometimes on the nerves; main 
nerves 4 or 5, inter-arcliing, not much mora prominent than the inter* 
mediate nerves; length of lateral leaflets "7 to 1-7 in., breadth *5 to 
"75 in. Itac«fiies slender^ shorter than tbe leaves, solitary or in fasciclea 
of 2 or 3 in the leaf axils, laxly few-flowered. Flowers "35 in. long j 
tireir pedicels of about tbe same length, each with a minute pnbescent per- 
sistent bracteole at its base. Sepals broadly oblong, obtuse, pilose near 
the apex, about half as long as the linear-oblonj^ sub-acEte glabrous 
petals. Stamens shorter thaii the sepals and pistils ; ovaries pubescent. 
Follicles ovate, '5 or '6 in, longj not curved ; the pcrsifitent calyx-lobea 
free, erect, about one-third as long as the fruit. Hook. fil» Fl. Br. Ind., 
II, 50, Indeierminata, WalL Cat, 9050. 
Penang; Porter ; Curtis, 2332 and 2749. Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay 
No, 500. Perak; very common, Scorteohini, King's Collector. — Disteib. 
Java, 
2- RocREOPSls ScoRTECHiNH, King n. sp, A slender sarmentoaa 
woody shrnb, all parts except the inflorescence! glabrouB-, young brancliea 
minutely lenticellat^e Leaves 6 to 10 in. long, the rachig rather ^ 
Blender; leaflels 7 to 9, sub-opposite, very thinly coriftceoua, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, tapering from below tlie middle to tbe long rather blunt acurai- 
nate point, the base cnneatej upper surface shining, the lower rather 
dull, paler and conspicnonsly reticulate ; main uerves about 4 pairs, 
faint, the lower veiy oblique ; length 2'25 to 3 in,, breadth 1 to I '25 in., 
petiolule.g about *1 in,, stout ■ the loweat leaflets the smallest, Bacemes 
slender, axillary, 1 to 2 in. long, laxly-flowered, minutely and sparsely 
rnsty-pubescent. Flotvers about '25 in, long, on slender pedicels aboafe 
*2 in. long, each pedicel with a minute rusty- tomentose bracteole at its 
base* Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, hairy inside, glabrons outside. 
Petals longer than the calyx^ lanceolate^ plicate in buid, yellowish. 
Filaments slightly coherent at the base, glabrous. Pistils 5, only 1 or 
2 fertile. Fruit narrowly ovoid, not curved, pointed, coriaceous, glab- 
rous, 1 in. long. 
Perak ; Scortechini, No. 613. Curtis (elevation 5,000 feet), No. 1998. 
Scortecliini'a Bpecimens bdve flowers in hnd only, and none of them is in froit. 
The foregoiog deaoriptioa, aa respectB the flower, ia copied from his field not©. The 
fruit is deBoribed from what I take to he the same plant, collected by Curtia in 
Ferak at au etomtiou of 5,000 feet and deaoribad bj him aa a small tree. 
