18 G. Kmg — Matdnalsf<yr a Flora of the Malayan Peniimtla, [Ko. 1, 
iu driecl apecimona. The Tinmher of the piflfcils varies from 2 tn 5, Ther© are in 
the Kew Herbarium frQifcing^ BpecimEins of a pitnt colIeot«l by GrStRth which exactly 
* rese rabies this except that its fraita (which are immatnro) are non-tti her cti late and 
are ooTered with a denae coating of Jong ailky tawny haira. The sanie plant was 
ollected by the Calcutta Garden Coilecttir (No. ti878), but alao withtrat flowera. 
I beliere the denso hairinoc!a of the fruit of bath gutheringa to bo dae to the irrita* 
tiou caused by the deposit of the eggs of some insect in the young fruit. 
2, AoELA'A Wallichii, Hook. fil. FL Br. Iiid, II, 47. A slender 
woody creeper 20 to 50 feet long, all parta except the inflorescence 
gliibrous. Leajlets coriaceoua, slightly unequa}, o^ate-elliptic^ with 
rounded or ciineate bases and short caudate-acuminate apices ; the petio- 
lule of the terminal leaOet about I in. long, thickened near the apez| 
' the petiolnles o£ the lateinl leaflets about '25 in. long; both surfaces 
sljiijing, the lower reticulate ; leugtli 3 to 4'5 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2*25 
irt- ; main nerves 2 or 3 pairs, ascending, much curvedi one pair sub- 
marginal. Panicles under 1 in. long, exti-a-uxillary, pubescent, Fltnvers 
'25 in. in diam., on i>ediccl8 longer than themselves. Cah/x divided for 
three-fourths of its length into 5 ovate-lanceolate imbricate segments, 
sparsely pubescent externally, glabrous internally, their edges densely 
BBrict'Ous. Fetals longer and narrower than the segments of the calyx,, 
glabrous, linear, ^iib-acute. Staviem 10, sub-equal, longer thaB the 
Bfcjh's, much shorter than the petals. Pistih 5, very short, stout, 
B^ollicle uBQally solitary, bright red wlien ripe, ovoid, carved, shortly 
beaked, covered outside with short obtuse tubercles and minutely rusty- 
tomentose, inside glabrous, "6 in, long. Seed oblong, black, its lower 
half pale and arilliform. Cotmaraceaf Wall. Cat., 8544. 
Singapore; Wallich. Malacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib,) No. 1275, 
Maingay,No. 5U, Derry, No. 69. Penang; Curtis, Nos, 1633 and 3032. 
Perak ; Wi-ay, No. 48, Soortechini, No. 1730, King's Collector, No. 3735. 
— DiSTRiB. Sumatra, Forbes, No. 2589. 
3. AgeljKA FINN ATA j King n. spec. A woody climber 30 to 40 feet 
long; young bx-anches rusty-puberulous, striate. Leujlels S to 5, thinly 
coriaceous, unequal, (the middle the largest), elliptic, broadly and 
shortly caudate-acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate ; upper 
surface glabrous except the minutely pubescent midi-ib; lower surface 
minutely sub-adpreased pubescent, the transverse veins distinct; the 
midrib tomentose ; main nerves 7 to 10 jmirs, spreading and curving 
upwai-ds, prominent on the lower surface, slightly impressed on the 
tipper ; length ef the terminal leaflet 6 to 8 in., breadth 3 to 3'5 in. ; 
ita petioliale jointed to the I'achis and not longer than those of the lateral 
slightly smaller leaflets. Panicles about 1 in. long, densely crowded in 
the axils of the leaves, many- flowered, miimttly tomentose. Flmvers 
•3 in. long, theii' pedicels half as long. Calyx divided to the very base 
