1807.] G. King — 'Matenals for a Flora of the Malayan Penimnla. 75 
PetiolaleB shorter tbaku stipcla, flowera white, bran- 
cliea of panicle striot, leaflets OTate-Iaticeolato acute 6. S, dubim. 
Petiolulca and leaflots beneath glabrous 
Lcfafleta thickly aoriaceoiis (oblong, at i pels obaoure 
rigid) flowers purple, oalyjc denaely ruaty-pabeacent... 6. S. crassifolius. 
Leaflets ohartaceotiB, flowers white, oalji f^Iabres- 
cent or pnbernloaa : — 
Leaflets oblong, etipela nbacnre rigid, ca^yx glabrea- 
cent, branches of panicle etfiOt .«« ... 7* B. Maingayi. 
Leaflets oblaacoolale, etipela manifest flexaoaa, 
calyx finely pttbuFulona, branchea of panicle lax .„ 8. S. Ridleyi. 
1. SpatholoB03 FERitUGiNEUS Bentli. PL Jiingli. 238. A i-obost 
woody climber 30-60 feet long with a stem 3-6 ia. thick ; bianchlets 
densely rusty-tomentose, brown beneath the tomentura, cyliudric. Leaves 
9 in. long ; leaflets 3, coriaceons dull green pubernloug above, every- 
where rusty-pnbescent beneath, terminfvl ovate apex obtn.se base rounder!, 
5=6 in. long 3 in. across, lateral obliquely elliptic 4*6-5"5 in. long ns wide 
as terminal, lateral nerves 5-7 pairs ascending and midrib prominent 
beneath, cross-nerves and fine refcicnlate venation very distinct; petiole 
3-4 in. long msty-pubesceiit, petiolnles *25 in, also densely rusty ; stipela 
subulate small ; stipnies broad-based triangular *25 in. lontr, very densely 
rusty, decidnoas. Injiorescence 8-10 in long, in lax axillary panicles 
with stout densely rusty-pubescent somowhat flattened peduncks, 
branches 4-6 in, long again paniculate the bracts at their bases triangu- 
lar subpersistent J pedicels distinct 2 in, long in fascicles of 2-5, 
bracteolea sLorter than buds. Oalyx densely rusty-pabescent '2 in, 
long, teeth deltoid shorter than tube snbequal except the ixjunded slight- 
ly emarginato upper. Corolla claret-coloured to dark-blue, "25 in. long, 
standard oblong deeply notched. Fod 3^5 in. long, softly velvety, 
semi-transparent except at the aoed-bearing tip, '7 in wide below "3 in. 
wide at seed-^bearing apex. Miq. Flor, Ind, Bat. I, 204. Brebbelia 
fermginea Zoll. in Nat. en Geneesk. Ai-ch. Ill, 79. 
Pesak ; very common at low elevations, Wraij 1941 ! 2008 ! 2381 ! 
3258 ! Scoriechini 213 I 14G6 ! Kunslhr 3566 ! 6802 ! 7904 ! Penakg ; 
Govt. Hill, King ! Abrams ! Cnrtis ! Malacca ; Maingay 530 ! Ori^tk ! 
Derry 1203 [ Goodmough 1437 ! SiusAPOiiK ; Hullett 211 ! Ridley 3609 ! 
DisTRlB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
From Singapore cotueti also a form collected twice by Mr. Eidlcy fn. 5578! 
n. 6394 !) witb a close red-silky tomentnra beneatb. This bears to ordinary S, feiru- 
gineits very ranch the pelationshtp that Bufcn sericophylla Wall. Ijcara to Boxlurghii 
( Hidea parvif ora) and it has not therefore been hero separated as a variety, though 
it is certainly a very distinct "form" of S. ferrugineue. While very near S. 
ffirrooarpas this speoiBS is quite readily separable by its nearly always rather smaller 
leaves; its alwaya different tonientum ; ita always larger flowers witb much Itniger 
pedioelH, and its differently shaped mgre persiatent bracts, The fruita are however. 
