76 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pminsulu. [No. 1, 
oxceediugly aimiluLr; btit thia ia true also of 8. ucumimiiHS, 8, riparim, S. squamiyer 
and S. Listert, four epeciij* that liavo fmita hardly diafcingoishable from tlioa© of 
S. gyrocarpm and 3. fernigineus. 
Judging from tlie fiolfl notes of Mr, Kunatler and from a maiaTiBcnTtt description 
written by Father Soorteoliioj, S. fcrntginouSt tliouph a large climber, rarely if ever 
attains the dimonsiona of S. gyroearpvSf the next spociea. 
2. iSPATHOt-OBUs OYR0CAEPU3 Benth. PI. Jungli. 238. A robust 
woody climber sometimes over 100-150 feet long with a Btem 4-6 in. 
thick ; branchlel'S closely shortly nisl^j- pubescent, black beneatb tlie 
tomcutam, slightly angular. Leaves \2 in. long; leafleta 3 subcoriaceous 
bright green and glabrous above ruaty-pubescent on all Teius antJ nerves 
beneath, terminal obovate-rhomboid apex rounded witb a short point 
base cnneate, 5-6 in. long, 4*5-5 in. wide, lateral obliquely elliptic 5-6 in. 
long 3'5^ in, wide base obliqeely ronnded apex as in terminal ; lateral 
nervea 6-^ pairs ascending and midrib prominent beneath, cross-nervee 
and flue reticulate venation very distinct ; petiole in. rusty puberu- 
loua, petiolnles *3 in. also rusty ; stipels subulate small; stipules broad- 
based ovate-lanceolate "3 in. long very early decidnona. Infiarescmce in 
lax axillary panicles fiometimes 12 in, long with stout somewhat flatten- 
ed rusfcy-puberuloua peduncles, brauclms 6-8 in. long again paniculate, 
the bracts at their bases small lanceolate early deciduous ; pedicels very 
fihort, bracteolcs at hiiMQ of calyx linear shorter than bmdft early deci* 
duouH. Cahjx grey silky- pubescent '1 in. long, teeth deltoid shorter 
than the tube snbequal except the trinngnlar slightly notched upper. 
Corolla deep-chiret to dark-blue, "15 in. long, Ktaudavd wide-orbicufar 
deeply notubed. Pod 3-5 in, -long 1 in, wide below, seed-bearing tip 
"3 in. wide, softly velvety, semitmnspareut except at the seed-bearing 
apex. Bak. in Flor, Brit. Tnd. II, V.TA ■ Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 204. 
Bidea gyrocarpa Wall. Cat. 5442. 
PisiUK ; very common at low elevations, Ktmstler 3181 ! 7770 f 
81821 10390! 10458! Penangj WalUch 5442! Stoliczka! Distrui. 
Philippines. 
This, thongh. commotio appeso^ to be bardly ao froqnent as the laat species wbich 
it much resembles, eapeoialiy aa regards pods. The tonicntum of thia speciea ia 
howei'or, less deuao and leaa red tliaii in S, fenu gin vita and tlio tloTvers are about half 
the aiiso. Thia haa never been eont to Calcntta from Malacca though 3^ fmrugimm 
is veiy plentiful there, 
3. Spatholouds nuACTEOLATOa Prain. A slender creeper 15-20 feet 
long with sparsely rusty-pubescent branches. Leaven 10-12 in. long ; 
leaflets 3 ovate-acute or shortly ncutninatc, the tip slightly mucronate, 
subcoriaceous glo.ssy bright green on both surfaces very sparsely beset 
with short rttsty adpressed hairs, midrib beneath prominent more 
densely adpressed-pubescent, lateral nerves ascending 8-9 pairs promi- 
