1*897. ] G. King — Mafenah ftw a Flora af ths Malayan Penifmila. 105 
longi 1"2> in. wide, glabrous on both aurfaces, lateral nerves 10 pairs 
prominent on both Bides running almost to margin of blade, rachia H'5 
in., glabronB as are the petiulules "2 in. long. Fiowers in lax axillary 
panicles 6-8 in. long, sparingly brauclied, branebeH S^S in. long: or less, 
spreading, nodes tumid but not prod need into sfalks, bearitigone or more 
nnequal filiform pedicels, rachis and pedicels sparsely adpreaeed-pubei-u- 
louB, the pedicels '2 in. long rather longer than the calyx, bracteate at 
their base, 2<hracJ;eolate close under the calyx. Calyx campanulnte '12 
in. long, subglabrous, purplish, margin sinuate-tootlied. Corolla appa- 
rently white, "35 in. long, standard orbicular ecallose. Stamem mona- 
dolphoua. Ovary sparpcly Lniry ; ovules about 4. BerHs nlitjivom var. 
L&ureirit Benth. in Jouin. Linn, Soc. IV, Swppl. 108 in part, Foufjmnia 
nliginosa Wall. Cat. 5879 (E only) not of DC. 
PfiNANG ; WaUich! 
Nearly Kilated to -D. rrtargitiata Bth, frotii "wltiich it rtiffers mainly in having 
shorter peclicoTiH 2'bractoolate close under the calyi, nrtd in \iavinf? rather amnller 
leaflota wUh moro numeroas nervefl. It seeniB aJso very nearly rolated to the tioxt 
Bp-euiea from which it differs in its shorter pmniclea and its leafleta with more nunier- 
ons and more proniiuent nervea. It is hesitieB nearly related to D. ttnutriia hut differs 
in baring thinner leaves, and Jajfer paiiicleB with apreatiing not fngtigiate hrftoehea, 
ID, Dkiuus FLO bi HUN da Benth. Joum. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl, 105. 
A stout rambling shrub with glabrous whitissh branchea. Leaves 4!-b in. 
long, leaflets 3-o, pjile-green, thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic-oblong, 
base rounded, apex shortly and obtusely actiminate, 2-2*6 in. long 1-1 "5 
in. "viade, glabrous on both surfaces, lateral iiorveH 4 pairs very faiut 
beneath not visible abot^e, rachis 3-4 in. long, glabi'ous as are the 
petiolules 25 in, long. Flowers in long lax axillary panieles sometimes 
15-lS in. long, sparingly branched, the brauches ^0 in. long, spreading, 
nodes distant tumhl, sometimes pi otluccd into stalks bearing 2-6 tanequal 
filiform pedicels, raehis and pedicels sparsely spread ing-puberu Ions, the 
pedicels '4 in. long, 2-bracteolate at base of calyx, GalyA' campanulatd 
•22 in, long, purple-brown, margin cretiate. Corolla white, '3 in. long, 
standard oi"bieular ecallose with a gi*een spot above the long claw. 
Stamens monadelphous. Orarff sparsely puberulous, ovules 2-3. Bra- 
chypterwfti fiorihundum Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat, 1, 139. 
Perak ; Larut, Scorkchini 2180 ! DiSTiiiii, Java. 
The FetHk specimona have pedicels mthor more Klf-broite that) the Java ones ; 
otherwise thoy agree very closely. Miqiiel refers the plant doubtfnlly to Bra- 
chifpterum} to the writer it seems as if its aflitiitieH were lathor with DijHernderris ; 
niiFortutiatoIy the pod is still ntiknown. The Porak plant la 2-oFulod, the Ja^a 
one 3-ovuled, in all the flowers examined by the writer. 
11. Derkis AMtEKA Bcritli. PI. Jungh, 252. A largp glabrous 
climber reaching 50 feet» with blacic branches. Leaves 6-8 in. long, 
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