1897.] G. King — Mat&rmls for a Fhra of the Malayan Peninmla, U5 
as tube. Corolla white *25 in. long, claws of petals Rhort. Stamens 9 
monadelphoxiB. Pod thin glabrous, 2-3 in, long -76-1 in. wide, 1-3- 
seeded, stalk Yery short. Beoth. Joura. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl. 41 ; 
Bak'in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 233. 
Andamaks ; very common, Distrio. Eastern Himalaya, Assam, 
Cliittagong, Pegu. 
A very distinct spdciee ; the description of the pod given in the Flora of BriHsh 
India iH apparently taken from another speciuB. 
3. Dalbergia tJuKGHUHNli Bentli. PI. Jnngh. 254. A shrubby 
climber 15-30 feet long, with twining glabrona branches, hero and there 
twisted and thickened into spiral hooks. Leaves 4-6 in. long, leaflets 
7-15, oblong or elliptic, rounded at both ends faintly emargiimt© at the 
apex, green and glabrous above, glaacescent and glabrous or faintly 
puberulous beneath, -G-l'S in. long "SS-TS in. wide; rachia 2*5-4 in. 
long, petiolules '15 in. long. Flow&rs minute, secund in an ample ter- 
minal and in smaller axillary paniculate cymes 2 in, wide and as long as 
the leaves, peduncle branches and pedicels pubescent-, bracts minute 
caducous J bracteoles all persistent, one at base of short pedicel lanceo- 
late acuminate very minute, two at base of calyx ovate-obtuse embrac- 
ing the lower third of calyx-tuhe. Oahjx 'OB in. campanulate, teeth 
short obtuse one-third as long as tube, except the lower acute half as 
long as tube. Corolla white, '15 in, long, claws of petals short. Sta7nem 
9 monadelphous. Ovanj pubescent. Pod thin raombranons greenish, 
glahrous, 2*5-3 in. long, U S in. wide, 1-seeded, slightly cuneate at base 
and distinctly stalked, 
Var. typical leaflets usually 7-9, oblong, glabrous or only faintly 
puberulous beneath. B. Jimghnhnii Benth. Jonrn. Linn. Soc, IV, 
Suppl, 33 ; Miq. Flor. Ind, Bat. I, 129; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind, II, 
233. 
Pknang; 500 feet, Curtis f Malacca; Maingay 547! 547/21 Qood- 
etioiight Berry f Singapore; HuUett 141! Ridley I Disteib. Sumatra, 
Java. 
Vak, Scortechinii Prain ; leaflets 11-15 elliptic, beneath more close- 
ly puberuious especially on midrib, 
Penan G ; Ayer Etam, Cnrtis 1437 ! Malacca ; Bijong, ScoriccUni 
1830 ! Mainqay 549 I Singapore ; Bnkit Timah, Ridiey 640CJ ! Di^tuib. 
Borneo. ♦ 
Tlioso two ptatita differ in no way as regards flowers ; the leavog liowovor differ 
considorably in appearance and ib may uHimately be found tliat the second rariefcy— 
of which tho fmit ie as yet ntikuown — should b© known as a distinct Bpeciea, 
Dalbergia ScGrtediinii. The original speciniena on which Mr. Beiithatn founded the 
species wero collootod by Jtinfjhtihn in Scimatra and by Griftith in ilalacca ; the 
writer has not Been either. Mr. B^ntham disfioritwa the ovary ag glabroue in hh 
