1897.] G. King — MaiertaU for a Flora of the Malayan Penhisula. 119 
cleared op tbroagU the kindness o£ Dr. J, V, Saringor. Both Mr. Bentkam and 
Mr, Baker have suggested th&t it may be tlio Bame as D. pamdo'sissoo Miq. and in 
rsBponee to a reqnent made by Ur, Kmg that gorao Malayan specimens from Caloatta, 
which are axidoubtedly couspedlio with the CoyTan plant, mijfht be compared vritli 
the Miquelian typoa at Leidon, Dr. Suringar bas not only made the necessary com- 
parisons but bas sent to Calcutta examplca of some of the authentic specimeiis and 
very caref ol drawings of others. Those leave no donbt whatever as to tbo identity 
of the two plants named psemlff-sissoo and D. Chnmjjionii. One cm-ioaa featnro 
liaa been noticed in thia examination by Dr. Sm-ingar and by the writer. In Ceylon 
(as Mr. Bentham found) and in Pcq an g the ovaries appear to be always l-ovnledj 
in Perakj Singaporo and Borneo they are oftenor 2-ovnled than 1-ortiled in the 
proportion of 7 to 3 ; in Java they ai'o nearly always 2-oTaled| nine ovaries having 
2 ovules for one ovary with 1 ovule. A still more interesting discovery made by Dr» 
SuiingiiT is tliat P. Susoo Miq. is not D, Sissoo. ' Roxb. (this no one who considera 
what the native hahitat of D. Sissoo is, will he surprised to learn), bat that it is {what 
was hardly to be expected) Dr. Miquel's own D. pseudo-6issoo. Dr. Suringar, in con- 
firmation of hia discovery, has sent to Calcntta an authentic specimen of D. Siasoo 
Miq. in Herb. Leiden (not of Roib.J. ThiB then oiplaina the '* anfortunate selec- 
tion" of name that Mr. Bentham very justly commcnta upon. Dr. Suringar, 
sharing Mr. Bentbam'a feeling, suggests that in view of thia extraordinary confusion 
ifr would bo bettor to drop Miquel's name altogether; and the writer would vory 
gladly have adopted the suggestion and continued to use Dr. Thwaites* name I?, 
ChampionUf had the dictatea of common^aonae been of any weight in modern nomen- 
clature. But unfortunately there is now no doubt that the plant nnmed D. jiseudo- 
sissoohy Miquel is the same as that named D, Ghampionii by Thwaites; it cannot bo 
gainsaid tliat so far as it goes, tbe description of D. pseudo'sissoo applies to the 
spooiea j and it iscloEirthat tbo oarue D, jjseufj'o-emoo has nine years' priority over tho 
name D, Ghajnpionii. This being ao, Miqnor»J name may just as well bo given prece- 
dence now, seeing that one or otiier of the bibliographers who poao as botanists 
would make the alteration eo so(m aa this note appears, in spite of the fact tbat 
Miqnel did nob recognise hia owu species when he saw it. 
8. Dalbbrgia Hullettq Prain. A .smaJl tree with blackisli 
rugose rusty-puberulous thickish brancbleta, -wibhout leaToa at time of 
flowering. Flowers in sliort, chistered racemes, 1-1 "5 in. long, springing 
from tofts of triangular rusty- pubesceot amall bracts in axils of old 
leaves ; lowest pedicels longer tban the rest^ slender, '3 in. long, rusty- 
pubescent as are the peduncles ; bracteoles at base of pedicels solitary 
ovate- lanceolate "l in. long persistent, the pair l)eIow calyx subulate 
very email. Oalyx campanulate, densely rusty- torn en tose "15 in. long, 
toetli balf as long as lube, acute. OoroUa "3 iu. long, claws of petals as 
long as calyx-tube. Stamens 9, rarely 10, monadelpbouB. Ovary with 
densely pubescent stalk ; ovule solitary. Fod unknown, 
SiNGArOKE ; Hnllett 626 1 
A very distinct species, only once reported. It ia ncareat to a Bomean tree 
apparently as yet undescri bed (i?ar»^a)»(i n. 2894); tbo only difference between the 
flowers of the two is tliut in the Oornean plant the ovary ia densely woolly ; in this 
the ovary ia quite glabrous though its stalk is pubescent. The Bomean plant has 
