148 G. King — MaicriaU for a Fhra of the Malayan PcHinsiila. [No. I, 
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Apical persistent bractoolos, *08 in, long, close under calyx, Cahjx '25 in. 
long, finely grey-silky, three lo\Yer teetli deltoid as long as calyx- tube, 
two Tipper subconnate into a sbortly bifid upper Hp, Corolla *35 m. long, 
■white with a reddisli tmge, standard '25 in. across. Stamens qaite free, 
incurred, exserted. Ovanj with line of hairs along upper suture, else- 
where glabrous J ovate; style slightly contorted; ovules 3. Pod un- 
known. 
Perae: I Larut, Kunsfler 3560 ! 
A v&ry disUnot flpecies difforing from the neat in its acandent habit. Mr. 
Kimstler sp@ak9 of it as rato. 
2. Ormosu macrodtsca Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 253. A large 
tree with very thick grey glabrous bi-aiiehes. Leaves 8-10 in. long, 
leaflets 7-9, oblong, very thick and rigid in texture, pale grey-green oo 
both surfaces, quite glabrous above, with a very sparse adpressed 
pubescence of short haii-s beneath, apes acute, base bi-oadly rounded to 
cuneate, 3-5 in. long, l'25-2 in. broad, secondary veins 7-9 pairs, faintly 
prominent beneath. Macemes crowded in terminal faatigiate panicles, 
6 in. long, 3 iu. wide, with brown^silky pubertilons rachis and branches, 
pedicels 'I-'IS in., brown -silky, shorter than calyx, with a minute basal 
and 2 minute apical persistent bracteoles close uuder calyx. Oalyx '3 in. 
long, finely brown-si fky, three lower teeth two- thirds, two upper teeth 
one-tbii'd as long as tube, alt teetli oblong-ohtuse^ OoroUa '^5 in, long, 
white ; standard '4 in. across. Stamens quite free, incurved, exserted. 
Omrij glabrous, obliquely oblong, omles 3. Fod hard tbick irregularly 
orbicular, 3 in. across "75 in. thick, at first flattened, at length turgid 
opposite the ngually solitary seed. Seed oblong, 1 iu. long, '7 in. wide, 
bright scarlet, with an adnatc, black, pitted aril, '2 in. deep, embracing 
its bnse. 
Malacca ; Maingay 600 ! .Sikgapore ; MuUetj 2103 ! 
3. Obmosia GitACius Prain. A slender tree with very tbiu pale- 
brown glabrous branches. Leaves 5—8 in. long, leaflets 7-9, ovate-lanceo- 
late, chartaceoue, pale grey-green on both surfaces, qaite glabrous aboro, 
with a very sparse adpresacd pubescence of short hairs beneath, apex 
caadate-acuniinate, base caneate, 2'5-3 in. long, 1 in. across, secondary 
veins 8-9 pairs, verjt faint beneath not visible above. Eacemes in lax 
terminal panicles, 5 in. across, with slender branches 6 in. long, faintly 
adpreased grey-silky as is the rachis, pedicels gi oy-sLiky, "15 in. long, 
very slender, rather shorter than calyx, with lanceolate basal bract, 
•08 in. long, and 2 very minute triangular apical bi'acteoles at base 
o£ calyx. Galy,^i '25 in. long, finely silky, pale-green, teeth ovate- 
lanceolate, longer than calyx-tube except the two npper. Co7oUa pale- 
yellow, "35 in, long ; standard ■25 iu. across. Stamms quite freo, much 
