150 G. King--- Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
biauteoles under the calyx. Oahjx '2 in. long, densely bTOwn-silky, the 
t.ccth triangular, the three lower as long aa the calyx-tubo the two npper 
rather shorter. Corolla apparently white, '35 in. long, standard "25 in. 
across. Stamens quite free, incui'ved, eraerted. Ovary ovate, detisely 
silky, ovttles 3. Fod orbicnlar, ] -seeded, or obloMg and liueaio between 
the seeds if 2-3-seeded, shortly atipitato, valves thin, ngid, at first 
densely silky soon glabresuent and biaek externally, reddish-bi-awn 
inside. Seedj^ ovoicl, '3 in. long, '25 in, wide, cinnabar-red, without 
arillus. Mttcroiropis hancatut Aliq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Supitl. 295. 
Malacca ; Qri(filh 17G5 ! Maingny 614 ! Goodenonf/h 1413 ! StxcjAroriE ; 
Ridlei/ 5d29] 8096! PAHA?iG ; Ridlnj "J2ij7! 5013! DisTiiie. Bunka 
{Teysmami 3405 !; ; Borneo (Maviland 57 !} 
• There ia an authentic example of Mncrotropis t bmicana Miq, at Calcutta; it • 
belongs undoubtedly to tlua epecies. 
6. OitMOdiA SUMATHANA Praiu. A large tree with tomentose 
rather slender ultimntely glabrescent bi'anchea. Leaves 8-10 in. long, 
leaflets 7-9 (very rarely 5), ovate or ovate-elliptic or obovate, obtusely 
apioulate or fiubacnminate, base rounded, coriaceous, pale-green, ghib- 
* rous somewhat glossy above, hir.'sute but at length glabreficeiit beneath 
as are the rachis and pofciulales, 2-4 in. Song l-l-To in. wide, the ter- 
minal exceeding the others, nerves 8-10 pairs, spreffding rather pro- 
minent beneath. Bacenies in hix terminal panicles, 6-8 in. h^iig and 
almoat as wide, with pubescent racliis and l>ranches ; pedicels '1 in* 
long, shorter than the calyx, bracts '1 in. long, oblong, very deciduous 
aa are the similar bracteoles at base of pedicels, tbo two briicteoles 
under tlie calyx sub-persistent, lanceolate, '08 in. long. Calyx "2 in., 
©xterually tawjiy-pubescent, three lower teeth ovate-lanceolate shorter 
than tube, tlio two uppur subeoniiato in a S-lobed upper lip. Corolla 
piuklsb-white with libic-purple markiuga, '35 in, long, standai'd orbi- 
cular emarginate, '3 in. wide. Slanuns quite exserted, incurved. Ovunj 
dent3tily pnbernlous, almost always 3-ovuled. Fod irregularly orbicular 
if l-seedcd, 1 in. across, oblong and 17 in. long if 2-geeded, lineat© 
between the seeds, the valves thinly -woody, rigid, black and glabrescent 
externally. Seed ovoid '4 in. long, "35 in. wide, cinnabar-red without 
arillus. Macrotropis sttmatrana Miq. For. Ind, Biit. Supjil, 294. 
Malacca; Brisu, Holmherg 735 1 Distuib, Sumatra {Teysmatm 
3618! Forbes 26^2 1 2648 1) 
Tbongh very olosel)' related to the next spociesj this is ftevertheloflB easiSy 
digtiiigiiiahed Uy ita diETereat leaves and tomeutam, ite lax paulcles, ita amaller 
flowora, and ita larger seeds. 
The MaliiMa plant here referred to 0, sumfttrnna has been only onco coUeotedj 
it Jias infloreaconce and fiowers exactly ns in. 0 fumntt'ana bot it liaa not yet hcett 
gent ia fruit. While therefore we know that it dififera from 0. microapertna and from 
O. vcnona h m not absLjltitoIy certain thstt it exactlv iigret^a with O, sunuitrtitui. 
