2 .t4 Gr. King — Mater kth for a Flora of the Malayan Feniiisuht. [No. 1, 
PuBfANG ; Waterfall, Curtis 28 iO [ King ! Perak ; Ijarat, Kumtler 
3991! Scoriechini 197 I lS-±9 ! Assam Kumbong Wray 21241 Pakkouk ; 
ScortecJdui 1073 ! SfNGAPORK ; Btikifc Timah, UuUett 880! Btikit Mamlai, 
Eidkij 3636 A ! Malacca ; Miller / Gnjjitk ! MaUigay 591 ! Vernj 522 ! 
The eooda are not alwaya black ftnd rod but aro Bometimes concolorouB red just 
as is nsiiftl in j4, jjafOHino. Tbo neai-oat ally of this epeciefl ia oiio obtained in 
Borneo by Mr. HuUott. This Mr. IJollett tiotoa as '* a good-aizod tree," from 
Baritwak {Hnltctt 292} ; Mr. JJrace in tho Cidcutta Hcrbariaw bas naniod it A. borm- 
ensis Uraco. The diagnosis bfitwoan tbe two speciDS may bo given as follows : — 
PinnsD 3-4 pairs ; leaflets 8-10, acnto at apex, always uadior 
Z in, lopg, 1"5 times as long as broad, pale-greon above, 
gtanaooB and poborulouB beneath -, flowers not longer than 
pedicola ... ... ... ... ... !■ A,bi€olor. 
l*iuDio 2 paira; IcafletB 4r-5, ncuraJnat© at apex, nsnally ovet 
2 in. long, twice aa lonff as broad, dark-green aboTc, glabrous 
and not glaucoua bcneatli ; flowers twice na long na podicela,., 2. A. homccnsis. 
The flowora of A. horneensis ure considftrnbly larger tlian thoso of A, bicolor. 
Dr. Grittibh haa tooted that the Malay name of A. bicolor m Malacoa ia '* Bnnah 
Saga } " Mjl". Do fry givea it aa " 8a<ja.'* 
61. Neptcnta Lour. 
Hoi'bfi withoat. prickleg. Leaves bipinnatp, with poreistenfc etipulcs 
and nnmeroua small sti-ap-sliaped seiisitive membranous leaflets. Fhivers 
minuti?, dimorphonB, in denise heads on axillary pedlniiclt'Sj poUygamons, 
tlioso of tlit5 lower part of the head bearing only protruded flattened 
etaminodia. Cahjji minntej campanulate,. 5*toot1ied, Petals 5, strap- 
shaped, coivnate near the base. Stavieng of the perfect flowers exserted ; 
anthers gland-creBted. Ovm'y stalked, niany-ovnled ; style filiform, 
stigma club-shaped. Pod coriaceons, fiattened, lignlate or oblong, 2- 
valvcd. Species 8 ; cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
]S"eptdnia olkracea Lout. F1. Cochinch. An anarmed herb 
with annual wide-creeping soflish swollen steins, rarely emitting enl>- 
erect branches, rooting copiously at the leaf and flower-bcaiiug nodes. 
Leaves 2-pinnat.0, rnehis ( including petiole ,1*5 in.) 2-5-3 in. long, 
glabrous ; pinnte 4-6, 2-3 in. long, with stalk -3 in, lottg ; leaflets 8-15- 
jngate, narrow -oblong, obtmso, glabrous, "SS-'S iii. long, "2 in. wide. 
Peduncles ascending 3-12 in. long, glabrous ; flowers minute, in dense 
heads in. long, *5 in, across, the lower replaced by numerous 
ligalale yellow staminodes •25-*3 in. long, bracts small ovate subobtuse. 
Corolla -05 in. long. Pod oblong, oblique, '5-1 iu. long, *35 in. wide, 
beaked, dry, dehiscing early by the upper suture. Seeds 6-9, fcrausvei-se, 
narrow-oval, .somewhat pointed towards htlam, obtuse at opiio^sito end, 
*2 in. long, '1*2 in. wide, "1 in. thick, testa brown, polished. Benth. in 
Hook. Journ. IV, 354; Miq. Fbr.'ind. Bat. I, SO ; Buk. in. Ftor. Biit. lud. 
