268 G. King — MateriaU for a Flora of tha Malaijan Peninsula. [No. J, 
NicoBARS ; J^MiCQwryj Jelineh f Katnorta, JTwrz / 
Th<3 Nieobaross samo for Lliia ivca is " Kaxcas." Kni z haa erred in identi- 
fying il ^vith P. buhtilinum Btb., which it does not much reseriible aa regtirds lewvea 
and wbich it ia totally mdilto as I'fgJiTda fi'aita, He hfis erred Fitill further in idi-n- 
tirytng it \iitb P. oppositum Mtq. which hc! auppoaed to bo identical with P. hitba- 
limim. In reality P, oppositum baa 2-jug!ita leaves, with leiiflota more like thostj 
of F. miao€arptint than like those of cither P. hubaUnttm or P. nicobaricumf utid 
with the gland on the njain raduB aimilai-ly fiiitiated. In Bpite of the fact thftt 
Jliquel'a epeciraeus have neither flowers nor fruita, the Avriter thinks they belong 
to n treef that, though a inember of tbo same group m, is probably 4uito tlistiuct from, 
&U three epecilea mentioaed. 
6. PiTHECOtOBiUM MiCBOCAKPUM Betjtli, ill Tians. Linn. Soc, XXX, 
570. All unarmed tree 30-70 feet liigh, with slender pobescent brancliea 
with red jmastomositig wriiikleSj stem 10-15 in, tliick, bark greyish- 
brown. Leaves evenly 2-pintiate, raciiis pBberalona *5-'75 (rarely 
1'25-1"5) in , long, with a gland jti8t below the middle but none at base or 
between the l-jugate pinna3 ; rachisea of pintito 2-4 in. long, puberiilous, 
glnndless ; leailete 3-4* (rarely only 2-) jugate, fit mly chartaceous, ovate, 
apex rather long obtusely caudate-acuminate, base of distal leaflets 
ciineate of the others rounded, dark-green shrning above, glaucoscent 
beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, distal pair 4-6 in. long, 2-3 ia. wide, 
pro-vimal 3 in, long, 15 in. wide; petiolules distinct, glabrous, '15 in. 
long, Fioioers in amaM 5--8-fld. beads '4 in. across, on puberulous slender 
pedicels ■4-"6 in. long, fascicled in the axils of small bracts and subum- 
bellate at the tips of pnberaloua peduncles 1 in. long, snbcoiymbosely 
set on brand dots 2-3 in. long, tlieniselves disposed in terttiinai and 
axillnry panicles G-8 in. long, 4-6 in. wide. Calyx sessile glabi escent, 
"05 in. long, tube campanulate, teeth short deltoiil, bmcteoles short 
lanceolate. Corolla white, "15 in. long, teotli ovate-lanceolate equalling tho 
tnbe, uniformly glabrous externally. Filamenfs united in a tnte shorter 
tliiin Ibat of corolla, h^eo portion wiiite, exaerted, 35 in. long. Ovary 
glabrous subsessile. Pod dehiscent along lower suture, spirally twisted, 
l'73-2 in. long, ■3-'4 in. wide, sutures tbin, ilie upper very faintly sinuate 
between the seeds, the valvea tbinly coriaceous, waxy bright-red. Seeds 
8-10, pisiform, '2 in. in diam., testa thin, crustaceous, amootli, shining, 
dark-purple; ai'illug absent. Bale, in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, 304. Inrja 
huhaUna Wall. Cat, 5272 not of Jack. Piihecolohium ligemmnvi vaiu 
biihalina Beutb, in Hook. Lond. Jouni. But. Ill, 207 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. 
Bat. I, 33 and SuppL 281, a& to the WaUichian aynotiym only. 
PEiaK; ScortecMni 64!l 1978! KnmllerU{)7[ 5492! 5842 f 10354! 
10729! 10802! Penang ; Porter (Walt. Cat. 5272)! Curtis 101*31 
Malacca; (Iripth 194^7 1 Malugny 567! 574! Ooodenotujh 1413! Brnty 
J 161! Ilerveyf Sikgapohe; Ridley ] 6660! Andcnon 40! Kurz/ 
DiSTRiB. Sumatra (yi(/e Micjaol) ■ Borueo. 
