294 (j. King — Materials foi' a Flom of the Malayan Teninkula. [Ko. 1, 
surface minntely puberaloas ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, spreading, inter- 
ai ching; leugfch 5 or 6 i\\ ; petiole "2 in., verj stoat. ButcmneB axillary, 
Bfilitary, stout, '5 in. long, few-flowered, densely tomentoae. Flowers 
Bcasile. Calyx-tuhe obconici^ with ti oblong teeth. Petals none. Starmm 
12, Omry globose, bairy. Fruit unknown. 
Malacca ; Qri^lth 2050. 
Tliia specifia id verj imperfectly knnwn, the only speoimenB of it being Griffith's 
which aro quite fragmentary. The above description is titken ontifely from Sir 
Jo&epii Hooker, who in tnro took the deaoriptioii of thtj flowers from Griffith's MSS. 
It mOkj be difltirii(5uiBhe(l by ifca si nu ate- toothed leavea, 
5. RUBDS, Lion. 
Snb-erect or sarmentose slirubs, always prickly. Leaves alternate, 
simple or coni|>ouiid; stipules free or adnate to the petiole. Flotmr^ iti 
terminal and axillary corj'mbose panicles, rarely solitary, white or red. 
Caltfx-tuhehrockd', lobes 5, perais tent. Fetah 5. Stamens many. Bisa 
lining the caljx-tube. Carpels many, on a convex receptacle; style 
subterminal ; ovules 2, collateral, penduloua. JDi-upes many, 1-seeded, 
crowded upon a dry or spongy conical or cylindric receptacle. Seed 
pendulous. DiSTitiB. Abuirdaut in the northei-u hemisphere, rare in the 
southern ; species about 200. 
Leaves simple : — 
Leavea palmately 6-7-lQbod ; termiTiat paniolo shorter 
thftii the Ifiaves} young branchea tomentoae, woolly or 
villom ... !• JS< fHoIucmnus. 
Leaves ovato or ovate- trJanpnlar, vnQx 2 or 4 shallow 
lobee at the base only ; ttirmitiali panicle ae long as the 
leaves ; young branolios with thin cobwebby pubescence. 2. B. glomeratus. 
Leavea broadly ovate, not lobed i terminal panicle much 
longer than the leaves i young brancbes puberaloaa at 
fust but apeedily glabroaa ... ... 3. R. elmyntus. 
Leaves pinnate ... ... ... 4. i?. rosi^folim. 
1. RuDUS MOLUCCANUS, Iiinn. Spec. PI. 707. A powerful subscan- 
dcnt shrub ; the young branches, under surfaces of the lefvves and 
iiiflorcBccncB densely tawny or rusty-tomentose, vtllons or woolly ; prickles 
short ('1 in. or less) and recurved on the branches, petioles and lower 
surfaces of the midribs, often absent on the main nerves. Leaves coria- 
ceous, usual ly broader than long, broadly ovate or orbicular, deeply 
cordate ; palmately 5-7-lobed, the lobes often lobuUte ; 2-10 in. in diam., 
tbe petioles 1-2 5 in. long ; upper sui-faces of leaves rugtilose, sparsely 
hispid, the edges ia-egularly dentate or sen-ate. Stipules varying in 
size, oblong, t-oothed, pinnatifid or laciniate. Panicles axillary and ter- 
minal, much shorter than the leaves, few-flowered. Flowers from 5-1 
in. in diam., brucLs like tlie stipules not with glandular hail's. Calyx- 
