1897.] King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 295 
iabes '2-'4r in. long, more or less triaTi^ttltur, soroe times deeply tootlied. 
Petals obovate, white, shorter than tlie calyx- lobee ; ovaries numeroiis, 
gJabrons, 'Fruit g?obose, snccalent, the individual carpeb red, the 
receptacle liairj, Rox!x Flor. liid. II, 518 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, part 1, 
382 ; Wall, Cat 74-Z ; Karz For. Flor. Brit. Buvra. I, 437. nigomg. 
Smith in Rees Cyc. XXX, R«bus Don Prodr, 234. ; Wight et Am. 
Prodr. 299 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Flor. 89 ; Thwaites* Euum. 101 ; 
Wight Ic. t. 225; WaU. Cat. 748. Rutms Hamiltomanns, Wall. Plant. 
As, Rar. Ill, 19, t, 234. B. tnicropetalns^ R. macrocarpusj and R. Fairliol- • 
wiamiSj Gardner in Calc. Jonrn. Nat. Kmt. VIII, 6. R> cordifolms, 
Don Prodr. 233. -ff. reflexm, Ker io Bot. Reg. 461 ; Benth. Hong-Kong 
Flor. 104. R- HamiUonianits, Seringe in DC. Prodr. II, 566. Rumph. 
Amboin. Y, 88, t. 47, f. 2. 
In all the Provinces except the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; com- 
mon on the hilly parta. Disthib, British India, Mahiyan Archipelago. 
YiR. alccmfoUa ; pabescetice very soft and velvety, leaves 4"5-10 
ID. in ^iam., prickles often '2 or *25 in. long» stipules and bracta pecti- 
nate, terminal panicle often 6 in. long, calyx-teeth spreading. R, 
akemfoUus, Poir. Encyd. YI, 2i7 ; Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat. YoL I, PL I, 379. 
Perae ; elevation 2000 feet, Wray I4G3. Distrib. Malay Archi- 
pel ago. 
2. Runes GLOMERATiiS, Blame Bijdr. 1111. A semi-scandent shrub; 
jonng brancfies slender, with pale deciduoas cobwebby pubescence. 
Leaves thinly coriaceons, ovato or ovftte-triangnlar, with 2-4 shallow 
lobes near the cordate base only, the upper half tapering to the acumi- 
nate apex, not lobed, the edges everywhere dentate ; upper surface 
glabrous except the pale-pubescent midrib and sometimes the nerves, 
miiniteJy rugnlose ; lower surface minutely msty- or tawny-tomeutosef 
or sparsely pubescent, reticnlate ; length 3-4 in., bread th l"75-2"5 in. ; 
petiole l-r5 in. long, with minute prickles which extend sometimes 
to the midrib, 8tipules ovate, piunatifld, deciduous. Panicles axillary 
and shorter than the leaves, or terminal and as long as the leaves, few- 
flowered, tawny-tomentose. Flowers "35 in, in diam. Calyx-lobes tri- 
angular, entire, acute, tomentose. Petals as long aa the ca!yx-lobea, 
obovato. Oarpels of the fruit numerous, red. B. Hasskarlii, Miq. Flor. 
Ind. Bat. Yo!. I, Pt. 1, 381. R. aceHfolim, Wall. Cat. 744. 
Penanq ; SlNflApnRE ; Perak. DisTtiiB* Malay Archipelago. 
Var. gracilis, King j terminal panicles twice aa long as the leaves ; 
pedicels of the flowers •4--6 in. long. 
lii its Jong tarminat pauiulea tliis variety resemhlea E. elongntun, but the flowers 
have longer pedicels ; moreover the veuatiou of tbe leaves is quite that of R. 
3- RuBDS ELONGATUS, Smith IcoQ. lued. Ill, t. 62. A scandent 
