i897.] Q. King Matertah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 309 
nex'vea have tnfta of htiir only Jn thoa* axlla. Iq nil the Perak apooimiena tUo atipalea 
are mucb narrower tbaa iti those from the Himalaya and Khasia moautains. 
• 3, Rhodolkia, Hook, 
Glabrous woody shrubs. Leaves eistipulate, evergreen, aUernate, 
■with Ions' petioles, coriaceous, glaucous betieath- Flowers in few-flower- 
ed axillary pedunculate reflexed capitiila surrounded by nnmeroua 
whoi'la of coloured bracts, increasing in Bize from without inward??. 
Flowers unaymmetrical, bermaphrodite, adnat© in the capitula by tboir 
calyces, Gahjje-tuhe adherent to the lower half of the ovary ; its limb 
annular, truncate, glandular inside. Petals rosy, 2-4, very "unequal, 
unilateral, deficient in the central flowers, clawed, oblong-oblanceolate. 
Stamens 7-10, inserted with the petuls ; the filaments «thigfc, elongate j 
the anthers linear- oblong, basifixed, 2-celled, tbe connective not pro- 
duced* Ovary half- inferior, ovoid, the apex bifid, 2-celled» or 1 -celled 
by abortion of the septnm. Style snbtilafce, elongate, decidnons, stigma 
simple* Ovules nninerons in eacb cell, inserted on two biseriate ax ile 
placentas, Oapiule snb-ligneous, bicnspidate, 2-celledj 2-valved ; the 
valves bifid, many-seeded. S&eds imbricate, not winged, angular, com- 
pi-essed, testa crustaceous., Di^jTEIB. Two species ; Hongkong and Su- 
matra. 
RnoDonEtA Tkysmanni, Miq. in Versl. en Meded. K. Akad. v. 
Wctcnsch. Vlj 124, Leaves oblong to elliptic, the apex obtuse, slightly 
narrowed at the base to tbe long petiole, both surfaces rngulose when 
dry; main nerves 7-^9 pairs, spreading, faint; the midrib prominent 
beneath; length 2'5-5 in,, breadth 1*5-2 in., petiole ■7b~l-75 in. 
Capitida solitary, about '75 in. long, ovoid, on decurved pedunclea about 
•25 in- long ■ tbe bracts broad, blni)t, the outer short and glabrous, 
the inner longer and covered with reddish hair. Stamens and petals 
fiubefjual, about '5 in, long. Eipe capsules glabmua, about "4- in, long, 
dehiscing widely for about half theix* length. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol, I, 
pt, 2, p. 669 ; Snppl. 5?*2. 
Malacca ; Hervey ; Eidlefj 3289. Perak ; elev. 3900 feet in Batang 
Padang Valley, Wra?i 1481, DlSTBlB. Sumatra. 
Order XLIII. HALORAaBiE. 
Herbs, often aquatic. Leaves opposite or wborled, or partly alter- 
nate, wlien sabmerged often pinnatisect, always exstipnlate, Fhioers 
email, axillary, solitary or fascicled, sessile or pedicclled, hermaphrodite 
or miisexnal, the nodes between the floral whorls sometimes developed. 
CahjX'lohes 4 or 0* Petats 4 and epigynons, or absent. Stamens 8, 4 or 
1, epigynous in the bisexual flowera. Ovary inferior, 4- 2- or l-celled ; 
