18^7.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Mahyan Penimula. 3113 
when ia frnifc, raaty-pabescent, Fl<>ujers IS in. in diam., those iu the 
upper part of tUe spike male, thoi5e in the lower hermaptirodtfce, Cqft^or 
mintitelj rusty- pubesceut outside ; the tube narrow, snb-oyliudric in tlio 
female, tapering muoh upwards; the month wide, cupular and witli 
5 broadly triangular shallow reflexcd teeth, shortly hmate at the 
base* Sfamejis exeerted. Fruit narrowly elliptic, cyliudric at the eiidti, 
•75-1 '25 in, long; the edges pTOduced into 2 coriaceous, horizontally 
striate, glabrous wings eacli -6-1 in. wide. 
SiNOAPOBK ; Eidktj 5733. Malacca ; Derry 1037. Pebak ; King's 
Gollector 4629. 
2. Caltcoptkrts, Lamk. 
A diffuse snb-acaiideut shrub with drooping branches. Leaves 
oppofiite, shortly petiuled, elliptic or ovate, acumiuate, entire. Kctremes 
dense, axillary, and crowded towards the ends of the branches so as to 
form large panicles. Fltywers small, greenish, eacV with a lanceolrtte 
bract. Oalyx-tuhe 5-striate, produced- above the ovary ; Simb 5*fitl, 
persistent and much enlarged in fruit, Petnls 0, Stamens 10, the five 
upper one.s between the calyx- teeth, the five others alternate with tbem 
and lower down on the calyx-tube. Ovary l-celled, inferior; style 
subulate, simple ; ovules 3, pendulous frora the top of the cell, Fnnt 
narrowly ovoid, 5-ribbed, vilJous, 1-seeded, surmounted by tbe enlai^ged 
calyx. Cotyledons convolute. The only species, 
Calycopteris FLOHrnuNDA, Lamk, Diet,, SuppL II, 41, and 111. fc, SS7. 
A diffuse sorambling shrub, sub-scandeufc ; young bi-anches slender, 
puberulous. Leaves sub-coriaceons, ovate-lanceolate^ to ovate-oblong, 
sometimes shortly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed ; 
both surfaces minutely toraento<«e, the upper tawny, the lower rusty and 
pitted ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, ascending, curved, rather prominent 
beneath j length 2-5-4 in., breadtli 1-2 in., petiole '2-'3 in. Inflorescence 
mtifcy-tomentose. Flowers '35 iu, in diam,, sessile, yellowish -green, 
each with a short lanceolate pubescent bnict^ole. Stamens unequal, but 
all much shorter than the linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes. Fruit about 
*35 in, long, narrowly oblong, 5-angled, crowned by the enlarged 
veined calyx-lobes which oft^n attain from '75-1 in. in length. Bran- 
dis For. Flora 220; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. II, 449. Caly^ 
copteris ntitaiu, Kurz Journ, As. Soe, Beng. Yol. XLVI, pt, 11, p. 59 ; 
For. Flora Burma, I, 468. Qetoma florihanda, Roxb. Cor. PI, t, 87 and 
Fl. Ind. II, 428; Roth Nov. Sp. 216;' DC. Prodr, XH, 15 ; Dalz, & Gibs. 
Bomb, Fl. 91 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, pt, I, 605 ; W, & A. Prodr, 3J5 ; 
Wall. Cat, 4013. Geicnia nutans, Roxb, Hort. Beng. 33 j PI. Ind. 11, 
428; Wall. Cat. 4012 ; Miq. I. c, ; DC, Prodr. Ill, 15. Oetonia nilida, 
Roth Nov. Sp. 217, Gomhretum ssriceum^ Wall, iu Herb. Calc. 
