340 G. KiiJg — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fenitisttla. [No. 1, 
teeth, Qvery part densely covered with bro%vii scales externally. Fetal* 
aligUtly exceeding" the calyx-lubes, oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, erect* 
iStameiis 8, exserted* Frtdt compressed, ovate, pointed at each end, 
tlufk-brown when dry, with 4t short wings, about 1'2 in. long atid '6 in, 
bt oad on the compressed surfaces, tUe other two surfaces nan-ow and 
grooved, all parts spai-Bely scaly, 
PiiKAK ; sea-shore at Matang, Wray 2504. 
8. CoMBiiETUM KuN'STLRiii, King n. Spec. A powerful climber; 
young shoots slender, terete, very slightly pubernlous and with very 
few scattered rusty liairs intermixed. Leaves opposite, narrow ly ellip- 
tic or elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acumimvte, sHglttty nanxiwed 
to the minutely cordate base ; upper surface glabrous except tlie 
minutely pnbesceut midrib, shining ; the lower dull, glabrous even on 
the midrib ; main nerves 6-7 paii-s, ascending, curving, length 3-5'5 
in.^ breadth 11-1-85 in,; peUi>le *1 in. or losB, glabi-ous. Fanivies axil- 
lary and shorter than the leaves or terminal and much longer, peduncu- 
late, with many sbort thick ghiudnlar hairs, the branehea ratlier shoi-t 
and yproadingj bracteoles shorter than tlie ovaries. Calyx-tube about '1 in. 
long, constricted both below and above the ovary, the limb widely cam- 
panulate and with 4 very shallow broad reflexed teeth, clothed outside 
with glandular hairs. Pelah inserted near the edge of the calyx4iuib 
and pixijecting beyond its lobes, broadly ovoidj reflexed, pubescent. 
Fruit 4-wiDged^ tapering to the ends (when young), unknown in the 
ripe state. 
pEtiAK ; King's CoUector 3435, 6664 j Sccrtechini 2014. 
9. CoMDRKTUM NiGtiEscENS, King u. spec. A slofider climber 20-40 
feet long ; young brandies ruaty-puberulous aud with sparse long 
rusty-silky hairs. Leaves opposite, momhranoiiis, black when dry, 
narrowly elliptic to oblong, shortly acuminate, the base rounded, 
the petioles very sliort ; upper surface shining, glabrous except the 
rusty-sericeous midrib ; lower surface with the midrib and main 
nerves rusty-sericeous, the intercost-al spaces almost glabrous ; length 
2*25-2'75 ill., breadth -75-1 in., petiole less than 'i in. Panicles terrai- 
naL las, spreading, longer than the leaves, minutely cinereous-toraeutose 
with a few long rusty hairs intermixed, the branebew iuteti-aptedJy 
spicate, bracteoles shorter than the calyx-tube. Oaltjx-tube only about 
■05 in. long; the limb rather longer, campanulate and with 4 rather 
shallow broad acute teeth, pubernlous on the outer surfiice, pubescent 
on the inner, with a wing of hairs in the throat. Petals about as long 
as the calyx-tolrea, broadly ovate or slightly obovate, blunt, puhcruloas 
on the outer surface, sDriccons on the inner, tifaniem 8, unequal, the 
outer row the longest. i*Vf»7 black when dry, shining, glabrous, with 
4 narrow wings, S in. long aud '4 in. broad. 
