1897.] G. Kmg— Maieriah for a Flora of tliQ Mahujan Faiiiisula. 341 
Pbrak j King's Collector 3469, 8140, 
10. COMBRETUM ScoRTECHiNii, King n. Spec. Ycmng brandies 
slender, softly sericeoas-tometitoBe. Leaves opposite, thinly coriaceous, 
ol>loiig-eHipfcic or Boraetimea oblong-oblanceolate, the baso rounded or 
verj minutely cordate j upper surface shining^ glabrons except th© 
depressed msty-aericeous midrib ; lower aurfuc© reticulate, with many 
long ad pressed hairs near th© base and along the prominent midrib, 
the nerves and intercostal spaces with shorter scattered tairs, when 
old almost glabrous; main nerves about 7 pairs, ascending,, curved, 
prominent on the lower surface, slightly depressed oia the tipper, length 
3'i?5-4'5 in., breadth 1*4-1*75 in., petiole 'I-'IS in, Pmiides axillary 
and terminal, shorter than tiie leaves ; the branches few, short and few- 
flowored, everywhere softly eericeous-tomentose. Galysc-tube "1 iii. 
long, cylimlHc; the mouth slightly longer, widely campanulate, witli 
4 shallow broad acute reflexed teeth, softly tomentose like the tube. 
Petals 4t, inserted near the edge of the calyx and projecting beyond 
it, broadly ovate-lanceolate, reflescd, pubescent. SluMicnt' 8, cxserted. 
Fruit with 4 thin snb-coriac«ous wings, pointed at each eitd, glabi-ous^ 
1-25 in. long, and '65 in. broad. 
PliftAK ; Hcoriechinu 
Collected onlj once, and the specimens iiro f«w. 
5. QurSQUALis, Linii. 
Large sbrnbs scandetit or snbscandent. Leaves opposite, oblong op 
obovate, acuminate, entire. Flowers large, in .short axillary or terminal 
spikes. Calyx-tube slender and much prolonged above the ovary, deci- 
duous^ its limb 5-lobed. Petals^. Stamens 10, short. Oiort/ 1- celled ; 
style Bliform, partially adherent to the ealjx-tabe, stigma sub-capitate ; 
ovules B or 4, suspended from the apex of th© loculus. Fruit dry, 
5-angled or 5-winged, coriaceous, sabiiideliiscent. Seed solitary, cotyle- 
dons plane. DiSTitjn. Species 5, tropical Asian or African. 
Calyx-tubo lesB tliRTJ I in. long ... „. ... 1. Q, dcnitif ora, 
Colyx-tubo from I'S-S S ip. long ... ... ... 2, Q. indica. 
1. QuiSQUALis DENSiFLOKAj Walh Cat. 4011. Young branches 
rainntely nitity-puherulous. Lm-oes elliptic-obtong or oblanceolate- ob- 
long, shortly acuminate, the base raunded or miimtelj cordate ; upper 
snrfaco glabrous except th© pubescent midrib and main nerves ; lower 
surface glabrons, the 6 pairs of curved ascending main nerves with tufts 
of hair in their axils; both surfaces shining and minutely papillose; 
length 3'5 to 4 5 in., breadth 1*5-2 in. ; petiole •2-'3 in., pubescent on the 
upper surface. Spikes axillary aod solitary, or terminal and almost 
panicled, rusty-pubescent ; bracteoles lanceolate, sub-persistent, rusty- 
