6 G. King — Materiah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninstth, [No. 1, 
C. tjlahm Afid 0. jwbescens from eaeli other than tho preBence on the lattor of H 
nmnil amoatifc of hair, neither c»ii I find any tangible character to aejiarato cither 
from C, paniculate, Blame. To the latter Bp&eies, as the oldest, I therefore redace 
both. 
2. Crypteronta Grifpithii, Clarke in Hook. fil. F]or. Br. Ind. 11, 
574. A tree 4(M50 feet ht^h ; yoang brauclie?! glabi-oas. Leaves 
coriaceoHs, broadly elliptic, acute, very slightly narrowed to tlie rounded 
or coi-date base, entire, glabrous on botfi stirfacoa ; main neiTeg 7 or H 
pairB, distinct on tbo lower snrfaco, curved, ascending ; length 4-8 in-, 
breadth 2'25-3'5 in. Racemes much longer than the leaves, rusty- 
piibescent, Hometimes panieled ; jiowers numerous but not crowded^ 
shortly pedicellatej Oalyst rather more than '1 in, in diam., its teeth 
triangnlar. Slaviejis exsei'fced. Oapsule shorter than the calyx-teeth, 
velvety, less than "1 in. in diam., crowned by tb© long stout pnbesoeut 
style. Henslovife sp. Griff. JJotul. 406 ; Ic. PI Aaiat. t, 56i, fig. 1. 
Maxacga; Griffith 2513. Maingay (Kew Diatrib.) 651. Derry 
1201. PenanG; Curtis lim. Perak j Scortechini 221. Wratj 2589, 
2638. Kin^'a Golhctor 3473, 4152, 8592. 
4. Laoerstrcshia, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, distichous (or the nppermoRfc 
alternate), entire, oblong or ovate. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
the ultimate brauchlets usually cymose, sometimes dense; peduncles 
2-hracteate at their apex ; pedicels 2-bracfceolate. Flowers often large. 
€ahjx4uhe funnel-shaped, smooth, grooved, angular or snb-alate ; lobes 
5-somefcimes 7-9, ovate, subacute, valvate. Petals 6, sometimes 7-9 
(or 0), inserted at the summit of the calyx-tnbe, clawed, wrinkled j 
margin crisped, erose, or fimbriate. Stame^is very many, inserted in 
several rows near the bottom of the calyx-tabe ; filaments long, exserted. 
Ovary sessile in the bottom of the calyx, S-6-celled ; style long, 
bent, stigma capitate ; ovules numerous, ascending, placentas axile. 
Oapmh more or less adnate to the calyx, ellipsoid, coriaceous, smooth, 
Ji-6-celled, 3-6-valved. Seeds many (rarely few), elongate, flat, erect, 
winged from their summit. DisTRiB. Species 18, in South-east Asia 
extending to Austraiia. 
Infloreacence ftnd exterior of calyx stellately f errpgineous- 
iomeotoae ... ... ... ... ... 1. L. Jlorihtinda. 
lufiorescence and oatside of calyx mmntely cinereoGS or 
whitiah-velvety (the calyx aometimes rnaty in L, Flo^- 
Leaves glauoouB beneath ; calyx 10-ribbed, the month 
with ooly 5 teeth ... .„ ... 2. L, h^fpoleuca. 
