1898,] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsiila^ 21 
coriaceonB, oTalong-ellEptic, shortly acnminate, narrowed or roiiTided at 
the baae, flometimeB obliqae ; the edges remotely cranate, revolute when 
dry; boUi surfaces glabroes, the lower glamcons ; main nerves 8 or 9 
pairs, faint, enrving upwards ; length 4 5-7 in., breadth 2'25-2*75 in. j 
petiole ■2-'3 in., thick. Mticemes solitary, axiltary, slijjfhtly longer tban 
the leaves, bearing rather distant gloraei Qli of 3 or 4 flowers each, the 
racbis densely and mintit^ily tomentose. Flowers "3 in. in diam., the 
pedicels about "1 in. long. Calyx-tuhe sliort, widely funnel-shaped ; 
teeth 6, obtanceolate, obtuse^ epreadiog, minutely tomentose extoriially. 
Fehils 6, broadly lanceolate, sub-acute, eqaal in length to the calyx- 
teoth, villous on the inner surface. Statneits 2 in fiNont of eaob pet^l ; 
the filaments glabrous rising from a small bulb. Ovary hairy* Styles 
5, short, sub-eroct. 
Perak ; Khuf's Colledar 4286, 7109. 
3. HoMALiuM PROPINQUCM, C. B, Clarke in Flor. Br. Ind. II, 597. 
A tree 60-80 or even 120 feet in height ; young bmnches pale brown 
when dry, pnberulous, Lemes coriaceous, elliptic to ellipfic-oboviitc, 
obtuse, or shortly acuminate, more or less nan-owed and sometiraes 
slightly oblique at the base, the edges undulate- or undulate- crenate ; 
both surfaces glabrous, the midrib alone sometimes pnbernlons beneath ; 
main nerves 9-11 pairs, curved, spreading, prominent beneath when dry ; 
length 4-7 in., breadth 2'25-3*5 in.; petiole •25-*35 in. Uacemes 4-12 
in, long, clnstered and sometimes panicled at the apices of the branches, 
covered with soft pale tomentam. Flotvers '2 in, in diam,, 6 or 7-fid, in 
close clusters and on pedicels '15 in. long. Calyx-tuhe fimnel-shaped j 
its segments longer than the petals, subspathulate. Stamens twice as 
many its the petals, all bearing anthers. Frmi nnknown, H, longi folium^ 
(tn^jarf) Bentli, in Journ. Linn. Soc, IV, 35. BlachieeUia propinqua. 
Wall. Cat. 4898. B, spiralis, Wall. Cat. 4897 A, 
pKHkm I Porter, Curtis 1592. FyiiAK ; King^s Collector 3748,3935, 
4888, 7936. Malacca ; Ori^th; Main^ay (Kew Distrfb.J 6G4. 
4, HoMALiDM Grifpithiandm, Kurz in Jonrn. As. Soc. Betigl. XL, 
Pt. II, {for 1877), 57. A tree 30^0 feet high, the young parts softly 
tawny-pubescont. Leaves membranous, obov^ate-oblong, shortly and 
bluntly apiculate, slightly narrowed to the rounded or minutely stib- 
coi'date basBj the edges subentire to coarsely crenate ; both sui-faces 
sparsely pubescent, t^jmentose or densely pubescent on the midrib 
and 7-9 paii's of spreading little curved not prominent main nerves ; 
length 2*75-5 in., breadth 1' 65-2 5 in. ; petiole ■2-'4 in,, pubescent. 
Mac^nim solitary, one and a half times as long as the leaves, softly 
tawny- tomentose ; the glomeruli fevr-flowcred, not crowded togetjjer, 
Flowers '35 in. in diam., densely villous in all parts. Calyx-tuhe conical 
