1898.] Q. King--^ Materials for a Flora of f lie Mala^fan Peninmla. 23 
Tbo flower of tliia is escellonfcly figored by Blamo in his M iis. Bot. aa quoteil 
«boTO. FlowerB however of a aliKhtly dtfForent shape ara faand in some speciniens. 
In these tho calyx-tube ia funnel-shnped and Ipsa oyTindrio, and tho petals jiro more 
spreading. Thpae are HSsociat^id nsnnlly wkh larger leaveH, mom brnadly elliptic 
in ehape ; and at one tinio I wns of opinkm that they might belong; to a different 
Bjieoiea. Bin tho eiatnination of nearly a hundred epeoimens of the two forma aa 
collected in Pcrnk has convinced that they ar^not BpeoiUcnlly Btiparablo. Blnme 
desciihea the plant as a shrub, bnt jn Perak it ia always a small tr&e, Miqnel'a 
Eomniium obovale from Snmatm {FloT. Iiid, Bat. Suppl. 384) oomea Xfery noar 
this, and perhaps ia not distinct. 
6, HoMAhiUM crxDCLATCM, TT. spec King. A tree 40-^0 feet high ; 
yoiing branches slender, pale-brown, miuntely lenticella-ter Leaves 
thinly coriaceoiis, elliptic, shortly and bluntly acuminate, slightly 
nariowetl and sometimes uiiequn! at tho hme, tho edges umlitlate- 
crenate ; both snrfacea glabrous and minutely reticulate when dry^ the 
upper shiuiug, the lower dull; length 3-4 in.^ breadth 1-75-2 in., petiole 
'2-*25 in. htfloresceitcc consisting of a terminal panicle twice as long 
as the leaves and of a few aolitary racemes hxmi tlie upper leaf-axils, 
many-ilowered, the rachisea covered by minute rather sparse pale 
tomentum. Flowers *6 or '7 in. in diann., lax ; their pedicels slender, 
tomenfcofio, "4 in. long* Cuh/x-iuhe widely funnel-shaped, very slightly 
ridged, minutely tomentose; teeth 5, lanceolate, tomentose on both 
sctrfaces like the tube, FetaU 5, much longer than the sepals, obovoid, 
blnnt, clawotl at the base, reticulate, toraentoso, Stameng shoi ter tiian 
the sepals and ranch shorter than tho petals, 4 in front of each petal, 
glabrous. Ovary hairy, crowned by 3 narrowly conical spreading hairy 
styles. Friiit ui^known. 
Perak ; JGng's Collector 7064> B18L 
7. HoMADiTiM GRANDIFLORUM, Bcntb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, 37, 
A tree 30-40 feet high ; young branches rather stout, glabrous. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic to oblong, acute oraliortly acuminate, narrowed near 
the petiole, the edges revolnte and obscurely crennlate j both surfaces 
minntely reticulate when dry, and the upper very shining, the lower 
somewhat duller; main nerves 9-12 pairs, ascending, only slightly 
carved J length 3'5-6'6 in., breadth l*7t5-3'25 in.; petiole '2-' 3 in., 
stout. Inflorescence consisting of terminal few-branched panicles and 
of solitary axillary racemes with t-omentoserachises. B'lowerft numerous 
but not crowded, solitary, not in glomeruli, *75 in, in diam. ; the pedicels 
'2 in. long, tomentoKe. Calyx- tube short, bemispherJc; teetb 7-D, spathu- 
late-ollong, spreading, enlarged often flowering. L*etals lanceolate, 
shorter than the calyx-teeth ; the glands alternating with the petals, 
large. SStamem 7-12 opposite each petal ; the filaments subulate, sparsely 
pilose, Ovartf free or nearly so, (5-*7-ridged, toraentose, conical ; styl«a 
