1898.] G. King — Materials for a Fhra of the Malayan Peninsula-. -19 
of female flower solitiiry, longer tlmt the leaf -petiole. Fruit oblong, 
glabrous^ white, -b-'^b in. long. Seeds ovate, attenuate at tlie base. 
St^r. in DC. Prodr. Ill, ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat., Scr. 4, XYI, 169 
t. 2 ; Hance Siippl, Honp:kong Flora, 10-1; Knvz in Joiirn. Aa. Soc. 
Beng. XLVI, Ft. II, 105; Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. 11, 626. 
Bryonia geminata^ Blnme Bijd. Ser» in DC. Prodr. Ill, 305; 
Roem. Sjai., imc. II, 35 ; Miq, Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. I, 659. B, tenella, 
Koxb. Fior. Ind. Ill, 725. Aechmmdm ttidica, Arn. in Hook. Journ. 
Bot. Ill, 274; Wight in Ann. and Mag. Nat Hist, VIII, 267 ; Miq. 
Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. I, 658. 
SiLANGOKE ; Kin</ii CoUeclor 360. Distrib. British India, Cochin- 
China, Philippines, Hongkong. 
3- Mklothuia marotnata, Co^^n. in DC. Mon. Phan. I IT. 593. 
Stem creeping, rooting at the nodes, angular, snlcate, glabrons ; tlie 
tendrils slender, simple, puberulous. Leaves ovate-cordate or more or 
lesa 3-Iobed, acute ; the edges minutely and distantly denticulate ; 
the upper suifacc coarsely and distinctly and the lower minutely and 
more closely strigoae, the nerves on both pubescent ; length l-l 25 in., 
breadth I-l"75 in. ; petiole '75-1*5 in,, tomentoae. Male jhnvers ujubellate 
on a tiliform few-flowered peduncle shorter than the petiole, glabrous ; 
tlie pedicels erect, '2- '3 in. long ; the calyx broadly campaniilate, pubes- 
cent, its teeth subulate. Petals villose, yellow ; anthera glabt-ous, in^ 
ap p end icu late, i^^tfwm^ej^ower solitary on a peduncle "5 in. long. Frnii 
jiarrowdy eylintliie, beaked, tapering to the base, velvety, '75 in. long, 
its peduncle filiforra ; seed^ 6-8, foveolate, Bryonia marginata, Blume 
Bijdr. 924; Set', in DC. Prodr. Ill, 305 ; Roetn. Syn., fasc. II, p. 36; 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, Pt. II, 660. Ji. epigma, Blume Bijdr, 924; Ser. in 
DC. Prodr. Ill, 30(). Acchmandi-a Bltnneanay Roera, Syn, fasc. II, p. 33 ; 
Miq, Fior. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. II, 657, Melothria Murg^phiana, Scheff, Ann. 
Jard. Bofc. Buitenz. I, 25» Verasiocarpum ? Maitigayi, Clarke in Hook, 
fil. Flor. Br. lud. Ill, 629. 
Malacca; Jfttm^aif ( Kew Distrib.) I26S. Pebak ; King's Collector 
874 DisTRiB. Java and Sumatra. 
Vab. heterophylla, Cogn. in DC, Mon. Phan. Ill, 591 Leaves quite 
entire, ovate-eordate or obloug'Sub-hastate, Kcabrous above, almost smooth 
beneath but haii-y on the nerves, Bryonia heierophylla, Blume Bijdr. 
925 ; Wall. Cat, 6701 ; R^>em. Syn., fasc. II, 35. B. Blunici, Ser. in DC. 
Prodr, III, 305; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat, I, Pt, I, 659. Cerdsiocarpum ? 
pefiaugmse, Clarke in Hook, fil. Flor, Br. Ind. Ill, 6^9, 
Penano ; Wallich ; Curt is 192B, Distrib. Java. 
NOTE. 
There are iu the Calcutta Herbarium speclmeus of aeverft] epea'm of Melothria 
