1898,] Q. King — Matenuh for a Flora of the Malayan Tetiimnla. 03 
in., petiolulos •l-*2 in. Simple leaves long as 8*5 in. and al>out 4 in. 
l)roftd ; ptitiole iiieliefl. Inflorescence a panicle of umliels with 
piiberulous jjeduncles I in. or more long^. Calysfi^titbe snb-globnlar» 
pubernlous, Fetnh ovate- la Dceolate^ spreading, "15 in. long. Fniit (un- 
ripe) more than -5 in. long, including the conical disc and persistent 
style, 
MAiACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 683. 
Thia plant haa not boon collocted siiioo Mtungny'a tJtne, aud it is known oiilf 
Srum bis fL'ngmoiitai'y speeiincjia. 
IL TUPIDANTHUS, H. f. & T. 
A large glabrous Bhrnb, at first erect bnfe afterwards a lofty 
climber, imtw digitate ; leaflets glabrona, leaf-hery, entire; stipnlea 
connate witbin tbe petiole. Jn^m-cscence a compound umbel or small 
panicle ; pedicels tbick, not jfiinfed under tbe flowers. Calt/Ji'margm 
obsolete. Petals closely connate, fallirtg ofp in a cap. Stamens veiy many, 
in two or several series. Omi-ian cells and stigmas very namerons; 
tbe latter sesBile, radiating, crowded but not connate. Fruit globose, 
depressed, succulent. 
Tdpidanthus CA0TPTa4T[JS, Hook. fil. and Thorns, in Bofc. Mag, t, 
4908. Leajkts 7-9, oblong or oblong-obovato, acute or blunt, 4-7 in. 
long, and 1 75-3"5 in. bimd, tbe petioluies 1-2 in, ; tlie common- 
petiole 6-15 in. hijlorescejice umbellate, 3-4- branched; the branches 
stout, short and with large coriaceous bracts at their bases j the 
ultimate umbels with 3-7 pedicelhite flowers nearly 1 in. across ; calyx- 
tnbe glabrous, thickly coriaceous. Slame^is 50-70, crowded. Fruit 
snb-glofaosef succulent, 1*25-1.'5 in, in din.m. when ripe. Seem. Rev. 
Hed. 6; Clarke in Hook. fil. Flot-.Br. Ind. II, 740. 
Pekak; on Guiiong Ulu Sungoi, elevat. 4500 feet; TFmi^ 1594* 
DiKTfiiD, Burmaj Kimsia Hills and probably Java. 
Mr. Wiiiy'a specimens were oolleofced at an elovation much Inghrfr tliiiii this 
sp(!Ci£?a over ascuntla to in British Indin, Thny havo ^mailer loaves with bltiiit 
leafl(.-tB^ but ave otherwise iudistiDgQisb{t.ble from the British Jndi^ti plant. 
