10 G. King^Matermls f&i- a Flm-a of the Malayan Pe»imida. [No. Ij 
unmeroTis -i-angled brancbes", "bracteafce, eveiywliere mirmtely lopidote j 
the larger bmnclres beai-ing a pair of very unequal bracts near the has© 
fiXHctly like tbe stem-leavea but amaller. Flowera on slender pedicels 
fis long as tbe caljx-tabe. Oalyi-ivhe cylindric, 8-rtbbed, tapering ta 
base and apox ; the moutb expanded and truncate bat wifcb 4 minnto 
teeth, Peiah 4, aa long as tlie scaberuloas filaracnte. Stmnmis S, much 
exserted j the anthers longer than the filaments and longer than the 
calyx-tubo, Hnear, acuminate, very slightly lobed at the base and 
inappendicnlate. Qa'psulei fusiform, '2 in. long, much expanded at 
the moTitli, 
Pbrak; CuTtisl^m, 
Tho oniy apociiin^Q of ttiifl which I hare seea ia iu Mr, Cui'Lis'a Hcirbfflj-iiiin, 
Tbe epericB reai^mbles AUmnorphia alata, Soort. iu ita eight oqxLoX Btametis, in 
the abapo of its leavoa ntid in ita wingod potiolofl ; but differs in its too re ul on gated 
cnpstiles (which are fusiform inetond of globose), in ita larger Inxer pnnieles and in 
ita ocmspicaonaly bristle -eermte leFLTes. The two epeciea jnst doaoribed form wery 
luarkud con Electing Hnka between the genera AUomorphia cmdi Oncyspora, 
4. Allomorphia, Blume. 
Shrubs, tall or short. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, large, lancpo- 
late, ovate or orbicular, nerred, glabrous or nearly so, Pmiicles terminal, 
compound, with Bmall flowers in clustered whorls. Cnlyx-tuhe funiiel- 
sliaped -or CJimpauulate, lirnb of 3 or 4 very short lobes, Petah 3 or 4, 
rose or white, emalL iSiameus 6 or 8, nearly equal j anthers atttmuated 
at the top wi(h on^ pore^ cells long-produced and diverging at their 
basee ; counective witlumt appendage. Ovary 3- (rarely 4-) celled, 
enclosed by but nearly free from the calyx-tube; style filiform, simple j 
ovnles very maiiy^ placentas axile, 2-fid. Capsule small, di-y, nut much 
longer than broad, nsnally urn-shaped, ribbed, opening at the top by :-t-4 
valves. Seeds very many, narrowly obtrapezoida!, Distrib. Species 5: 
whereof 4 are from the Malay Peuinsula and its attaclied islands ; 1 
from Canton. 
Potiolea tiot winged :— 
Calyx-tabd with 3 or 4 taeth ; stamene unequal ; anthers aagtttate 
at bjisft ; eapanle ribbed ... ... ... ,„ L A.egigua, 
CalyX'tube without teeth ; stamona eqaa) ; anthora only alightly 
lubed at the brtse f CflpauSes not ribbed ... ... 2- A.Wra^i. 
Petiolea winged : — = 
Branches of the paniole winged; oapsnle anb-globnlar ,.. 3. A. aUtta. 
h Allomoupbia BXioifA, Blume iu Flora 1S31, II, 523. A shrub, 
2 to 10 feet higli ; branches slender, snbangular, puberulons or glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, those of the same 
piiii- often unequal iu size ; the base rounded or narrowed, not cordate ; 
