12 G. King —Materials for a Flora of the Mahiyau reiiimuht. [ No. 1» 
Capsule gU hrouB, »ub-{(lobalar, slij^htly con trad ed Uelow t he ftub-mera- 
braiioiia ti aiicate moutli, under '1 in. in diam. 
PttiUK ; Wray 2483 ; King's Collector 2u61, 2380, 2773 ; Sc<»-t echini 
50,425. Pknanq; C«/^« -2008. 
A Bpsoiefii alHcd to A. erigua, Bl, Vint with piibcpcen't brandieR and pf^tinlpB, 
■horter twid moro contracted panicles, a wider, toifchleaa (jalyit«tnbr*, aiib-globnlar 
CHpsuleB and eqaal anthers nnly slightly lobed at the base. In Mr. Wmy's field-note 
on his speoiinoiifl ho remnrka that the flowers are whife and the leaves dark shining 
green above and crinison bsTientli. 
3. Allomouphia a lata, Scortediini Msa. A gliibroua Hhrnb, 3 to G 
feet high ; the branch leta broadly wing-ed. Leaves orate or elliptic- 
ovate, the apex slioi-fcly ftciiraiinate the bnse narrowed into the brofldly- 
wiiiged petiole, 5-Tiorved ; both aarfaoes p;labious, the edj^^ea ahortlj 
bi'istle-toothed ; length 5 to 10 in,, breadth 2 5 to 4' 5 in., peiiole -75 to 
4 in. Panicle solitary, terminal, often nearly as long as tho leaves, lax ; 
its branohes divergiogt 4*ar»gled and 4-winged, very niinulely rusty 
lopidote-puberaloiis. Flowers olustered in small umbels near the ends 
of the branohes, the bases of the umbels sometirneg with a ring of 
lirticteolea and raioute imperfect flowera, Oalyx-lube cylindric-ovoid, the 
limb expanded and with 4 small, persistent teelh. Petals 4, twice as 
long as the calyx-teeth but shorter than the filaments. SUtmens B, equal, 
exserted, much longer than the calyx-tabe. A^ifhers linear-acuminate, 
longer than the Bcaberulons filaments, veiy sHghtlj lobed at fcbe ba,se 
and almost i n appe ii die u late, Oapsules sub- globular, S-ribbed, glabrous, 
the month truncate, diam, '1 in. 
Perak ] Scortechini 236 ; Wray 1327 ; Ow tU- ; King's OoUector 672, 
2047. 
The leaves of fhe same pair differ, often considerably, tn aise. 
5- Blastus, Lour. 
Shrubfl. Leaves raerabranouQ, petiolate, ovate- or oblong-tanceolaie, 
acnminate, entire or sinuate-aen'ate, 3- to 5-nerved. Flowers small 
4-nieronfl, ebracteolato- OalyX'tuhe oblong-eatnpanulate or shortly 
obloTig; the limb not expanded, truncate, minutely 4-lobed. Petals 
ovate, obtuse, glabrous, convolute into a cone before expansion. Stamens 
4, equal, the filaments thin : anther incurved aubuhite, opening by a 
single apical pore ; basal lobes diTarioate, tbe connective inappendiou- 
late. Ovary adhering to the calyx, 4-celled ; style filiform ; stigma 
punctiforra. Capsule obovoid or sub-globular, slightly 4-grooved ; 
dehi'^ching slowly by 4 valves. Seeds rainutw, numerous, irrej^alarly 
recurved, reniform. Distrib. 3 species in Malaya, China, Cochin Cliina 
and India. 
