''^2 G. King — Mutei'ials for a Flara 0/ the Malayan Femnmld. [No. 1, 
linely tooiliedl in tlio upper pait oi- almost eiiUre, membmnona, 
green above, purplish beneatJi, S-i'l in. hy S- iy in,, 5-7-iierved from 
below the middle ; petiole •2-'3 in. long. Cymes 4-7 -flowered, mncli 
contracted, terminal ; pednncles very Blender, 'S-l'S in. long ; pedicels 
very slender, '15 iu. long, glabrous. Cahj,v very sleuder, linear-Biib- 
campanulate, '15 ia. long, teeth broad,, triangular, FetaU elliptio, 
acuminate, euapidate, '3-35 in. long, pink, Antkers acuminate, '19 in. 
long. i9'/i/^0 filiform, '3 iu. long J atigma punctiform. Fruit obconical, 
truncate, Hides almost straight, passing into the thickened pedicel, *25 
ill. long ; valves •12-15 in, broad. 
PaNANG ; Glovommenfc Hill, 2500 ft., on rocks in damp aliady 
^'avines ; Ourtis ! 
20. SoNEKii^Ji GOitGESTA, Stapf and King. An erect or suberect, 
rather delicate herb, 3-3*5 in. high, quite glabrous with the exception of 
an extremely scanty, fnrfuraceous, dark-rusty indumentum in the lower 
part i with a alender, creeping rhizome. Stevi 1-1*5 in. long (exclnaive of 
the peduncle), quadrangular. Leaves in about 3 crowded pairs, thoae of 
a pair similar in shape and size, broad, ovate to elliptic, obtuse or sub- 
obtuse, rounded or obscurely cordate at the base, ratber symmetrical, 
sabentii'e, thiuly membranous, green, '9-l'7 in. by '6-1 '2 in., 5-7-nerved 
from neat' the base, upper pair '4i-'6 in. from the baHO ; petiole slender, 
'6-*7 in, long. Cynim 4-9-floweied, conti'acbed ; podunclas slender, 1'2 
in. long ; pedicels elender, ■12-- 15 in. long, Ga^i/x slender, Rubcarapanu- 
late-oblong, '15 in. long ; teeth triangular, short. Fetals elliptic-oblong, 
cuspidate-acuminate, *33 iu, long, pink. Anthers acuminate, •15-'2 in, 
long, Siyh filiform, -QS-'S in. long ; stigma punctiform. Fruit (eemi- 
jamture) obovoid- oblong, *15 in. long. 
Kedati ; Gunong Chinchang, Gnriis 2572 ! 
21, SosERirA GrRlFFiTHn, C. 0. Clarke in Hook. f. Fh Brit. lud. 11, 
539. An ascending, delicate berb, quite glabrons >vilh the exception of 
the margins and sometimes the upper surface of tbe leaves ; with a 
ratber stout rhizome. Stems very slender, 2-3 in. long (exclusive of the 
panicle), iwting from, the lower, soon leafless nodes, quadrangular. 
Leaves in 3-4, often crowded pairs, those of a pair similar in slmpe and 
giae, broad, ovate to rotundate-olliptic, obtuse or subobtuse, obscurely 
cordate, rarely subobtuse at tbe base, ratber symmetrical, toothed and 
ciliate on the margin, membranous, gfoen, '4-*8 in. by '-i-'G in,, 5-nerved 
from near tlie base, upper pair '1 in. from the base ; petioles slender, *3-*5 
in. long. Cyines 2-3-llowered, much contracted, pedKnclef5 slender, l-2'2 
in. long; pedicels very .slender, *1 in. long. Galjjx slender, subcampann,' 
late-oblong, '12 iu, long j teeth triangular- ovate. Petals elliptic-oblong, 
cuspidate-acaminate, scarcely '25 in. long, pink. Anthers acuminate, 
•12-'J5 in. long. Sit/k filiform, not quite '25 in. long; stigma 
