3i G, Kiiig^Maierials for a Fhra of tJie Mahyan Peninstila. [No, 1, 
and oompaeti^. very many-flowered, disiinctlj teftoteate, at lengtli 1-2»j& 
ill. long, peduncle '6-1-2 in. long; bmcts epathiilaite or obovate, very, 
ob t □ ftp, up 1 0 ■ 2 i 1 1 , 1 o n g, p ers i s te u t ; pedicels h a i dly any. 0 a lyx u\ lort, 
obcwmical-oblong, *15~'l6 in. I6ng ; teeth obscm re, very obtaso. Petals 
elliptic, obtuse, pink, *15 iti. long. Sttjmens 6, 3 sli^rlitly curved, pmple, 
*15 in. long, 3 sti-aight or almost so, yellow, '12-'15 in. long. Fruit 
Biibsessilo, turbinate, '19--23 in. long; valves *19 in. broad. Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat I, 565,- Triatmin Trans. Liim. Soa XXVII 1, 77; C. B, 
Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Bjit. Iiul. II, 540. S. ohliqua, Cogn. in DO. 
MoBOgn Vllf 515 ; and Stapf in Ann, Bot, VI, 310 (in part), nofc of 
Kortli. 
Perac; ScwtuMni! I]x>b, 0«r^j> 3158 ! Cliaiigkal Serdang, Wraij 
783 ! Laimt, 6Vor^ec/itm 5i/rt ! G oping, Kumtler 787 ! Tapa, Wray 1308. 
Malacca ; Gripih 2302 I 2294 ! Mmngati 1223 ! ( 782, Kew Distr. partly), 
(Jnming 2349! Lohh \^^\ in dense forest between Jassing and Ayer 
Bombon, Maingaif 1425! (782, K(nv Distr ib. partly). Malacca; Batang, 
Hohtiberg 876! Uln GDjali. JIarveti ! (dvyarf specimens). SiNOAPOiiE ; 
MamgayMmi (782, Kew Distrib. pai-tly) j Biikit Timab, //wiJei 893 I 
Pahang ; TshdM, Eidley ! (dwarf specimens), Distbib. Saraatra to 
Borneo. , 
2 k SoNEfiiLA iNTEORiPOLiAj Stapf in Anu. of Bot. ¥1, 312. An erect 
or ascending, simple or branclied herb, '5 -1-3 ft. bigli, rufously strigoae 
on tbe stem^ the. petioles, the nerves on tbo underside of the leaves and 
the inflorescence, iticlading the calyx, but exclusive of the bracts, hairs 
of the lea\ie» very tightly adprcssed, like those of the iiifloroscence very 
Bhort. Stem mther robust, often swollen at the nodes, sabflexnous, 
almost wootly below. Leaves very dissimilar, the larger of a pair asyni* 
metncal, m^oly symmetrical, usually obliquely oblong-lanceolate to 
obovate- oblong, distinctly (sometimes long) acuminate, mijmtely cor- 
divto or acute at the base, entire, soraetim.es with slightly wavy margins, 
somewhat fleshy, soft, quite glahLXJus abo^e, dark- or yellowish-green, 
3-5 in. by 1-1-5 in., enb-S-nerved from near the base with the lower- 
most pair of ncrres faint, and the uppermost (in the naiTOW half) 
■2-12 ill. Skhove the base, witli fine obliqao transverse veins ; small 
leaves minute, ovate to roliindale, ofteu cordate, sessile or shortly 
petioled. Cynre^ teiminal and apparently leaf'Opi>oset], peduncled^, 
braoteate, few- to many -flowered, very dense, up to 1 in. long, peduncles 
very short to '5 in, long; rltacliia often flesuous when longj braots 
oblong to linear' lancBolate, fleshy, up to '12 in. long, often much 
smaller, sometimes extremely numerous and crowded ; pedicels very 
short, or 0. Calyx oblong-canipanulate, nearly '1 in. long j teeth tri« 
aiigului-, up la -04 in. long, acnte. Petals oblong, acute, "15 in. Jong, 
white to pink. Anthers oblong, obtuse, almost '1 in. long. Style '2 in* 
