40 G. King— MaUrtals for a Flora of the Mahf^an Peniusula. [Ko. 1, 
hairs ; racliis slender ; common peduncle very eliort to '7 in. long, 
slender, wiLb a pair of spatliulate-lftnceolate, petioled leaflets at the point 
of brand] ing ; special pediiifleles vavy sivort j pedicels very slender, up 
to *15 in. long. Calyx campanulate-obloiigj about "14 in. long^ very 
sliaggy ; teeth triangular-lanceolate, up to '00 in. long. Petals ohlong, 
acute, amborect, *3-'^i5 ii). long ; stigma pnnctiform. Fruit semiglobose- 
turbinate, muricate, about '2 iu. long aud wide. 
Pehak J Scovtechiin / 
Tau. laxipilosa, Stapf and King, All parts loosely hairy with the 
haii*a as in the type. Leaves up to 6 in, by 3*5 in., ratlier thinner. 
Common and special peduncles short or up to 3 in. long (togetber). 
Peuak; Ipoh, Kinta, 3154 ! Pnlau Batong, Curtis I 
33. SoNEiUM PAEADOXA» Naud. in Ann. So, Nat, Ser. 3, XV, 321. 
A low, creeping berb^ softly hlrsnte or shaggy all over; hairs dense and 
more or loss spreading on the stem, petioles and all parts of the inflores- 
cence (including the calyx), looser on both sides of the blades, reddish, 
rather long and flexuous. Stem creeping, slender to rather stout, root- 
ing, the leaf-bearing, terminal part rising rarely more than -5 in. above 
the ground. Leaves crowded, very dissimilar, the larger of a pair petioled, 
asymmetrical, obliqnely oblong or elliptic, shortly acuminate, unequally 
cordate at tlie base, with a largo rounded lobe (■25- 5 in. long) on the 
oater and a similar but much smaller lobe on the inner side, entire or 
subentirc, meiubranoua, soft, ligbt-green, 3-6 in, by l'2-2"5 in., 6-8 
iiervcd from near the base (3-5 nerves in the broader half), with oblique 
curved transvei-«e veins ; petiole '4-2 in. long or the uppermost very 
short; small leaves rotundate-ovate or reniform, cordate, •08--4 in. in 
diam,, on very slendei' petioles ('08-'6 in. long). Cymes terminal and 
from the upper axils, solitary with a pair of small petioled leafiotg at 
tbe middle of the peduuclej or in umbels of 3-1, obmcteate or incouspi- 
cuoa«ly bracteate, few- to many-flowered, dense ; common peduncle 
Klender, usually 1-2 in. long j special peduncles much shorter ;■ rhaehis 
very shaggy ; bracts linear to filiform, ciliate, short, usually hidden 
among the hairs of the rhochis or suppressed ; pedicels -OS-l in, long, 
very slender. Calyx campanulate-oblong, about '15 iu, long, shaggy ; 
teeth short, triangular. Petals oblong, acute, sabereet, over '25 iu. long, 
white. Anthers oblong, obtase, '1 in. long. Style over "3 in. long; 
stit^ma putictiform. Fruit semiglobose-tnrbinate, '12-15 in. long, 'IS in, 
wide, muricate-luhercalate. S, moluccana, Jack. Misc. I, 8; Walh Cat. 
4089; Bean. PL Jav, Har. 215, (p.p.); Blume, Mus. I, 10 (p.p.) ; 
Miq. ¥1, Ina. Bat. I, 562 (p.p.) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. PL Brit. 
Ind. II, 537 (p.p.) i Triana in Trans. Linn, 8oc, XXYIII, 77 ; Cogn. in 
DC. Monogr. VIT, 508 (p.p.) j Stapf in Ann. Bot. YI, 311, 312 (p.p.) ; 
and Roxb. Flor. Ind. 1, 178 ? 
