46 G. King — Matmah for a B'hra of the Malayan Feninsnla. [No. 1, 
5 to 9 in. ; petiole 4 to 9 in., Btout. Pediincks solitary^ longer aod more 
Blender than the petioles, bearing at the apex a ainglo denee, ebracteate 
umbeL Flmcers neai'Jy 'B in, long to tlie apices of the Btamens, their 
pedicels '25 in, long. OahjiC'tnhe naiTOwly campauulate, not ribbed» 
glabi-oBs, very minutely lepidote ; the teeth 4, broad, rouoded,, shallow. 
Fetah rotund-ovate, blont^ short. Stamem 8; tho filaraeuts aboat half 
as long as the linear acute anthera. Ovari/ grooved, short, broad ; style 
as long as the anthei's, oylindric, glabraas, Oapstde about '2 in, in 
diam,, ttnncate, the valves broad, trancate. 
Pebae; ScortecJdni 269- King*s Collector 4287. Sblanoore ; 
Eidlmj 7317. 
Thid Bpeties is oloeely alh'ed to J*. Qri£itkii but differs notably in its solitary 
terminal nmbek* 
4. Phtllagathis bibpida, Kingj n. sp. Stem very short, woody, 
hispid. Leaves 2 or 3, suh-coriaceona, on long petioles, broadly ovate, 
cordate at the base, the apex abruptly and shortly acuminate, the edges 
with minute, sharp, sometimes unequal teeth, 7- to ll-norved» the 
ja^nsverse nerves strong : upper surface glabrous, the lower uniformly 
covered with minute, scui'fy pubescence, tho main norvoa with a few 
long, spreading, stout bristles ; petiole densely shaggy near the base, 
more sparsely hispid upwards r length 5 to 10 in,, bi^adth 3 to 7 in, ; 
petioles varying fTOm 4 to 12 in. Peduncle axillary, shorter than the 
leaves and moi'o alauder than the petioles, apai'sely hispid ; the ambel 
few-flowered, ebracteate. Flowers '75 in. long ; their pedicels slender, 
hispid, longer thau the calj'X. Oahj3i-tuh& narrowly cyliudric or 
cylindric-campanulate, nearly glabrous, or sparsely hispid ; the month 
with 4 broad, shallow, blunt teeth. Fetah broadly ovate, acute. Stametts 
d ; anthers not much longer than the filaments, broadly lobed and cordate 
at the base, and the connective with a shoi't, narmwly cylindric basal 
protuberance behind. Ovartj very short ; style filiform. Capsule '2 in, 
across. 
Pbeak ; Scortechini ! Wray 1021, 1602, 3519. Pahang \ Ridley 
2236. 
5. Poyllagathis botukdhj-olia, Blume in Flora, 1831, 507. Stem 
creeping, obtitisely 4-angled. Leaves inueijual in. the paira, rotund or 
rotund-ovate and shortly apicalate ; both surfaces, but especially tho 
lower, minutely lepidote ; main nerves 7 to 9, curved, radiating from 
the base, the transverse nerves bold, curved j petioles unequal, fi'om 
■85 to 3*5 in, long, their interior surfaces covered with coarse black 
bristles j leugth 2 to 8 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 6 in. Inflorescence 4- to 30- 
fiowoi^d; the involucres orbicular-ovate acuminate. Calyx-iuho ribbed, 
miniitely lepidote ; the teeth triangular, broad at the base but with 
