1900.] G. King — MateriaU for a Wlom of the Malayan Peninmla. 65 
cajrufttion. Tlie nenr^at ally of this ia Jlf. mcmf-anfi, Cogn. — a New Gaiaeaspeoies — 
which has however, lonprer flowers, a wider caljx-tnbe, more Blonder bmnches whieh 
are moreover Braooth, and narrower leaves narrowed at the lmse« 
14, PoGONANTHEfiA, Binme. 
Shfuhs J branches round, minutely scaly. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
oblong or ovate, entire, glabrous^ 3-norveci Flowers smalls pulverulent, 
in small, terminal panicles having opposite, cymose branches. Oalyx- 
tuhe narrowly cam pan n late, subqnadrangukr ; limb 4- toothed. Petals 
4, obloeg-laneeolate, Stamem 8, equal ; anthers oblong, acute, opening 
by a terminal pore, not pi otluced at the base ; connective at the base 
bearded behind with a tuft of hairs, not spurred. Ovary half-inferior, 
4-celled, with a tuft of hairs at the apex ; stjie fdiforni ; opnles very 
many, placentas axile, Bernj small, globose, 4-celled, crowned with 
the calyx-limb. Seeds very many, obovoid- oblong, smootb. DiSTRm, 
Species 2 ; Malayan. 
POGONANTHERA PULTEEU LENTA, Blume in Flora, 1831, 521, An 
epiphytic shrub, all parts (but especially the calyx-tube) bearing 
pnle yellow scales \ the stems spai-sely lenticellate. Leaves i-ather 
fleshy, ovate-oblong to oblong-lauceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, 
the base more or less narrowed and bitnberculate, 3-5-nerved ; the 
mai^gins obscurely crenate and slightly reflexed ; upper snrface glabrouli, 
itibe lower paler and minutely pulverulent ; lenfjth 3 to 6 5 in. ; breadth 
1'75 to 3 in, petiole '25 to *6 in., stout. Panicles terminal, 2 to 3 in. 
long and equally broati, cymose, the branches spreading. Calyx-tuhe 
Bub-cylindric, constricted below the expanded 4-toothed month, very 
Bcaly. FeiaU 4, oblong, densely scaly externally. Stamens S ; anthei'S 
lanceolate, the connective with a tuft of hairs at the base behind. Fruit 
pisiform, -15 in. in diam. Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot, t. 05 ; Griflf, 
UfotiiL IV. 678; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 1, pt. I, 553 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. XXVIII, 89; C. B. Clarke in Hook, 61. Fl. Br. Ind. If, 550; 
Cogn. in DC, Mon. Phan. VII, 610, P. rejlem, Blnme in Flora, 1831, 
521 ; Mus. Bot, Lugd, Bat, I, 24 ; Naud. Ann, Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XV, 
303, tub. 15, fig. I i Triana Lc, 89 ; Beccari Malesia, II, 241, tab. LIX, 
4-5. P. sqmvtulata, Korth. (ex Blnrao) Mus. Bot. I, 24. Melasio^na 
re/ejsa, Keinw. ined. (ex Blume in Flora, 1831,521). M. rubtGunda, 
Jack IB Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV, 19 ; Wall. Cat. 4086. M, pulverulenta. 
Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV, 19 j DC. Prodr. Ill, 149; Blume 
in Bijdr., 1072, 
Singapore; Perak; Malacca; Pknang; common. ^DiSTitia. Java, 
gnmatm, Borneo. 
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