66 Kmg—Maferiah for a Fhra of the Mahyan Peinnmla, [No. 1, 
1 have followed Ut, Ctatk© in redncing P. refiem, Bl. here, aa I can find no 
tfiTif^Iblo cliarncter to sepftrate it. P. reflcxa h said to have white tamid petals uofc 
toothed on tho oiiiTirgin, whilo typical P. pnhcrnlcntn ia described as having red 
petals with n single tooth on each margin. Tho nnion of the two ipeoies waa 
Buggested by Kaudin. 
15. Pachtcektria, BItime. 
Glabrous, often scfindont shrnbs, with cjlindric or obscurely angled, 
ptilvernlenfc branches. Leaves fsomewhafc flefihjj oblong or ovate-lanceO' 
late, entire or obscnrely crennlate. Flowers small, rose-colon red, 
coiymbose, tho pedicels 2-bracteolatc, 4-meron8. Calyx-tuhe ovoid or 
turbinate, the part beyond the ovary angular, constricted below tbo 
obscurely 4- toothed mouth. Petals ovate or oblong, subacute or acumi- 
nate. Siamens 8, equal ; anthers linenr-obloiig or subulate, rostrate at the 
apex ami minutely 1-porod ; the connective not prodacod at tbo base, in- 
ftppendicnlate in front but minutely spurred at the back. Ovai-y 
adberent beyond its midiUe, 4-celled, its apex free, conic, angled ; style 
tiliform, the stigma obtuse or capitate. I^errtjf globose, crowoed by the 
limb of the calyx. Seeds dimidiately obovoid, the raphe lateral. 
DifiTRrn. About 12 species, all Malayan. 
Pachyckntbia tobbrculata, Korbh. Yer. Jfat. Geach, Bot. 246, t, 63. 
Epiphytic ; branchea as thick aa a swan's quill, glabrous below but 
with rusty scurf near the apices, the bark pale i the root.5 bearing 
woody tubprcles. Leaves somewhat fleshy, narrowly elliptic- oblong, 
subacute, uan^owed at the base, the edges entire, 3-norved ; length 
2-5-4'5 m, ; breadth "9-1 -25 in. ; petioles •15-2 in. Panicles terminal 
or axillary, pedunculate; the bmnches spreading, eymose, 2-2'5 in. 
long and aa wide. Flowers '25 in. long, the pedicels shorter. Galyx- 
tuhe campanulate, the month tnincate^ obscurely 4-Iobed. Petals 4-, 
lanceolate. Slainens 8, equal, shortly spurred at the base behind. 
Fruit globnlar, glabrous, '15 in. in dfam. Blume, Mas. Bot. Lngd. 
Bat 1,23; Miq, Fl. lud. Bat. I, pt. I, 552; Triana in Linn. Trans. 
XXVII, 89, tab. VII, fig. 90a. 
Pekak; King's Collector 1707, 10569; Wraij 3422; ScortecUni 260, 
550,1961. SiNCuroRii; ; .^IwZemn 55. Penang ; Curtis Ml Etdlettlh^. 
DiSTHJiJ. Borneo, Burma (Tenasserim, Grifjith), 
16. AsTRONiA, Blame. 
Shruhi with opposite, petioled, ovate or oblong, entire, 3-nerved 
leaves. Flowers in terminal panicles, small, white or purple, Calyx- 
tuhe campanulas ; limb irregularly truncate or 3-8-lobed, Petals 4-5. 
Stamens 8-10-12, equal ; filaments short, broad ; anthera short, obtuse, 
