TO G. Kiog — Maleriah for a Flora of the Malayan Penimula, [No, 1, 
Fi'uil snb-liemispLerxc, truncate, sub-echiuato, '35 in. in diam* WalL 
Cat. 4078. Kihessia ecliinata, Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. VII, 1108. 
Kihessia siwpUiC, Kortli. Verli. Nat, Gescli. Bot. 253 ; Blume, Mus. 
Eot. I, 9 ; Trkua in Traus. Linn. Soc. XXV^II, 152 ; C. B. Clarke hi 
Hook, fil, Fl. Br, Iiid. II, 552. Kthessta. cnpitlaris. Dene in Deless. Ic. 
Sel. V, t, 5 ; Ann. Sc. Kat. Ser, 3, XV, 317. K. aGuminata, Dene in 
Ann. Sc. Mat Scr. 8, V, 3J6; Triana in Trans. Linn, Soc. XXVllI, 
153. 
Malacca and Sikgafoiie ; not uncommon ; many collectors. 
I catmoi s€0 liow K. acwninatiif Douo, is to be dtaiingaished as a speeies and I 
reduce it hero without any hoailatioii. 
Vab. pitlescms^ King. Bases of leaves somewhat rounded and 
Bub-cordate ; young branclie-s, under surfaces of leaves and panicles 
with mncli minute ruBty pubescence. F. ecliinata, Jack, Wall, Cat. 
4078fi. Kihema pnbcscene^ Dcno in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser.3, V,318 ; Tiiana 
in Linn. Trans. XXVIII, 132 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. lil. Fh Br, Ind, 
11, 552 ; Cpgn. in DC. Mon. Plian. VII, 1108, 
Pekakg, Malacca, Perak. 
I canjiot sec v/hai claim this has to apeciJjc ratik. To me it appoara io be a 
variety and smt a very dJafcinct one of P. cchinata, Jack, Walficli did not evcu regard 
it as a varififcy and issuod it ns true P. echinata. Thie form, in the three provincea 
where it occurs, appoara to be very common. 
3, riERANDKA GitiFFiTnti, King, n, sp. A small tree ; young . 
braucbes cylindvic, veij little thickened at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, elliptic to ovate-oblong, nan'owed at the non-cordate 
(cordate in vav.) base, the apex yory shortly acuminate or acuto, 
3-nerved ; both surfaces glabrous, shining; length 2'25-4 in. ; breadth 
1-2 in. ; petiole 'J 5- 2 in. Flotcers in 2-3- rarely 5-7-flowered, axillary, 
bracteolate cjniea shorter than the leaves, rarely in crowded, terminal 
cjmes; bracteoles ovate, acutoj minute. Calysc-tuhe widely campanulate, 
'15 in. long, covered with adpressed, triangulai\ puberuloua scales; the 
mouth with 4 lai'ge, blunt, triangular teeth. PetaU orbicalar-ovate, 
undulate, abmptly and shortly apicnlflto-BpreadiDg, not calyptrate. 
Stamens 8, equal ; the anthers short, tliick, about as long as the 
filaments, gibbous at the base behind, inserted at an obtuse angle on 
the filaments. Fruit globulai'-ovoid, truncate at the mouth, covered by 
Ibe persistent scales, under "2 in. in diam. 
Malacca; Grifith {K.J}.) 2272/1 ^ Penaxg ; Curtis 9m. 
GiifiBth'B fpocimenH of thia (2272/1) have been referred by M. Oogniaax (DC. 
Mojj. Phao. VII, 1110) to Redoinitfa luhcrctdata lil., but comparison in the Kew 
HerUarimw with two aatlientio BixecimsDS of tbat plaiit collected in Sumatra and 
