74 G. King — Mateiials for a Flora of the Matayein Feninsula. [No. 1^ 
( 05 in. long), on pedicels about 1 in. long, densely crowded in clusters 
on small tubercles in the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves. Calyx-tube 
cupnlar, hnt little contracted at the base^ the raouth wide with four 
broad shallow teeth, FtnU unknown, Mtq. Fl. Ind, Bat. T, pt, 1, 
574 ; Cogn. in DC, Mon. Phan, VII, 1132. M. trmerve, Hassk. Cat. Hot t. 
Bog, 259 (not of DC). MijHus oUgoneur^, Korth. ex Blnme l.c, 354, 
Perak; ScoHecJiim 1309 ; King's GoUedor 2513, 10280. Pbnanq ; 
Gitriis 1065, 1446, 2220, 10920, Destrib. Java, Borneo. 
A specieB etisily recogniflcil by itu 3-nenred leavoi. 
2. MEMEcyr-ON epiphtticum, King, b. sp. An epiphytic shrub ; 
branches rather atout, strongly angled and with short ear-like projee- 
fions jnet below the nodes. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, acute or acumiiiate, somewhat narrowed to the rounded 
sub-cortlate base; main nervea 9 or 10 pairs, indistinct on the lower 
surface, invisiblo on the upper ; length l'75-3 in ; breadth "6-1 in. j 
petiole "05 in. Cymes in pairs, axillary, 3-4-fiowered, on slender pedicels 
■1-'15 in. long, bracteate at the apox j pedicels half as long aa the 
peduncle. Calyx-tuhe cnpular, rounded at thfi base ; the mouth deep 
and wide ('05 in. across), undulate, truncate. FmU globular, smooth, 
■25 in* in diam. 
Pebak ; on trees, King's Colledor 5184 ; Wray 2727. 
A Epeciea allied to If. dichoiomum, Clarke, but with smaller leaTfls, more boldly 
angled bramoboa, smaller, less amueroiis flowers, atid oyniea ou more slender 
podnnclea. 
3. Memectlon PRUTicosuM, King, n, sp, A shrub, 6-8 feet high j 
young branches boldly 4-winged especially near the slightly thickened 
nodes, the bark pale-brown. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 
late, chartaceoua, shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded 
base J main nerves 7-9 pairs, interarching "15 in. from the mai'gin, 
somewhat conspieuoiis on the lower but indistinct on the upper surface ; 
length 3-4 in,; breadth 1'35-1'85 in.; petiole '05 in, Crjmes usually 
in pairs, axillary, oti short peduncles, S-lO-flowered. Flowers on 
pedicels with acute bracteoles at their bases. Calyx- fnhe shortly campa- 
jiulate, tapering much to the base (obconic), the mouth *075 in, wide, 
with 4 sb allow obscure teeth, or truncate ; the buds not very conical. 
Fruit globose-ovoid, constricted below tbe thick persistent calyx4imb, 
*35 in. long and *25 in, in diam. (unripe). 
Perak; Kimfs Oolhdor 2971, 3265, 3425, 
Approacliliig If. dichotominn and If, sub-dkhotomum but with differently eliapod 
fruit, 
4. Memectlon puresckns, King, A tree, 30-70 feet high ; young 
brj^nches somewhat slender, pale-bi-own, 4-angled, Leaves coriaceous, 
