1902.] G. Kiug^MateriaU fvr a Flunt of the Muluyan Peftinsula. 51 
tilameiitoufl se^meniR ; the tnnei' about one-foarth aa long^ iU BegmeDis 
few, lanceolate, incurved. Skimejui 5; the filaments spresidin^*, cla'srate j 
anthers doi-sifixerf, ohiong. Oonnj ovoid, liirsute, the gynopliore noai'ly 
as long as the outer corona ; Riyles long, recurved. Fmti 8 nh*^ lobular, 
*75 in. in diam. Disemmi^ lloi-sjk-hlii, Miq., Fl Ind. Bat., T, Pt, 1, 700. 
PbraK; Scorte^hini 6:):^, 2,192 i King's Oollcdor 3,078, 4,10 i, 5,936, 
DiSTRiB. — ^Java and ftladura. 
This is apparently the only species really indigenins in tlie Malayan Pcninanlft. 
There are, however, four Amenoan epeciea which have escaped from ciiItimLSon. 
These are i — 
P. mhetom^ L. A small upeciea with (tivarsflly nhapecl leavea, flowers UtLle more 
than half-ati-inch in diameter and ovoiti fniii s about the fiajno in length. 
foetithi, h. A lipwies with vnritil>lo lenvan, eraarginate ni the base, oftf a 
3'lobe*li recngniKiible ut once by its foetid fltovera and 3.1naved (Inibi'liite inFohici-e. 
P, eduli$, yims. With (Jtreiply Sdobed eiTmte kavca, fjovvcrfi more than an iiwh 
across; and globular edible fruit. This ta often cultivated under the name of 
GrtinailUla. 
P. quadrangular is, L. A lar^o specipa with boldly i-angled fltnnis; handsome 
fingrant, pnrpk' llowerfl baudod with while, 3 to 5 hi, across; broadly orate loaves 
and larpe obliijiiie ovate-oblong fttipulea, 
P. Imirifoliiij L. A more Blondor species than the last and with flmaller flowev'S 
of sindfju' colour, with a iHr;^ 3-leavefl or 3-partite involncre of broad segmonla, 
atid of long filiform stipules; the loaves bi-eiidly oblongj, entire aud shortly npieulate. 
3, Aden I A, Porsk. 
Scandeut, Leaves entire or palniilobed, usually with two or moi-e 
flat circular glauda on tho under Hitrface and with flimihir glands at the 
apex of the petiole. Cymes axillary, few or many-flowered, on lon;^ 
peduncles, one or more of which is sterile and tendril-like. Malk floweu: 
C?«^*/3- tubular or beIl-Rliaj>ed ; limb 5-lobed, lobes leathery, imbricate. 
Peiah 5, free, mcuibranons, 1-uerved, springing from the calyjt-tube, 
Oorma a ring of threads arising from near tlie bafie of the Ciilyx-tnbe, 
or wanting, G hinds of the disc 5, opiposite the sepfils, strap-shaped or 
capitate. Androecinm cup-sltaped, membranous beneath ; iilaments 5, 
linear-subulate; antbera linear-oblong, 2-CBlled. Ot-arj/ rudimentary or 
0. Female flowkr: Calyx and rarai/ti as in tho ra ale. OrjroKii a mem- 
branous fold, springing from near the base of the calyjc-tube, or none. 
Qlands of the disc 5, strap-shaped, capitate, opposite the sepals. Siami- 
nodes 5^ forming a membranous cup surrounding the base of the ovary, 
above dividing into barren filaments. Ovary globo.se or elliptic, .sef^sile 
or stalked; style dyliudrical or none; stigmas 3, capitate or fiat and 
dilated. Fruit capsular, 3-vaU'ed. Seeds numerous, attached by long 
fnuicles to parietal placentas. — Di.sTRtB. About 4^0 species, natives of 
the tropics of the Old World. 
