1902.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Petmisiila, 53 
entire, narrowly elMpiic-obloTig or IfinReoTate ; the base rminclpil aiicl 
miniitoty bi-glandtilar, slit?iitly peltate; tlie npex ncniminaC-p^ rarely 
abruptly acute; both suffatres shining; maiii-nervea only about 4 pairs, 
iiiterai-ching broadly atul far from t-ho edge. ; intormediato nerves 
horizontal ; retinalations wide ; length 2 5 to 4 in. ; width '0 to I '8 in. ; 
petiole "4 to "8 in., compressed, tiot enlarged at tlic base. Peditneles 
longer than the petioles but much shorter than the leaves, bearing a 
filiform tendril and only one or two flowers. Flowers rattier less than 
'5 in. long, j^Tcen. Femalk flow kr unknown, Malb flower '4 to '5 in, long 
Calyse. campanulate, deeply divided into 5 linear-oblong, subacute, much 
reflexed lobes, Pefah shorter than the calyx and inserted into it below 
the middle> menibmnoua, reticulate, oblanceolate, their apices truncate 
and broad. Glmuls short, oblong, trnncate. Anthers about eqnal to the 
petals, oblong, obtuse, cordate at the bnse; tlio filaments united into 
a wide tube. Fruif: elliptic-oblong, tapered to each end, from 1*5 to 
2'3 in, long, and '75 in. in diam., reddish when dry, smooth. SmZsmuch 
compressed, sub-orblcular, with a few shallow pits in the centre, and 
a row of short depressed radiating grooves round the edge, the aril 
very thin, Modecca nicobarietij Kurz in Trimen'g Journ, Bofc, for 1875, 
p. 327 ; Mast, in Hook. fiL Fl. Br. Ind. 11, 603. 
Anoabiak and Nicobar Islands ; not uncommon. Malacca ; Maingay 
(Kew Distrib.) 670, Perak; Wray 651, 2781; King's Collector 2m ; 
Scorieehini 633 ; RifUey J 0280, Pknang ; Ourfis 1521. 
A species d^aUngnished by its entire oblong loaves minutely peltate at the base, 
by ita long narrow reflexed cAlyx-lobes, and^by its roUnid seeds with Jjimiioii; pita 
in the centre and i-adinting grooves at the edgoa. 
3. AniiSlA CARDiOPFiVLLA, Engl, in Jabrb. XIV, .176. llatlier stout, 
glabrous. Stems almost terete. Leaver membranou.s, remofce, broadly 
orate, rotund- ovate, sometimes almost sub-reniforni, tfie base deeply 
cordate, the anricles rounded; tlie apex with a short triangular point ; 
both Hurfaces smooth ; the lower with numerous distinct retioulation.s ; 
raain-nerves about 0, radiating from the ba^e ; the secondary nerves 
Sub-horiKonfcal, numerous ; length 5 to 9 in. ; breadth 3 5 to 7-o in. ; petiole 
2 to 4*5 in. long, not thickened at the base but with 2 sessile glands at 
the apex. Fed?tncles 4 to 6 in, long, longer than the petioles, with several 
widely-sprea<1ingcymose branches and usually one tendril. Malk flower 
narrowly ovoid, -2 in. long. Cti/i/a; leathery, spotted inside, the mouth 
with bhint short teeth, Petuls thin, broadly oblong-lanceolate, sub- 
acute, spotted, their apices lefel with tliose of the teeth of the calyx, 
tlieir bases inserted about tlie middle of the calyx-tube. Glands short, 
oblong-cnneifoim. Anthem linear-ovate, acute, the filaijrents united into 
a tube inserteil into the fundus of (lie calyx. Female PI.OWEH twice aa 
