1902.] G, Kmg —Mateiuds for a Flora of iJiQ Malmjau Peninsula. bo 
diani, Seeits brondly obloiit^^ compressed, foveoliito with a row of slioi t 
m*iiflting grooves round the edgea, Modeccn popttUfoUa, Blnme Rum- 
phia, I6S t. 50. M. populifolia, B). : Maatem in Hoiyk. fil. Fl. Br. hul, 
Il» 60;^ (amf*7i'g)!t impffrfecfly hmvji species), 
Malacca ; Maiugaif (K.D.) 668. Perak ; Scortechini 1609 j King's 
Collector, many Nos, 
Blume describes and fignres hia Moilccca ^pulifolia plant ita tofcramerous and 
afl this exactly agrefiS both with hia test and flpfure, exeispt in being jKMitanicruus, 
J i-ogard it J»9 a variety. There are in nprl>. Galouttfl, specitnous from I'orak witliout 
fiawcr or fruit, of what app^^aia to be a 3-labed form of thia. 
5. AiiENiA ACUMINATA, King. Skitis slendei*, sfciiate. Leaves suh- 
coruiccoaa, ovate-r>l>]ong or rotmid-ovate, the base usually nar rowed 
but sometimes fltib-cordate always bi-glanduJar ; the apex shortly and 
abruptly acuminate; the Becondary nerves and reticuhLtions diHtinct 
on both surfaces when dry bat especiaHj on the lower; main-nerves 
2 or Bometimea 3 pairs, originating from the midrib near its base, ail 
prominent: length 4 to 6 in, ; bieadth 2 to 4 in. ; petiole '75 to 1"35 in. 
long. Pedimchs usually nearly as long as tlie leaves but sometimcf* 
mack shorter^ bearing a few short many-flowered spreading brancbeK 
at tbe apex and often a short tendril. I^Iale flower naiTowly ovoid, '25 
to "3 in. long. Calyx leatfiery with 6 short ovate-lanceolate lobes, 
Feiah thick, oblong, acute, spi'inging from the calyx-tube above the 
middle. Glands small, lanceolate. Anthers linear, sub-acute, erect, tho 
filaments short. Female flower larger than the males {"4 in. long), 
tubular, swollen in the lower third. 0«^i/a:-?o//« veiy short, broad, bltint, 
incurved, Pefdi** narrowly oblong, sub-acute, incurved. Ovary fusiform. 
Fruit fusiform, dull, reddish when dry, about 2 in. long and '75 in. 
'n diam. at the middle. Saeds compressed, subrotund, boldly pitted 
in the centre and with a marginal row of radiating grooves on each 
side, slightly oblique and pointed at the base. Modeccu acuminafaj 
BUime Bijdr. 940 ; Miq. PI. lud. Bat. I, Ft. 1,702. M. singaporeana. 
Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Bi*. Ind. II, COl {in part). 
Perak; Scortechini 254, 459, 629; Wray 498, 17i5; Ridley 9462, 
9632 ; King*s CoUector, many numbers. Sulakgor; Ridley 7288. 
Malacca,; Goodrich 1340, — DlsTfUB. ; Java, Sumatra, (Beccari P.S. 743). 
6- AoEfftA singapoup:ana, Engl, in Jahrb. XIV, 376, ^/ems slender^ 
striate. Leavps subooriaceous, oblong to ovato-oblong, cuneatc and bi- 
glandular at tho base, the apex siib-acute or shortly and bluntly acumi- 
nate; both surfaces smooth, opaque^ tho lower very pate, the secondary 
nerves and rotieulations very indistinct on both ; main-ncpvcs S pairs, 
the lower two pairs bold and aHccoding, the upper pair less bold 
and sproad(fig; length 3*5 to 4"5 in. j breadth 1*75 to 2 :2o in. ; pefiolo 
