56 G, King ^Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No, 1, 
'5 to 1-5 ill. long. Peduncles alxmt lon<^ as tlie petiole, fow*flowered. 
MaU jiowers (/wie Masters) " -^S in. long, elongate, fusiform, Cahjx- 
IpHthery, shortly 5-lobed ; lobes ovat«, conniVent (? always}. Pefah 
thick, leathery, oblong-acute, spi iugiiig from the catyx-tuho jnst beneath 
tlie throat. Corona none (?). Glands of the disc 5, small, oblong, at 
the ba^e of the ealj^^i-tube, oppoaife to its lobes. Siamem ^ ; antherH 
sub-sessile, erect, linear ; connective loni,% thread-like. Rudimenfary omnj 
fusiform. Frnit '2 in. long, ^^labrous, fusiform." Seeds compressed, sub- 
ovoid, obliquely contracted to a»borfc pothisfierm, the centre boldly tnber- 
cled, the edges with a row of broad gi-ooves the tuberele;? between wbit-h 
ou the extreme margin are Ijuld and sonie of tbem black. Fassijlora 
singaporeanaf Wall, Cat. It3i. Modecca dnyap<ireana^ Mastci^ in Uook. 
fih Fl. Br. Ind. 11, 6UL 
Singapore J Wallich. JoaoiiK ; King, Malacca; Maingay (K,D.) 
067. — DisTKiB. Java. 
A specJoB badly repreaeiited in colleGtitms aiid miitinder-'*tood. It ia bi^isecl in> 
the plant coUofitod by WiiJlicli at SingRpore and isBiied by him under his Cat. No. 
1232 anJ named Pa&sijUva Bingaporeaua. With tlib fiffreo absolutely a pbint coilectoci 
by Mr. IluUetb and myself at Jaffai'ia (in JobtireJ iilBo amne Hpecitnona eullouLcd by Mr. 
H. O, Forbes in the Preanger tn Java {Herb, Forbes Maingny collected nt 
Bi[:daeciipix Bpecimensof a Jtf"(jrfeccci atll uf vfhich in Herb, Kew. are juimed JW. aiitfju- 
pnreana. In ray opinion five of these belorif^^ to M, acmninutaf BL I have seen no 
timviira of M. simj'ipo eana mnd the account of them j^ivon above ie copied voibatim 
from Maatera. The leaves iire very &paqne and of a didt pale colour beneath, and 
the nerves are very faint. The fruit is slightly shorter than tbat of M, acuminala, 
Bl. of which Bpeciea tbia is 1 fear little nioio thaa a form. 
Order LII. BEGONIACEI^. 
Sttocnlent herbs or nndershrubs ; stem often rhizomatoas or tuber- 
eraus. Leaves alternate (sometimes falsely whorled ), more or less un- 
equal-sided, ontirc, toothed or lobed ; stipules 2, free^ frequently deci- 
duous. Pednnclcs axillary, dichotomously cymose^ the branches and 
bracts at their divisions generally opposite. Flowers white ruse or 
yellow, showy, sometimes small, monoecious. Malk -. perianth (of the 
only Indian genus) of 2 oater vallate opposite sepaloid segments, and 
2-0 inner smaller segments ; stamens indefinite often very many, free 
or monadelplious, anthers narrowly obovoid. FeiiALi-: r perianth (of the 
only Indian genus) of 5-2 aegments. Orary inferior (in Hildebrandia 
lialf-snpcrior), '2-3-4-celled ; placentas vertical, axile (at the lime of 
lustivation), divided or simple; styles 2-4, free or combined at tlie base, 
Ktigmas branched or tortuous ; ovules very many. Fruit capsular, more 
rarely succulent, often v^ingod, variously debiticing or irregularly broak- 
iiig up. Seeds very many, minute, globose or narrow- cylimlricj testa 
