Aspidopterys .] xxvm. malpighiacEjE. 3 2 9 
glabrous; stigmas capitate. Samaras i to 3 orbicular or oblong, 
thin membranous. Seed oblong. Species 15, tropical Asia. 
(1) A. concava Juss. in Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. iii. 509; Hook, 
fil. F.B.J. i. 420; King, l.c. 195. Hiraea concava Wall. PI. As. 
Rar. i. 13. 
Stout long liane. Leaves thin ovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, 
base blunt, glabrous; nerves 4 to 6 pairs, 3 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 
2 - 3 in. wide; petioles '5 to ‘65 in. long. Panicles of peduncled 
umbels 1*5 in. long, slender; pedicels '2 in. long. Flowers white 
•2 in. across. Samaras 3 orbicular ovate thin membranous veined 
1 in. long and wide, nucleus winged. Hab. In forests. Singapore, 
Bukit Mandai; Selitar. Malacca, Bukit Bruang; Merlimau. 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Penang, Government Hill to 100 ft. 
altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
4. BRACHYLOPHON, Oliver. 
Erect glabrous shrubs with subcoriaceous leaves and terminal 
racemes of yellow flowers. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5 obovate 
obtuse. Stamens 10 all perfect, alternate shorter; filaments 
longer than anthers, which open by pores. Ovary 3- to 4-lobed 
and 3- to 4-celled; styles 3 to 4 slender; ovules 1 in each cell 
pendulous anatropous. Fruit of 3 cocci keeled along the back, 
the top produced with a very short wing-like process. Species 1, 
Malay Peninsula. 
(1) B. Curtisii Oliv. Ic. Pl. t. 1566; King, l.c. 197. B. Scorte- 
chinii King, l.c. 197. 
An erect shrub 3 to 5 ft. or small tree about 20 ft. tall or less. 
Leaves membranous to coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 
narrowed to both ends, 7 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; nerves 7 to 
15 pairs; petioles ‘i in. long. Racemes elongating to 1 in. or 
more, with lanceolate acuminate persistent bracts, many-flowered. 
Pedicels slender 1*2 to 1-5 in. long. Sepals obtuse. Petals -4 in. 
long. Fruit *4 in. long reticulate. Sepals and filaments persistent. 
Hab. Perak, Sungei Larut (Wray). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
var. Hullettii Ridl. B. Hullettii King, l.c. 196. 
Leaves more coriaceous finely nerved and conspicuously reticu¬ 
late. Small tree. Hab. Malacca. Mt. Ophir at 3000 ft. altitude 
in woods on. the bank of the stream (Hullett). 
Order XXIX. OXALIDACE/E. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or whorled, usually 
pinnate. Stipules 2. Inflorescence axillary umbelled or cymose 
or racemose, regular or nearly so. Sepals 5. Petals 5 hypo- 
gynous, imbricate. Stamens usually 10; filaments more or less 
connate. Ovary 3- to 5-lobed, 3- to 5-celled; styles 3 to 5 usually 
