stout and prominent; length 2.25 to 3.5 in.; breadth 8 to 1.5 in.; petioles 35 to 5 in. long, stout. Umbels terminal, 5- to 7-flowered; flowerpedicels 5 to 8 in. long, scaly or glabrous. Flowers about 2 in. long, glabrous outside, narrowly sub-campanulate, almost salver-shaped. Calyx small, cupular, with wavy edges, under 05 in. deep. Corolla red, infundibuliform; its tube about 25 in. wide near the base but expanding gradually to about 4 in. or more near the mouth, about three times as long as the broadly bluntly 5-lobed limb. Stamens 10, the filaments slender, pubescent, slightly exserted; anthers short, blunt. Ovary densely hairy like the style; stigma clavate. Capsule unknown. Fl. des Serres, V. p. 477-480F.

PERAK: Scortechini 385, 553, 1409; King's Collector 1864, 5181.DISTRIB. Borneo, Sumatra.

8. RHODODENDRON MALAYANUM, Jack in Mal. Misc. II. n. 7, 17. An erect straggling shrub, 3 to 15 feet high, all parts more or less glandular and scaly; young branches less than half as thick as a goosequill. Leaves narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, the apex and base acute or sub-acute, the edges recurved when dry; upper surface shining, glabrous, and olivaceous when dry, the 5 to 8 pairs of main-nerves faint, slightly depressed, the midrib much depressed and often scaly; the lower of a deep uniform brownish-cinereous colour and with numerous dark scales, the nerves obsolete but the midrib bold and prominent; length 1·75 to 3.25 in.; breadth 75 to 1.25 in.; petioles 4 to -6 in. long, covered with large black scales. Umbels terminal, 3- to 5flowered. Flowers 8 in. long, their pedicels 25 to 35 in. long, slender, scaly. Calyx cupular, 5-toothed, less than 05 in. deep. Corolla red, glabrous, 8 in. long (when dry), salver-shaped, the tube about 2 in. in diam. when dry, about 6 in. long, the limb about 5 in. across when dry, with 5 broad, blunt, cuneate lobes. Stamens 10, their filaments glabrous. Ovary 5-celled; style slightly exserted from the throat of the corolla, glabrous; stigma clavate. Capsule about 1 in. long, slender, ridged, the valves much recurved, twisted. Hook. Journ. Bot. I. 369; DC. Prod. VII. 725; Bot. Mag. t. 6045; Beccari Malesia, I. 205; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 463. R. tubiflorum and R. celebicum, DC. 1.c. 725; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 44, t. 2AB; Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1059. R. lampongum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 585. Vireya tubiflora and V. celebica, Blume Bijdr. 855, 854.

MALACCA: on Mount Ophir, 4,000 ft., Griffith (K.D.) 3503; Maingay (K.D.) 702; Wray; Kurz. PERAK: Scortechini 385, 2336; Wray 614; King's Collector 3227, 8076. PENANG: Ridley 125. SELANGOR: Ridley 7557.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java.

9. RHODODENDRON DUBIUM, n. sp., King & Gamble. A shrub or small

tree; young branches rather thinner than a goose-quill, pale brown when dry, slightly pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblongelliptic, the apex sub-acute, narrowed from about the middle to the acute or rounded base; both surfaces dull brown when dry and minutely reticulate, the lower pale; main-nerves 15 to 18 pairs, slightly curved, spreading, indistinct on the upper surface, rather distinct on the lower; the midrib very bold and prominent on the lower surface, faint and depressed on the upper; length 3.5 to 6 in.; breadth 1 to 2 in.; petiole 75 to 1 in. long, stout. Umbels shortly stalked, 3- to 8-flowered; flower-pedicels unequal, 75 to 1.35 in. long, stout, glabrous. Flowers unknown. Calyx cupular, 1 in. deep, the mouth wavy. Ovary densely rufescent-pubescent. Capsule 4 to 7 in. long, rusty-pubescent, very slightly ridged, dehiscing by 5 straight valves, crowned by the persistent pubescent style.

367.

PERAK, at an elevation of 3,400 feet: Wray 233, 460: Scortechini

5. PERNETTYOPSIS, King & Gamble, nov. gen.

Small rigid epiphytic shrubs. Leaves alternate, on short hispid petioles, minutely sub-crenulate, coriaceous, persistent. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, with 2 (rarely 3) rather large bracts at their bases forming an involucre; pedicels decurved in fruit. Calyx larger than the corolla, rotate, deeply 5-partite, persistent and unchanged in fruit. Corolla urceolate or ovoid, glabrous, the mouth constricted and with 5 short reflexed teeth. Stamens 10, free, included, the filaments slightly attached by their somewhat dilated bases to the bottom of the corolla-tube. Anthers short, inappendiculate at the back or base, oblong, the apices prolonged into 2 long porously dehiscing tubes. Ovary faintly 5-lobed, 5-celled; style columnar; stigma simple; ovules numerous, the placentas on the inner angles of the loculi. Berry globose, 5-celled. Seeds minute, compressed, numerous, angled; testa crustaceous.-DISTRIB. Species 2, both Malayan.

1. PERNETTYOPSIS MALAYANA, n. sp., King & Gamble. Epiphytic; a bush a foot or two in height; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, sparsely clothed near their apices with flat adpressed black bristles less than 1 in. long. Leaves thickly coriaceous, rotund, obovate to elliptic, the apex broad, minutely apiculate, the base slightly narrowed; upper surface olivaceous-brown when dry, shining, the midrib and main-nerves deeply depressed, the reticulations less so; lower

surface pale dull-brown, with sparse pits, each bearing a short adpressed dark hair, the edges wavy, sub-serrate and adpressed-ciliate; mainnerves 2 or 3 pairs, curving upwards and inwards and interarching, thick but faint on the lower surface; length 1-25 to 2 in.; breadth 75 to 1.35 in.; petioles 1 to 2 in., adpressed-bristly. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 4 or 5 in. long, axillary, pedicellate, the pedicels 3 to 4 in. long, twice as long (or more) in fruit, densely rustytomentose and recurved when young, erect and less woolly when old. Involucral bracts usually 2, thick, about 2 in. long, broad, glabrous inside, rusty-tomentose outside. Calyx larger than corolla, rotate, deeply divided into 5 lanceolate, somewhat spreading, lobes; rustytomentose outside and sub-glabrous inside. Corolla a little shorter than the calyx, glabrous, ovoid-globular, its mouth contracted and with 5 short reflexed teeth. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, and inserted near its base; anthers oblong, broad, cordate and inappendiculate at the base; the apex prolonged into 2 white apically porous tubes; filaments short, bent. Ovary sub-globular, laxly and deciduously tomentose, 5-celled; ovules numerous, oblong-concave, attached by the middle to the axillary placentas; style cylindric, slightly grooved, twice as long as the corolla. Fruit a berry with scanty pulp, blue when ripe, the seeds red.

PERAK, at elevations of about 6,500 feet, on the summit of Gunong Batu Pateh: Scortechini 402; Wray 312.

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2. PERNETTYOPSIS SUB-GLABRA, sp., King & Gamble. A small, rigid, epiphytic shrub; young stems slightly thicker than a crow-quill, with a few adpressed bristles near the ends, otherwise glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, sub-rotund to elliptic-rotund, minutely apiculate; upper surface dull-brown, minutely reticulate, glabrous, the lower reddish-brown, with a few small adpressed hairs with black bases; main-nerves 3 or 4 pairs, curving upwards, deeply depressed on the upper surface like the midrib, less so on the lower; the edges minutely sub-serrate and sparsely adpressed-ciliate; length 8 to 1.5 in.; breadth 75 to 1.25 in.; petiole 15 to 25 in. long, adpressedbristly. Bracts under the flower 2 or 3, broad, rusty-pubescent externally like the pedicel. Calyx longer than the corolla, rotate, with 5 deep lanceolate spreading lobes, glabrous except the rustypubescent tips. Corolla, stamens, ovary, and style as in P. malayana. Fruit unknown.

PERAK, at elevations of 5,000 feet: Scortechini 752; King's Collector 7407.

Order LXVII. MONOTROPEÆ.

[By D. PRAIN.]

Leafless, erect, white or coloured root-parasites; stems herbaceous, scaly, simple or forked. Flowers solitary on the stem or branches, regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals usually resembling the scales, 2 to 6, often deciduous. Petals 3 to 6. Stamens 6 to 12, hypogynous, 2-seriate; filaments filiform or flattened; anthers 2-celled, or by confluence. 1-celled. Ovary superior, globose or fusiform, 1- to 6-celled; style cylindric, stigma peltate; ovules very many on axial or parietal placentas. Fruit capsular, loculicidally 4- to 6-valved, or indehiscent and baccate. Seeds very many, minute; testa often loosely saccate; embryo very minute, solid.-DISTRIB. Genera 9, in dense woods, mostly in temperate regions, all in the northern hemisphere.

1. CHEILOTHECA, Hook. fil.

Small herbs, with erect, simple or forked, white or coloured stems; branches 1-flowered. Sepals 3 to 5, narrowly oblong like the uppermost stem-scales. Petals 3, erect, obtuse. Stamens 6; anthers linear, cells 2, confluent at the apex, dehiscing by marginal slits or pores. Ovary fusiform, 1-celled, narrowed into the cylindric style; stigma globose-conic, usually slightly lobed; placentas 6, parietal, 2-fid, the segments covered throughout by numerous ovules. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, baccate.-DISTRIB. Species 2, Indo-Chinese and Malayan.

1. CHEILOTHECA MALAYANA, Scort. in Hook. fil. Icon. Plant., XVI. t. 1564. A root-parasite in dense forest; stem herbaceous, erect, simple or 2- to 3-forked, 6 to 9 in. high, stoutish. Scales ovate-oblong, obtuse, imbricated, gradually increasing upwards, lurid purple (Scortechini) or waxy white (Kunstler). Flowers terminal on stem and branches, 1 in. long, hidden inside the uppermost scales, and bright yellow (Kunstler), or with the tips of the petals exserted and white (Scortechini). Sepals 5, resembling the uppermost scales, imbricate, linear-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, glabrous. Petals 3, rather larger than the sepals, rounded-cucullate at the apex, externally glabrous, internally more or less pilose. Stamens 6, filaments puberulous or pilose, alternately somewhat shorter and longer; anthers short, innate, hippocrepiform, cells confluent at apex, dehiscing by marginal pores. Ovary narrowly fusiform; stigma obscurely 4-lobed; placentas 6, parietal. Fruit white, fleshy, baccate, 75 in. across, tipped by the persistent remains of the stout style. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXXIII. 2, 205.

PERAK, in heavy jungle at about 3,500 feet elevation: Scortechini ; Kunstler 2715.

According to the field notes recorded by these two careful collectors the specimens gathered by Kunstler differ from those obtained by Scortechini; in the latter the scales were lurid purple and the flowers were white, in the former the scales were waxy white and the flowers bright yellow. The petals in Kunstler's plant are sparingly hirsute within and the anthers are nearly twice as long. In other respects, however, the two plants are identical, and the doubt that one feels in connection with the two is not so much as to whether they are conspecific, as it is as to whether this Malayan Cheilotheca be really specifically separable from the species from the Khasia Hills upon which Hooker originally based the very distinct genus Cheilotheca. The only very tangible differences are that in the Khasia plant only 3 to 4 scales can be with propriety considered sepals, whereas in the Malayan one the number of sepals, as apart from the upper scales or bracts, is 5; and that in the Khasia plant the anthers are long, like linear lips on each side of the connective, whereas in the Malayan.plant the anthers are much shorter and distinctly hippocrepiform. The fruit appears to be quite indehiscent, and thus deviates from the fruit in other genera of Monotropea, which, so far as is known, is always loculicidally dehiscent.

Order LXVIII. EPACRIDEÆ.

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, rarely sub-opposite or pseudo-verticillate, articulated with the branches, sometimes fascicled or imbricate, coriaceous or rigid, persistent, entire, with parallel longitudinal nerves; ex-stipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary and axillary or terminal, spicate or racemose, generally white or red; usually bracteate and usually 2-bracteolate, the bracteoles similar to the sepals. Calyx 4- to 5-partite, the segments coriaceous, striate, imbricate, persistent. Corolla 4- to 5-fid, monopetalous, deciduous or sometimes marcescent; the tube short or long, often cylindric or funnel-shaped ; the lobes short or long, erect, patent or recurved, imbricate or valvate, persistent. Stamens 5, rarely 4, hypogynous or epipetalous, the filaments short or long, filiform or flattened, free; the anthers dorsifixed, oblong, dehiscing along their whole length by a single slit, 1-celled or spuriously 2-celled. Disk cupular, annular or of simple or bifid scales equal in number to the carpels. Ovary globose or ovoid, 1- to 10celled; style terminal, short or long, filiform; stigmas punctiform, discoid or lobulate, sometimes annular or indusiate; ovules in each cell solitary, pendulous, rarely erect; or many on a central placenta. Fruit drupaceous, with 2 to 5 1-seeded pyrenes; or a many-seeded capsule. Seeds small, with fleshy albumen, testa membranaceous; embryo axile, orthotropous, smooth; cotyledons short; radicle elongate, near the hilum.-DISTRIB. About 320 species, nearly all Australian, a few in