KEDAH: Derry 5531. PERAK: Scortechini 373, 1325; Derry 3705; Fox 129; King's Collector 2335, 3672, 6916, 7008; Wray 1023. SINGAPORE: Ridley.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, Celebes.

VAR. Teysmanni, King & Gamble. Ovary densely hairy; filaments hairy near the base, corolla yellow. R. Teysmanni, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 585; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 463.

PENANG: Maingay (K.D.) 1099, 10257; Curtis 530. PERAK: Wray 601, 623; King's Collector 3672.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java.

2. RHODODENDRON WRAYI, n. sp., King & Gamble. A bush; young branches as thick as a goose-quill, at first sparsely scaly, ultimately glabrous. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic or sub-obovate-elliptic, the apex sub-acute, the base rounded, the edges recurved when dry; upper surface dark-brown when dry, glabrous, the midrib much depressed; lower surface white, glaucous, with short hairs on the minute reticulations, the main-nerves, and the bold midrib; mainnerves 6 to 12 pairs, spreading, curved, rather dark-coloured and conspicuous on the lower surface, invisible on the upper; length 1.75 to 3.5 in.; breadth 85 to 15 in.; petioles 4 to 8 in. long, stout, scaly. Umbels terminal, 8- to 12-flowered, unequal, 5 to 75 in. long, scaly. Flower-buds enveloped in obovate-oblong apiculate bracts, the inner tomentose externally, the outer glabrous, all deciduous. Calyx cupular, 5-toothed, less than 1 in. deep. Corolla glabrous, white, tinged with pale pink and spotted in the throat, widely campanulate from a tubular base, about 1.25 in. long, and rather more in breadth at the mouth; lobes of the limb 5, broadly ovate, spreading. Stamens 10; filaments shorter than the corolla, glabrous; anthers oblong. Ovary hairy; style glabrous, longer than the stamens; stigma hemispheric, lobed. Capsule only 5 in. long and about half as much in diam., not apiculate, tomentose, ridged, 5-celled.

PERAK, at from 3,500 to 7,000 feet: Wray 322, 886, 1569; Scortechini.

3. RHODODENDRON PAUCIFLORUM, n. sp., King & Gamble. A small shrub, all parts except the inflorescence glabrous; young branches as thick as a crow-quill, smooth. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, rarely rotund-obovate, the apex broad, usually minutely retuse, the base much narrowed, the edges recurved; upper surface olivaceous, the lower brown when dry; the midrib stout and prominent on the lower surface, depressed on the upper (when dry); main-nerves 3 or 4 pairs, indistinct on both surfaces; length 6 to 1 in.; breadth 4 to 65 in.; petioles less than 1 in. long. Flowers 1 or 2, terminal; their pedicels pubescent, 25 to 6 in. long, with 1 or 2 loose sheathing deciduous bracts at their bases. Calyx cupular, about 1 in. long, obscurely toothed. Corolla

bright red, infundibuliform-campanulate, 2 to 3 in. wide at the throat and from 5 to 85 in. long; the limb spreading, 5 to 75 in. across, divided into 5, broad, blunt lobes, the tube 35 to 5 in. long. Capsule unknown.

PERAK, on Gunong Batu Pateh at an elevation of 4,500 feet: Wray 231; Scortechini 345в.

4. RHODODENDRON PERAKENSE, n. sp., King & Gamble. Epiphytic; a small shrub with very scaly young branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate or broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, much narrowed to the base, the edges recurved; upper surface olivaceous when dry, at first with a few large scales but ultimately glabrous, reticulate, the midrib depressed; lower surface dark brown, with persistent large dark scales in pits, the midrib very thick and prominent; main-nerves 2 (rarely 3) pairs, spreading, very prominent on the under surface, and, like the midrib, with persistent large dark scales; length 6 to 8 in.; breadth 3 to 4 in.; petioles about 1 in. long. Umbels terminal, 3- to 5-flowered, covered in bud by broad rounded deciduous bracts with ciliate edges; pedicels 25 to 3 in. long, slightly scaly. Flowers 35 to 4 in. long. Calyx shallow, cupular, its edges wavy. Corolla bright yellow, narrowly campanulate, the mouth with broad, slightly spreading lobes. Stamens not exserted; filaments glabrous, anthers short. Ovary sub-glabrous; style not exserted; stigma clavate, truncate. Capsule 3 in. long, dehiscing by 5 straight untwisted valves.

PERAK, at an elevation of 7,000 feet: Wray 1574.

5. RHODODENDRON SCORTECHINII, n. sp., King & Gamble. Shrubby, epiphytic or terrestrial, when the latter sometimes sub-arboreous; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, smooth, terete. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-rotund or obovate, the apex obtuse and sometimes faintly notched, the base cuneate, the edges recurved; upper surface dark olivaceous-brown when dry, glabrous, shining, depressed-reticulate; lower surface of a uniform warm brown, not reticulate, pitted and minutely scaly; main-nerves 4 to 6 pairs, spreading, depressed on the upper surface, and raised on the lower (sometimes very much so); midrib much depressed on the upper surface and prominent on the lower (when dry); length 1.25 to 2 in.; breadth .75 to 1.25 in.; petioles 1 to 15 in. long, scaly. Umbels terminal, 4- to 7-flowered; the pedicels unequal, 5 to 1 in. long (longer in fruit). Flowers about 75 in. long. Calyx short, cupular, with many rounded teeth. Corolla yellow (sometimes very pale), 75 in. long, widely funnel-shaped, the mouth about 6 in. across, with 5 deep, broadly ovate, slightly spreading lobes, the outer surface with many dark

coloured scales. Stamens about 8, slightly or not at all exserted; filaments glabrous; anthers elliptic, small. Ovary scaly; style slightly exserted, glabrous; stigma clavate-hemispheric, lobed. Capsule 5 in. long, scaly, shortly apiculate, 5-valved, the valves not twisted in. dehiscence.

PERAK, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet: Scortechini 401в, 753; Wray 311, 1572, 3840; Cantley.

6. RHODODENDRON JASMINIFLORUM, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4524. Usually epiphytic; a small shrub, only a few feet high; young branches somewhat less than half as thick as a goose-quill, glabrous. Leaves in whorls, thickly coriaceous, almost sessile, broadly elliptic to elliptic-rotund, the apex acute, the base rounded and minutely cordate; upper surface when dry pale olivaceous-brown, sometimes with a few small loose scales, the 5 to 7 pairs of spreading main-nerves slightly distinct and (like the midrib) depressed; the lower darker brown, not olivaceous, the nerves very faint but the midrib pale and prominent; length 1.25 to 3 in.; breadth 1 to 1·5 in.; petiole 1 in. long. Umbels terminal, 8- to 20-flowered; the pedicels filiform, 75 to 1 in. long, scaly and hairy; bracteoles membranous, broad, glabrous, 25 to 5 in. long. Calyx a shallow toothed cup, less than 1 in. deep. Corolla white, salver-shaped; the tube narrowly cylindric, sparsely scaly or glabrous outside, about 15 in. in diam. and 1.25 to 1.6 in. long (when dry); the limb one-third as long, spreading, with 5 deep, broad, obovate-obtuse or rotund lobes. Stamens 10, the filaments shortly exserted, thin, pubescent; anthers short, broad. Ovary 5-celled, pubescent; style longer than the corolla-tube, pubescent; stigma depressed-capitate, grooved. Capsule about 75 to 1 in. long, narrowly sub-cylindric, much apiculate, ridged, its valves recurved to the base and often twisted. Lemaire, Jard Fleur. t. 41; Illust. Hortic. (1859) t. 203; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 463; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1059.

MALACCA, on Mount Ophir : Griffith (K.D.) 3504; Maingay (K.D.) 701; Ridley. PERAK: Wray 1635; Scortechini; King's Collector 3586, 3645, 6909; Ridley 124.-DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra.

7. RHODODENDRON LONGIFLORUM, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. III. 88 with figure. Epiphytic; 3 to 6 feet high; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, densely scaly like the petioles. Leaves coriaceous, usually elliptic-oblong, sometimes elliptic or oblanceolate, sub-acute or acute, much narrowed to the base; upper surface when dry olivaceousbrown, coarsely and widely reticulate with broad black scales, especially on the depressed midrib, the 5 to 7 pairs of spreading main-nerves faint; lower surface brown, uniformly covered with black deciduous scales, ultimately glabrous; the main-nerves indistinct but the midrib

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