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igi5.] H. N. Ridley: Mount Menuang Casing. 3<br />
<strong>the</strong>re is every evidence that Mount Ophir was never connected<br />
with <strong>the</strong> main chain <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> peninsula, or at least not during<br />
<strong>the</strong> period <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> evolution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> flora now found on <strong>the</strong><br />
mountains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> central main range.<br />
The novelties and additions to our flora are mostly <strong>of</strong><br />
peninsular types, but <strong>of</strong> more special interest are <strong>the</strong> Javanese<br />
Orchid, Physums hunit lis, Forrestia glabrata (Indo-<strong>Malay</strong>a), and<br />
<strong>the</strong> Indian Pratia begonicefolia, which, however, was recently<br />
obtained on Gunong Kerbau, in Perak ; while among <strong>the</strong> new<br />
species, Oheronia grandis, probably <strong>the</strong> biggest species in this<br />
large genus, <strong>the</strong> remarkable Blastus pulverulentus, and <strong>the</strong> new<br />
Balanophora are <strong>the</strong> most noteworthy.<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Plants collected.<br />
POLYPETAL^.<br />
MAGNOLIAQEiE.<br />
1. Illicium cambodianum, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xiv.<br />
(1876)240, [287]*<br />
The flowers ra<strong>the</strong>r smaller than usual, and <strong>the</strong> petals not<br />
ciliate on <strong>the</strong> edge.<br />
Distrih. Common on all <strong>the</strong> hills at about 4,000 feet<br />
elevation.<br />
ANONACEiE.<br />
2. GoNiOTHALAMUS CuRTisii, King, in Journ. As. Soc.<br />
Beng. Ixi. (1892) ii. 75 {Mat. Fl. Mai. Pen. i. 324) [287].<br />
Distrib. Selangor and Perak.<br />
3. Unona filipes, 7?/^/.,^n. sp. [287].<br />
Arbor io-12-pedcdis, glabra, cortice nigro. Folia elliptica,<br />
acuta, basibus rotundatis, tenuiter coriacea, superne viridia,<br />
subtus glauca, 19 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, nervorum 15 paribus,<br />
petiolis I cm. longis. Flores singuli, axillares, kermesini vel<br />
brunnei, pedicellis filiformibus ad 38 cm. longis. Sepala parva,<br />
deltoideo-ovata, acuta, 3 mm. longa. Petala elongata, linearia,<br />
a basi latiore acuminata, ad apices spiraliter torta,angustissima,<br />
15 cm. longa, ad basin 9 mm. lata. Stamina an<strong>the</strong>ris oblongis<br />
apicibns late triangulariovatis. Pistilln- lageniformia, dense<br />
pilis rufis tecta. Carpella matiira ellipsoidea, 8 mm. longa, 5<br />
mm. lata, brevissime apiculata, stipitibus i cm. longis.<br />
Also in Perak (Scorfechini, 342)<br />
; Larut, 2,500 to 3,000 feet<br />
alt., 10 to 20 feet tall: flower brown, fruit glossy-green with<br />
brown tinge (King's Collector, 5291). Hill garden, mediumsized<br />
tree, flowers crimson {Wray, 609).<br />
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