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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 />

paper*<br />

Figures in square brackets [ ] indicate <strong>the</strong> pagination <strong>of</strong> tlie original

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