194 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Main nerves of leaves 4 to 6 pairs, inflorescence 

 adpressed-pubescent ; flowers "75 to 1 in., in 

 diam. ... ... ... ... 2. if. madahlota. 



1. HiPTAGE SERiCEA, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 419. A woody climber, 

 the branches and inflorescence more or less covered with soft brown, 

 villous pubescence ; lateral branchlets slender, short. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate or oblong, acuminate, glabrous ; main nerves about 4 pairs, ascend- 

 ing ; length 2 to 6 in., breadth 9 to 3 in., petiole *25 in. Bacevies 2 to 

 3*5 in. long, axillary and terminal, sometimes much crowded, minutely 

 tomentose or sericeous, many-flowered. Flowers "35 to "5 in. in diam., 

 pedicels thickened at the apex, "25 to '5 in. long. Petals clawed, the 

 odd. one much lobed, all more or less villous especially externally ; 

 central wing of carpel oblanceolate •obtuse, with a central ridge near 

 its base, 1"5 to 2 in. long, the lateral much smaller. H. parviflora, 

 Wight Cat. 358. Clerodendron sericeum, Wall. Cat. 1814, 



Penang : Wallich, King's collector, 'No. 1464. Singapore, Ridley. 

 Pahang, Ridley No 2386. Malacca, Griffith, Derry. Maingay, (Kew 

 Distrib.) No. 272. Perak, King's collector No. 4097. — Distkib. Burmah. 

 Gallatly, No. 890. 



This is a very variable plant as to leaves, some of the forms having 

 narrowly oblong, while othera have broadly elliptic leaves ; the nervation 

 is, however, alike in all. As regards vestiture there is also variation, 

 the inflorescence being in some villous, in others minutely tomentose or 

 pubescent. This must come very near, if it be not actually identical 

 with, H. javanica, Blume. The Burmese form of this species has not only 

 narrowly oblong leaves, but racemes 6 inches long and more slender 

 than in Malayan specimens. I propose to name it var. longe-racemosa. 



2. HiPTAGE MADABLOTA, Gsertn. Fruct. II, 169, t, 116. A glabrous 

 woody climber, the young parts and inflorescence hoary or adpressed- 

 tomentose, the branches stout. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, oblong 

 or ovate-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, the base rounded or cuneate, 

 both surfaces glabrous : main nerves 4 to 6 pairs, oblique, slightly pi^o- 

 minent beneath ; length 45 to 6 in., breadth r5 to 3 in., petiole "25 to 

 "4 in. Racemes 1 to 6 in. long, axillary, sometimes leafy, adpressed- 

 pubescent. Flowers • 75 to 1 in. in diam., fragrant. Sepals obtuse, less 

 than half as long as the petals. Petals fimbriate, the odd one dashed 

 with yellow. Fruit with three coriaceous spreading wings, the middle 

 one oblanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, the 2 lateral linear and half as 

 large. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 418 ; Kurz For. Flora Burma I, 173 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 585 ; DC. Prod. I, 583 ; W. and A. Prod. 107 ; 

 Wight 111, t. 50, Molina racemosa, Lamk. Diet. IV. 227 ; Cav. Diss. IX. 

 t. 263. Gsertnera racemosa, Roxb. Cor, PI. I. t. 18 ; Fl, Ind. II, 368. 

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