Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 103 



(Hullett) ; Pahang : Pulau Tawar, and Kota Glanggi (Ridley), Kluang 

 Terbang (Barnes 10,899); Selangor: Bukit Kutu (Ridley); Perak : 

 Larut Hills (King's Coll. 1961, 4108) ; Penang Hill (Ridley) ; Kedah : 

 Gunong Jerai (Ridley 5553). 



In woods and forests up to an altitude of 4000 feet. Native names 

 " Dawi-Dawi," " Dedawi," " Sadawi." Used as an aphrodisiac. A 

 very variable little shrub in the size and breadth of leaves. Endemic. 



2. S. MYOSOTIFLORA, A. De C. Monogr. Smilax 65. A slender climb- 

 er on bushes and low trees. Stem smooth four-angled. Leaves dark 

 green herbaceous shining oblong ovate or lanceolate caudate acuminate 

 three-nerved, finely reticulate 4 to 6 inches long £ to 3 inches wide 

 base cuneate to cordate, petiole twisted i to ^ inch long, sheath short 

 ribbed tendrils long slender. Peduncle slender an inch long, pedicels 

 nearly i inch. Flowers numerous in a globose umbel, green, male 

 flowers. Sepals ovate obtuse. Petals narrower lanceolate. Stems 6. 

 Anthers oblong nearly sessile. Female flowers nearly £ inch across. 

 Sepals and petals as in male, globose. Style broadly linear. Stigmas 

 broad obcuneate. Berry globose I inch long 1 or 2 seeded. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 303. S. exte?isa, Wall. Cat. (in part). 



Singapore : Garden jungle (Ridley 6050); Johor: Gunong Panti 

 (Ridley) ; Malacca : Bukit Sabukor (Ridley 1525), Mount Ophir; Negri 

 Sembilan : Gunong Angsi (Ridley) ; Perak : Bindings, Lumut (Ridley), 

 Larut Hills (King's Coll. 2748), Gopeng (King's Coll. 4805, 5802), Ulu 

 Slim (10,687), Selama (King's Coll. 3137) ; Penang : (Porter Wall. Cat. 

 5126 A) ; Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Ridley). 



A low climber in woods to an altitude of 4000 feet. Native 

 name " Akar Ali." The roots chewed as an aphrodisiac. Endemic. 



3. S. LAEVIS, Wall. Cat. 5116, A. De C. Monogr. Smilax 56. A 

 slender unarmed climber. Leaves dark green coriaceous lanceolate or 

 ovate lanceolate acute, nerves 3 free to the base, 2 or 4 inches long 1 

 inch wide, petiole twisted £ inch long base dilated. Peduncle to 1 

 inch long unbranched. Basal bracts ovate coriaceous. Umbels small 

 £ inch across. Flowers very small greenish white, pedicels slender, J 

 inch long. Sepals and petals linear obtuse. Stamens 6, filaments 

 linear very little longer than the oblong obtuse anthers. Fruit small 

 less than £ inch long, pedicel i inch. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 803. 

 S. oxpyhylla Kunth. Enum. V. 239. 



Malacca : Mount Ophir (Griffith 5450) ; Perak : Gunong Keledang 

 (Ridley 9571), Larut Hills (Fox H. B. Singap. 10,684), (King's Coll 

 4140), Gunong Bubu (Wray 3837) ; Penang Hill (Wallich 5116), (King's 

 Coll. 1320, 5200), (Ridley 9333); Kedah: Gunong Jerai (Ridley). 

 Distrib. China. 



On trees and shrubs at an altitude of 2500 feet to 5000 feet. De 

 Candolle I.e. makes the Ophir plant above quoted, a variety under the 



