106 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



9. S. BARBATA, Wall. Cat. 5125. A. De C. Monogr. Smilax 196. 

 Sterns long and stout nearly half an inch through terete covered with 

 red or whitish bristles, mixed with conic thorns. Leaves ovate cuspi- 

 date, base usually broad, coriaceous dark green above, white beneath, 

 ribs 5 connate above the base nervules strongly reticulate, 6-8 inches 

 long 3 to 6 inches wide, petiole stout H inch long sheath swollen 

 bristly with a pair of simple tendrils reddish 6 to 8 inches long. Pedun- 

 cles bristly li inch long spreading 5 branched. Bracts at base 2 ovate 

 stiff coriaceous. Pedicels £ inch long, to \ inch long (in part). Um- 

 bels in flower £-f inch across. Male flowers green. Sepals linear 

 oblong. Petals narrower. Stamens 6, filaments long narrow linear. 

 Anther oblong. Female flowers perianth as in male. Staminodes 3, 

 minute tooth-like. Ovary globose. Styles 3 linear recurved. Fruit 

 globose dark red as large as a pea ± inch through, 2 seeded. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit, Ind. VI. 306. S. setosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 610. 



Singapore : (Wallich 5125), Tanglin, Jurong, Bukit Timah (Ridley 

 4811, 8043, 4760) (King 1141); Malacca : Sungei Hudang (Derry 33), 

 Aver Panas (Goodenough 1550 ; Perak : Larut Hills (Ridley) to 2000 

 feet alt. Distrib. Banca. 



Very common in thickets in Singapore. Native names " Akar 

 Banok," " Akar Kuranting Jantan." 



10. S. LEUCOPHYLLA, Blume Enum. 18. A stout species. Stem 

 woody subterete more or less thorny. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or 

 oblong cuspidate base rounded dark green above glaucous beneath ribs 

 3 strong connate above the base 6 to 11 inches long, 3 to 6 inches 

 wide, petiole about an inch long, sheath large and dilated, tendrils 

 rather slender. Common peduncle short about an inch long branches 

 3 or 4 slender H inch long, thicker and twice as long in fruit. Umbels 

 ^-1 inch across, pedicels slender k inch long. Buds in male clavate 

 cylindric. Petals and sepals linear narrow. Stamens with slender 

 filaments and linear anthers. Fruit globose nearly half an inch through 

 grey. A. De C. Monogr. Smilax 200. Kunth. Enum. V. 250. Hook fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 313. 



Singapore: Tanglin; Bukit Mandai (Ridley 10,413); Johor : 

 Pulau Dayong <Feilding); Selangor : Bukit Hitam 'Ridley 1972); 

 Perak : Larut Hills (King's Collector 3669), Chanderiang (King's Coll- 

 ector 5719); Penang : Penara Bukit (Curtis 1145). Distrib. Java, 

 Borneo, Cochin-China. 



Common in the low country of the Peninsula and up to 5000 

 feet elevation on Kinabalu (Haviland). 



U.S. ASPERICAULIS, Wall. Cat. 5129. A. De C. Monogr. Smi- 

 lax 195. Stems terete scabrid unarmed or thorny. Leaves oblong or 

 linear oblong bases rounded or cuneate, thin, 3 nerved above the base 

 2 to 8 inches long, 2 to 3 inches wide, petiole \ to 1 inch long. Umbels 



