Tetracera.] ii. dilleniace^, 5 



long, 5-5 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Panicle lateral or terminal, 

 over I ft. long, velvety, flowers peduncled. Sepals 5, ovate, 

 sub-acute, ribbed and tomentose, -5 in. long. Petals as long, nar- 

 rower. Follicles ovoid, glabrous, with a slender curved beak. Hab. 

 Perak, no locality (Scortechini), very rare, only once collected. 



If, as Scortechini says, this is a tree, it is the only one in the genus. The 

 specimens somewhat resemble T. macrophylla Wall., but the whole inflor- 

 escence is velvety. 



(3) T. lucida Wall. Cat. 6631. T. euryandra Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 32 {not Vahl) King, I.e. 362. 



Woody climber, young parts pubescent. Leaves stiff, obovate 

 to oblong obtuse, entire, lower ones large, 6 in. long, 2-5 in. 

 wide, upper ones crowded, i in. long and as wide, apex truncate 

 or rounded, base broad ; nerves 5 pairs ; above glabrous, beneath 

 strigose on midrib and nerves ; petioles -i in. long, pubescent. Panicles 

 terminal and axillary compact, few branched i to 3 in. long, pubescent. 

 Sepals elliptic to oblong, -2 in. long, hairy on both surfaces. Petals 

 oblong, little longer, obtuse, white. Follicles i or 2, ovoid, -2 in. 

 long. Hab. Borders of woods. Singapore and Malacca. Common 

 but seldom flowering. 



var. lanuginosa Ridl. 20 to 30 ft. long, epiphytic, leaves narrowed 

 at the base, obovate, margins sinuate; panicles and sepals thickly 

 red woolly. Hab. Perak, Larut below 200 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



Apparently confined to the Malay Peninsula, T. euryandra Vahl., is a 

 very different species from New Caledonia. 



(4) T. assa DC. Syst. Veg. i. 402 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 63 ; King, 

 I.e. 362. T. trigyna Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 645. 



A rather slender woody climber never tall, often forming bushes 

 in open country. Leaves ovate-lanceolate obscurely sinuate or 

 toothed, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 2 to 5 in. long, i to 

 1-5 in. wide. Panicles axillary and terminal, i to 2 in. long, few- 

 flowered. Sepals glabrous within, obovate, usually tipped red. 

 Petals obovate, pure white or flushed pink, -3 in. long. Stamens 

 numerous long, tipped rose pink. Carpels usually 2, ovoid beaked 

 glabrous, -5 in. long. Hab. Common over the whole peninsula in 

 open ground, orchards and in hedgerows. Distrib. Java, Siam, 

 Cochin-China. Native names : Ampelas ; P'las payah ; Mempelas 

 Minyak. Use : The stems are twisted into ropes. 



T. trigyna Roxb., collected in Penang, was erroneously referred by 

 Hooker to T. Icsvis Vahl., of India and Ceylon. Types in Herb. Kew show 

 that it was T. assa. 



(5) T. sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 8. 



A tall woody forest climber 60 ft. long. Leaves oblong cuspidate 

 not scabrid, entire narrowed to the blunt base, 3 to 6 in. long, 

 1-5 to 3 in. wide ; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 



