6 II. DILLENIACE.E. [Tetracera. 



1-5 to 2 in. long, few-flowered. Sepals 4, obovate pubescent, silky 

 inside and on edges, green. Petals -4 in. long, spathulate white. 

 Stamens very numerous, white, short. Carpels 4, green. Follicles 

 •5 in. long, shining glabrous, 2 or 3. Hab. In forests low country, 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Changi. Malacca (Maingay) ; Merlimau. 

 Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor near Batu Caves. Perak, Tapa 

 (Wray). Disirib. Borneo. 



(6) T. sumatrana Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Sup-p. i. 689. 



A tall woody climber. Leaves coriaceous, smooth lanceolate, 

 base cuneate, scabrid above ; quite glabrous, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 in. 

 wide; nerves 8 pairs; petioles "5 in. long, slender. Panicle lax, 

 6 to 8 in. long, tomentose, branches few distant. Sepals silky, 

 hairy on the edge and in the middle on the inner side. Petals as 

 long, orbicular. Hab. Rare in forests, Singapore, in the Garden 

 Jungle and at Selitar. Penang on Government Hill (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



(7) T. fagifolia Bl. Bijdr. 4; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. 

 Br. 54, p. 10. 



Strong woody climber. Leaves ovate-lanceolate entire, base 

 round, rigid, glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, prominent beneath; 3 to 

 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Panicle terminal, lax, 

 rather stout, 6 in. long, silky hairy. Flowers numerous, small. 

 Sepals -I in. long, silky on the edge and in the centre inside. Petals 

 twice as long. Stamens short. Hab. Not common. In forests, 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle and Selitar (Ridley). Disirib. Java. 



(8) T. fragrans Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 62. 



A low sarmentose shrub. Leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, edges 

 at the tip sinuate or dentate, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 275 in. wide; 

 nerves 9 to 11 pairs. Panicle lax, 6 to 10 in. long, hairy. Flowers 

 half an inch across, numerous, fragrant. Sepals ovate, glabrous 

 except the ciliate margin. Petals oblong, white. Carpels 2, 

 glabrous. Hab. North region, Perils and Setul on open heaths. 

 Distrib. Siam. 



(9) T. borneensis Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Liigd. Bat. iv. 76. 

 Delima laevis, Maingay MSS. King, I.e. 362. 



Climber. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic acute, 

 entire base cuneate or rounded, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubes- 

 cent beneath, midrib strigose; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, prominent; 

 5 to 7'5 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide ; petioles -8 in. long, winged. Panicles 

 longer than the leaves, dense, not spreading, many-flowered, 6 in. 

 long, tomentose. Sepals rounded, silky within, edge ciliate. Petals 

 short. Follicles i or 2, elongate, conic, acuminate with a long 

 point '5 in. long, -12 in. through at the base, glabrous. Hab. 

 Very rare, only collected by Mainga}^ in Malacca, April 10, No. 1570. 

 Distrib. Borneo. 



A true Tetracera with only one or two follicles, which are peculiar in 

 their unusual length and form. 



