Ttnomiscium.] vii. menispermace.e. 105 



(i) T, petiolare Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, vii. 44; 

 Conirih. Bot. iii. 45, pi. 94; Hook fil. F.B.I, i. 97; Kmg, Journ. 

 As. Sac. Beng. I.e. 379; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 14. 



Liane Co to 100 ft. long much branched; stem ribbed, 2 to 4 in." 

 through, exuding white latex when cut. Leaves coriaceous ovate- 

 oblong, narrowed at base, tip blunt or shortly acuminate, glabrous 

 dark green ; nerves from base 3, i or 2 pairs above from midrib ; 

 4'5 to 5*5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles slender, geniculate 

 2"5 in. long. Male racemes fascicled from the old wood, 6 to 10 in. 

 long. Flowers white 3 in. across; pedicels "i in. long. Sepals 

 3 or 4, green covered like the pedicels with short red hairs. Outer 

 petals 6, linear oblong obtuse, edges white hairy, inner ones 6, 

 short connivent, oblong, edges incurved, white glabrous. Stamens 

 fleshy thickened at base, connective thickened incurved beak-like ; 

 anther-cells wide apart, immersed. No pistillodes. Female in- 

 florescence panicled "iS in. long, racemes pubescent 8 in. long. 

 Outer sepals 2 ; staminodes 6. Fruit oblong elliptic fiat, i in. long, 

 •5 in. wide (channelled when dry) smooth, dark green with white 

 spots. Hab. Very common in forests and secondary jungle, road- 

 sides, etc. Singapore to Kedah, Alor Sta. Disirih. Tonkin, 

 Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : Akar Langkap ; Akar Lumpang ; 

 Akar Nasi; A. Lempoyang; A. Mumbulu. Use: As a drug in 

 rheumatism. 



4. FIBRAUREA, Lour. 



Big liane with yellow wood. Leaves coriaceous glabrous ovate 

 to oblong, 3-nerved. Flowers in lax panicles, white or green. 

 Sepals 6 with 3 minute bracts. Petals 3. Stamens 6; filaments 

 clavate; anthers terminal adnate. Female flower staminodes 6; 

 ovaries 3, 2-ovuled. Drupes oblong terete. Seed oblong, blunt 

 grooved down the centre. Albumen horny. Species 4, Cochin- 

 China, Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



(i) F. chloroleuca Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, xiii, 

 489; Contrih. Bot. iii. 42, pi. 93; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 

 380. F. tinctoria Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 98, not of loureiro. 



Big liane. Leaves ovate oblong, base rounded, apex acuminate ; 

 nerves from base 3, prominent beneath, deep green coriaceous 

 glabrous ; 7 in. long, 4 in. wide ; petioles 2'5 in. long. Flowers, 

 male, white in lax panicles from old wood, 2 to 6 in. long. Bracts 

 narrow linear acute. Sepals 6, rounded-obovate. Inner petals 

 narrower than outer ones, elliptic. Stamens 6, bluish green. 

 Female flowers green. Carpels 3 obovoid bluish green. Drupe 

 orange colour, elliptic smooth, pulp bitter, 1-5 in. long. Seed 

 oblong, I in. long, grooved deeply on the lower surface, ends 

 rounded. Hah. Very common in hedges and woods. Singapore 

 to Penang. Distrih. Tavoy, Malay Islands to Celebes. Native 

 names : Akar Kinching Kerbau (buffalo urine) ; Akar Kuning. 



