CoCCUhlS.] VII. MENISPERMACE^. Ill 



(2) C. elegans Ridl. Nephroica elegans Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. 

 Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 15. 



A slender twining laticiferous hairy herb. Leaves deltoid or 

 lanceolate acute, base rounded, 3-nerved with distinct reticulations, 

 sparsely hairy; 2 in. long, "25 to -50 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long, 

 hairy. Racemes axillary, hairy. Sepals, outer ovate obtuse 5, 

 inner ones 3 rounded ovate acute. Petals 6 ligulate oblong with 

 2 long points. Stamens 6 as long. Hah. Open places, twining 

 on grasses. Bindings at Lumut. Tringanu at C berating River 

 (Ridley). 



12. HYPSERPA, Miers. 



A slender woody climber. Leaves small coriaceous; nerves 

 palmate. Cymes usually short, rarely panicled. Sepals 8 to 12, 

 outer ones bract-like, inner ones gradually larger, patent, ciliate. 

 Petals 4 to 6 (or o) obovate flesh3^ Stamens 6 to indefinite, free 

 or more or less joined; anthers immersed. Female flowers, stami- 

 nodes various in numlaer; carpels 6 to 3. Stigma oblong-linear. 

 Drupe transversely ovoid; endocarp grooved and ribbed on back. 

 Albumen copious. Species 16, Indo-Malaya, China, Australia and 

 Polynesia. 



(i) H. cuspidata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser 2, vii. 40. 

 H. triflora King, I.e. 384 {not of Miers). Limacia cuspidata Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 100. 



Slender woody climber with dark green shining coriaceous leaves, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate; nerves fine and indistinct; 2"5 to 

 4*5 in. long, '80 to i"5 in. wide or smaller; petioles -3 in. long, 

 appressed hairy as are the branch tips. Cymes "3 in. long, axillarj'', 

 appressed hairy, few-flowered. Flowers small 'i in. across, white 

 or yellow. Sepals, outer minute ovate triangular, inner ones 

 larger, obovate. Petals spathulate. Drupes globular "2 in. 

 through, red. Hab. In hedges and thickets, not rare. Singapore, 

 Tanglin. Malacca (Maingay). Penang, Batu Feringhi; Pulau 

 Betong (Curtis); Pulau Jerajah (Kunstler). Distrib. India and 

 Malay Islands. Native name : Akar Minyak. 



13. PERICAMPYLUS, Miers. 



Slender woody climber. Leaves sub-cordate, edge sub-crenate, 

 more or less pubescent; nerves palmate. Cymes, males 3- to 6- 

 fascicled, females solitary or in pairs. Sepals imbricate, 3 outer 

 minute, bract-like, 6 inner obovate. Petals 6 sub-obovate, margins 

 inflexed round the stamens. Stamens free or connate. Female 

 flowers, staminodes 6; terete longer than the petals. Carpels 3. 

 Stigma bifid or doubly bifid. Drupes 3, sub-orbicular flattened; 

 endocarp with transverse ridges with tubercles. Species 6, Indo- 

 Malaya. 



