112 VII. MENISPERMACE^. [Pericampylus. 



stem and leaves grey tomentose , . . . (i) P. incanus 



Stem sparsely pilose, leaves sparingly puberulous . (2) P, membranaceus 



(i) P. incanus Miers, Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, vii. 40; 

 Contrib. Bot. iii. 118, pi. iii; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 102; King, I.e. 

 385; Diels, Pflanzenreich, 217, fig. 74. 



Young branches grey-tomentose. Leaves herbaceous ovate 

 obtuse, base broad truncate, above glabrous, beneath grey-tomen- 

 tose; nerves 5 pairs radiating from base, 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, 17 

 to 27 in. wide; petioles "6 in. long, slender tomentose. Compound 

 cymes axillary 2 to 6 together in male, solitary in female, 75 in. 

 long, tomentose. Flowers small fragrant. Males, sepals, outer 

 small sub-ovate, inner ones larger obovate obtuse, green or yellow. 

 Petals spathulate or obovate, hyaline. Stamens free. Females, 

 staminodes short linear. Carpels 3. Drupes 3, transversely 

 obovate ; endocarp bony with a linear keel ornate with spines and 

 tubercles. Seed '2 in. long. Hab. Common in hedges and thickets. 

 Johor. Kota Tinggi; Genuang; Pulau Aur (Fielding). Pahang. 

 Malacca. Pulau Besar and Ayer Panas (Griffith). Selangor. 

 Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). Kedah. 

 Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang. Kelantan River. Distrib. Indo- 

 Malaya, China. Native names : Akar Gasing-Gasing ; A. Gegasing ; 

 A. Jerkasing; Kelesu. 



(2) P. membranaceus Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, 

 xiv. 122; Contrib. Bot. iii. 122. Cocculus membranaceus Wall, 

 Cat. 4967. 



A very slender climber, young parts sparingly pilose. Leaves 

 thin membranous ovate, base truncate rounded slightly peltate ; 

 nerves 5 pairs, sparingly puberulous, i'5 in. long by i"6 in. when 

 full grown. Leaves at the ends of branches "4 in. long and wide. 

 Hab. Penang, (in montibus Wallich 4967), also collected here by 

 Gaudichaud and in Java by Hallier and Koorders. Flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



14. STEPHANIA, Lour. 



Slender woody or herbaceous climbers with ovate or triangular 

 peltate leaves. Inflorescence of false-umbelled simple or compound 

 cymes, branches usually crowded at the tip. Male flowers, sepals 

 6 to 8 usually sub-equal concave. Petals 3 to 4 obovate or orbi- 

 cular. Stamens connate in a peltate head. Female flowers, sepals 

 3 to 6. Petals 2 to 4, like those of the males. Carpel i, no style. 

 Stigma lobed. Drupe fleshy; endocarp compressed obovate with 

 2 rows of spines or tubercles down the back. Seed horseshoe- 

 shaped. Species 32, African and Indo-Malayan and Chinese. 



Inflorescence from bare stems peduncled compound . (i) S. corymbosa 

 Inflorescence from leaf axils. 



Leaves ovate acuminate ; flowers in small dense 

 heads, discoid . . . . . . (2) S. capitata 



