Ancistrodadus.' 



XXI. ANCISTROCLADACE^. 



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red or purple. Stamens 5 or 10, sub-perigynous. Ovary i-celled 

 inferior, i-ovuled; style sub-globose. Stigmas 3, truncate. Seed 

 sub-globose, albuminous ruminate. Genus i. Species about 10, 

 tropical Asia, i West African. Formerly referred to Diptero- 

 carpacece. 



1. ANCISTROCLADUS, Wall. 



(i) A. pinangianus Wall. Cat. 1054 '> Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 300. A. extensus var. pinangianus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 Ixii. (2), 137. 



Fig. 25. — Ancistrodadus pinangianus. 



A climber forming a bush on the ground or ascending trees, 

 with black branches. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate decur- 

 rent to base, obtuse, 6 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide. Panicles 

 very slender, branching 5 to 6 in. long. Flowers 'i in. long, dark 

 red. Fruit -25 in. long; wings very unequal, largest sub-spathu- 

 late, oblong obtuse, 2 in. long, -5 in. wide, brown. Hab. Very 

 common on sandhills near the sea, more rarely inland. Singapore, 

 Changi. Malacca. Pahang, Pekan. Bindings, Lumut. Perak, 

 Thaiping. Penang (Porter in Herb. Walhch 1054) ; Bukit Penang 



