432 XXXVII. OLACiNEiE. [Gonocaryum. 



(2) G. crassifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 18. 



Shrub. Leaves coriaceous glabrous ovate acuminate to oblong, 

 base broad or very shortly cuneate ; nerves 5 pairs elevate beneath, 

 midrib strongly elevate, 7 in. long, 3-5 in. wide ; petioles yellow 

 thick 75 in. long. Spikes slender 2 to 4 in an axil, 2 to 2-2 in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers male '05 in. long sessile. Calyx cupulate 

 5-lobed pubescent. Petals 5 oblong thick with incurved tip, nearly 

 free; anthers red nearly sessile. Ovary (abortive) pilose. Hab. 

 Rare in mountains in forest about 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 

 Sempang Mines (Ridley). 



13. PHYTOCRENE, Wall. 



Long climbing shrubs, usually hairy. Leaves alternate entire 

 or palmately lobed. Flowers unisexual, males in globose clusters 

 on long branching spikes or panicles, females in large globose pedun- 

 culate heads, males with an involucre of 3 to 5 pieces. Perianth 

 of 4 pieces free or united below valvate. Stamens as many, altern- 

 ate. Female flowers, no involucre, perianth as in male. Stamin- 

 odes minute or none. Pistil sessile i-celled villous. Ovules 2 from 

 apex of cavity; style thick. Stigma capitate. Drupes wedge- 

 shaped numerous in a large globose bristly head; stones hard 

 i-celled, i-seeded, pitted outside. Species 8, Indo-Malayan. 



Bracts inconspicuous or filiform. 



Leaves entire . . . . . . . (i) P. oblonga 



(2) P, bracteata 

 • (3) P. palmata 

 (4) P. trichura 



12 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 592 ; 



Leaves ovate often 3-lobed 

 Leaves palmate 5-lobed 

 Bracts long plumed .... 



(i) P. oblonga Wall. PI. As. Rar.'m 

 King, I.e. 122. 



Stem more slender than Ph. bracteata Wall., not prickly. Leaves 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, above 

 glabrous, beneath densely hairy; nerves from midrib 9 pairs 

 prominent beneath, 4-5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 

 •6 to I in. long. Male flowers in a dark brown spike i to 2 in. long. 

 Bracts of umbellules much shorter than the flowers. Fruit head 

 as big as a cricket-ball; drupes cuneate ovoid covered with stiff 

 bristles, 1-5 in. long, 75 in. wide. //a6. Lowland country. Malacca, 

 Ayer Panas (Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis). 



(2) P. bracteata Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 12; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 592 ; King, I.e. 122. Ph. macrocarpa Griff. Notulcs iv. 322 ; 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 487, 488. 



Stem I in. through, prickly and hairy when young. Leaves 

 broad ovate-cordate, often 3-lobed, acute, smooth above; nerves 

 pubescent beneath softly pale tomentose; nerves from base 7, 

 reticulations conspicuous beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, 3 to 5-5 in. wide ; 

 petioles tomentose hairy 1*25 to 3 in. long. Male panicles bracteate 



