Phylocrene.] xxxvii. olacine^. 433 



4 to 8 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. through, dense hairy. Flowers sessile 

 •05 in. across. Bracts of pedicels of umbellules filiform '4 to '5 in. 

 long. Drupes ovoid-oblong tapering to each end densely yellow 

 bristly i'5 in. long, in capitula as big as a man's head. Hub. Low- 

 land woods and hedges. Singapore, Cluny Road; Bukit Timah. 

 Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Disirib. Borneo. 



(3) P. palmata Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 12; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 592 ; King, I.e. 123. 



Stem prickly and red-hairy. Leaves reniform palmate deeply 

 5-lobed, above glabrous, beneath densely red-hairy; nerves 5 to 7 

 palmate, 7 to 12 in. or more long and as wide ; petioles 3 to 5 in. 

 long red-hairy. Male panicles 2'5 to 13 in. long, umbellules ebracte- 

 ate. Drupes ellipsoid-obovoid acute densely yellow bristly 1*5 to 

 2 in. long, in heads 3 to 4 in. through. Hab. Malacca (Griffith) ; 

 Durian Tungul. Hab. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut 

 Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill (Curtis) ; BaHk Pulau. 

 Native name : Akar Pisang-Pisang Buluh. 



(4) P. trichura Ridl. 



Very big long woody climber. Leaves unknown. Male panicles 

 on bare stem sessile 8 in. long, 1-5 in. through, dense, dichotomously 

 branched ; branches slender flexuous pubescent with distant globose 

 short-pedicelled or sessile heads of flowers "25 in. apart and '2 in. 

 through; bracts terminated by a brush of long reddish hairs, 

 •5 in. long. Flowers sessile glabrous. Sepals 5 obcuneate campanu- 

 late, apex rounded fringed with hairs. Petals 4 oblong blunt. 

 Stamens 3 longer; anthers elliptic; filaments slender. Pistil 

 white-hairy. Hab. Very rare in dense forest ascending to the tops 

 of lofty trees. Perak, Batang Padang valley near Telom (Ridley). 



Leaves of this plant were quite unprocurable owing to its lofty height, 

 but the large squirrel-tail plume (bract) in the end of the raceme of heads 

 makes it quite distinct. It is nearest to P. bracteata Wall. 



14. MIQUELIA, Meissn. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers unisexual, males 

 pedicellate in umbels, females sessile in solitary heads. Males 

 pedicelled; perianth 5-merous, lobes oblong or lanceolate valyate. 

 Stamens as many and alternate; filaments short; anthers linear 

 oblong. Females perianth deeply 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate. Ovary 

 I, compressed i-celled; ovules 2. Stigma discoid. Drupe oblong 

 compressed. 



(i) M. caudata King, I.e. 124. 



Slender climber, 10 to 20 ft. long. Leaves membranous oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous above, puberulous 

 beneath; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; 

 petioles -5 to '65 in. long. Male umbels 65 to i in. long; pedicels 

 •15 to '2 in. long. Flowers 'is in. across, puberulous white. Anthers 



Fl.M.P., I, F F 



