434 XXXVII. OLACINE.E. [Miquelia. 



linear sagittate. Female heads '25 in. long, ovoid. Flowers "15 

 in. across. Drupe ovoid compressed, base round tapering upwards 

 to a tail, red pubescent ; endocarp bony and pitted. Hah. Rare in 

 forests. Selangor, Sempang, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping 

 Hills; Ipoh; Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Kemaman (Vaughan 

 Stevens). Use: In Sakai dart poison. 



15. lODES, Bl. 



Slender climbing .shrubs, with tendrils. Leaves opposite. 

 Inflorescence cymose axillary or extra-axillary, lower peduncles 

 often cirrhose. Flowers unisexual small white. Males, calyx 

 minute, cup-shaped 4- or 5-toothed. Corolla 4- or 5-lobed valvate. 

 Stamens hypogynous, alternate; anthers basifixed. Females, 

 corolla lobes connate below. Stamens 0. Ovary i-celled ; ovules 2. 

 Stigma sessile discoid. Drupe i-seeded. Species 8, Indo-Malaya, 

 Africa. 



Flowers 4-merous. 



Leaves ovate reticulate . . . " . . . (i) I. reticulata 



. Flowers 5-merous. 



Calyx cupular with short teeth; leaves ovate not 



reticulate (2) I. velutina 



Calyx deeply cut into lanceolate lobes ; leaves ovate ; 



cymes long much-branched . . . . . (3) I. ovalis 



Leaves oblong; cymes small . . . . • (4) I. oblonga 



(1) I. reticulata King, I.e. 126. 



Chmber 20 to 30 ft. long with a broad line of tomentum on 

 one side. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic or broadly ovate sharply 

 acuminate, base rounded, glabrous above, soft hairy beneath ; 

 nerves 4 or 5 pairs, depressed above, prominent beneath, as are 

 reticulations, 2 to 5 in. long, 1-3 to 2-5 in. across; petioles -4 to 

 •6 in. long. Tendrils pubescent. Cymes i to 2 in. long, peduncled 

 slender lax branched pubescent. Male flowers -05 in. long, 4- 

 merous. Calyx with 4 acute lobes pilose outside. Corolla with 

 4 ovate lobes pilose outside, light brown. Stamens shorter ; anthers 

 ovate. Females larger, ovary tomentose. Drupe elliptic narrowed 

 to base velvety; endocarp 4-angled, 1*2 in. long, 75 in. across. 

 Hah. Open jungle. Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Ayer Larut (Wray). 



(2) I. velutina King, I.e. 127. 



Puberulous climber. Leaves coriaceous ovate acute, base 

 rounded, sparsely pilose above, densely whitish velvety beneath, 

 reticulations not elevate; nerves 4 pairs, 2-5 to 375 in. long, 1-35 

 to 2*25 in. wide ; petioles -36 to -6 in. long. Cymes short pubescent 

 few-flowered, tendrils pubescent. Male flowers "i in. wide ; pedicels 

 short. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla twice as long, teeth oblong 

 adpressed-pilose outside. Drupes elongate obovoid 4-angled when 

 dry, ashy tomentose, 1-25 in. long, -5 in. through ; endocarp bony 

 8-angled. Hah. Woods and hedges. Singapore, Bukit Timah 



