lodes.] XXXVII. OLACiNE^. 435 



road. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley) . Negri Sembilan, Bukit Danan 

 (Cantley) . Perak, Batu Togoh (Scortechini) . Native names : 

 AkarSalupat; Akar China Bukit. 



(3) I. ovalis Bl. Bijdr. 30; King, I.e. 128; Masters, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 596. I. tomentella Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. (i), 796; Br. 

 in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 243, t. 48. 



Climber 30 to 60 ft. long, slender tomentose. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous ovate or round acute, base round glabrescent above; 

 nerves above and on under-surface tomentose, 4 or 5 pairs 

 bold; 2-5 to 5-5 in. long, 175 to 3-25 in. wide. Cymes 6 to 8 in. 

 long, much-branched tomentose. Male flowers '15 in. long, pale 

 yellow; pedicels 'i to -2 in. long. Calyx villous discoid 3- to 6- 

 toothed. Corolla 5 or 6 times as long, lobes 5 acuminate strigose 

 outside. Stamens short. Females, ovary tomentose. Drupe ovoid 

 compressed tomentose 75 in. long, -5 in. wide ; endocarp rugose. 

 Hah. Woods. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, 

 Kamuning (Curtis) ; Larut (Kunstler) ; Hermitage Hill ; Changkat 

 Mentri (Kloss). Distrih. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 



(4) I. oblonga Planch, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 597 ; King, I.e. 128. 



Stiff pubescent climber. Leaves membranous oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, glabrous above except pilose nerves, beneath pilose; 

 nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 3 to 4-5 in. long, i to i-6 in. wide; petioles 

 •3 to '4 in. long. Cymes short i in. long pilose. Male flowers 

 •05 in. long white. Calyx of 5 deep lanceolate lobes. Corolla 

 tomentose outside. Fruit scarlet. Hab. Borders of woods. Singa- 

 pore, Bidadari; Garden Jungle; Changi. Johor, Kwala Kahang 

 (Kelsall). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Penang (Wallich) ; 

 Waterfall (Curtis). 



16. LOPHOPYXIS, Hook. fil. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate coriaceous ovate round. 

 Flowers small unisexual in long axillary terminal cymes. Male, 

 calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate. Petals minute between the lobes of 

 the annular disc. Stamens 5 ; filaments short. Pistillode villous. 

 Females in lower cymes. Perianth as in male. Ovary ovoid 

 hairy; ovules 2 in each cell. Stigmas 5 sessile decurved. Fruit 

 linear oblong 5-grooved. Species 3, Malay Archipelago. 



(i) L. Maingayi Hook. fil. Ic. PI. 1714; F.B.I, v. 476. 



Chmber 100 ft. long, 3 to 5 in. through. Leaves acuminate 

 glabrous 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide ; petioles '2 in. long. Cymes tomen- 

 tose 6 to 7 in. long; branches few, 3 in. long. Flowers -05 in. 

 long in small distant heads, white. Fruit -4 in. long tomentose. 

 Hab. Dense jungle. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Ulu Kerhng 

 (Kunstler). 



