436 XXXVII. OLACiNE/E. [Erythropalum. 



17. ERYTHROPALUM, Bl. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs with axillar}^ tendrils. Leaves 

 alternate entire 3- to 5-nerved at base. Cymes slender peduncled 

 dichotomous. Flowers small yellow bisexual. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 tube adherent to fruit. Petals perigynous 5 short. Stamens 5 

 opposite petals ; filaments short ; anthers ovate. Disc large 

 fleshy 5-lobed. Ovary half immersed i-celled; ovules i to 3 

 pendulous from apex; style short. Fruit crowned by persistent 

 calyx and disc oblong i-celled ; pericarp red thin sub-coriaceous, 

 sphtting and reflexed into 3 to 5 segments. Seed solitary, deep 

 blue, albumen large. Species 2 or 3, Malayan. 



(i) E. scandens Bl. Bijdr. 921; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 578; Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 704; King, I.e. 129. E. vagum Masters, 

 F.B.I, i. 578. Modeccopsis vaga Griff. NoMcb iv. 633; Ic. PI. 

 hid. Or. 628. 



Leaves membranous elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 base rounded sub-peltate; basal nerves 3 to 5 pairs, laterals 4 

 pairs faint, 3 to 6 in. long, 175 to 375 in. wide; petioles 75 to 

 175 in. long. Cymes 75 to 275 in. across; peduncles i to 3 in. 

 long very slender; pedicels 3 in. long. Flowers under -i in. across 

 green ; disc yellow. Fruit 75 in. long, red outside, yellow inside. 

 Seed deep blue. Hah. Forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Reser- 

 voir Woods. Malacca (Maingay) ; Hulu Chembong (Derry). 

 Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Thaip- 

 ing Hills (Curtis). Bindings, Simpit. Penang, Bahk Pulau 

 (Curtis) ; Waterfall. Disirih. India, Burma, Java. Native name : 

 Kulim Akar. 



Doubtful Plant 

 18. CANTLEYA, Ridl. 



Tree. Leaves alternate entire coriaceous glabrous. Inflores- 

 cence axillary cymose sessile; rachis thick pubescent with thick 

 short branches seated in alveoli in rachis and above dichotomous 

 with 3 to 5 terminal sessile flowers. Calyx cupular short, edge 

 undulate wavy. Petals and stamens not seen. Ovary glabrous 

 cylindric. Stigma large sessile pulviniform. Species i. 



(i) C. johorica Ridl. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 10 pairs very 

 indistinct, 27 in. long, 1-4 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Cymes 

 when fully developed 75 to i in. long, pale pubescent ; branches 

 •5 in. long pubescent. Calyx pubescent. Johor (Cantley). Native 

 name : Daru Daru. 



I cannot find any genus to fit this plant, which seems, however, to be 

 most nearly allied to Gomphandra. The specimens are very incomplete. 

 Cantley labels it as Kayu Daru-Daru, a highly valued timber, of what 

 species is not known. It should be sought for again. 



