Zizyphts.] XL. rhamne^. 463 



tomentose, brown, i to 1-5 in. long, 75 in. through. Hah. Forests 

 in low country, Johor, Castlewood. Province Wellesley (Kunstler). 

 Bindings, Lumut, Perak, Larut Hills, Waterfall (Kunstler) ; Assam 

 Kumbang (Wray). Penang, Mt. Elvira (Curtis). 



(3) Z. elegans Wall. Cat. 4233; Kmg, I.e. 374. 



Slender climbing shrub, hairy. Leaves ovate acuminate blunt, 

 membranous, minutely serrate, base rounded, glabrous above; 

 nerves 3 or 4 pairs, hairy beneath ; nervules faint, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 •75 to i'25 in. wide; petioles "25 to "35 in. long. Cymes '6 in. 

 long, pubescent dichotomous, spreading. Flowers 'i in. across, 

 white, pubescent outside. Drupe sub-globular compressed 3 in. 

 across. Hah. Open woods and river-banks, Singapore (Wallich). 

 Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca, Ayer Panas; Batu Tiga (Good- 

 enough). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Dislrib. Sumatra. 



(4) Z. pernettyoides, Ridl. 



Creeper slender woody with scattered hairs on the branches 

 and straight slender spines "25 in. long. Leaves ovate acuminate, 

 base round obscurely crenulate, coriaceous, sparsely hairy on the 

 edge; nerves 3, prominent and reticulations conspicuous when 

 dry, -5 in. long, -25 in. wide ; petioles very short, hairy. Flowers 

 •I in. across, greenish yellow in axillary fascicles of 3, in upper 

 axils; pedicels very short, 'i in. long. Sepals 5, triangular-ovate 

 with a few long hairs at the tips. Petals 5, spoon-shaped half as 

 long. Stamens 5, wrapped in petals. Disc fleshy filhng the tube. 

 Ovary sunk in the disc. Stigmas 2, short. Hah. Lankawi, Dayong 

 Bunting (Robinson). 



(5) Z. Horsfieldii Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 643 ; King, I.e. 376. 

 Slender liane sparingly puberulous. Leaves ovate-elliptic to 



lanceolate, acuminate, base shortly narrowed, glabrous, thinly 

 coriaceous; nerves 3, 2 outer with prominent laterals running to 

 margin, 2*5 to 3 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles -3 to -5 in. 

 long. Cymes '4 in. long branched, pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Drupe flattened, globose, minutely puberulous. Hah. Forests, not 

 common. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca (Maingay). Distrih. 

 Java, Borneo. 



(6) Z. calophylla Wall. Cat. 4230 and in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 366 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 636 ; King, I.e. 374. 



Powerful thorny chmber. Leaves coriaceous glabrous shining 

 light green elliptic to oblong, blunt cuspidate minutely crenate or 

 not, base rounded ; nerves 3 prominent, transverse ; nervules very 

 fine, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long. Cymes 

 dense "2 in. across in axillary and terminal panicles, densely tomen- 

 tose. Flowers -i in. across, green. Drupe ovoid to. globose, 

 minutely brown tomentose, -6 in. long. Hah. Forests, common. 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Selitar. Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, 

 Sungei Chenei (Fox). Malacca (Griffith), Merlimau (Derry). 

 Negri Sembilan, Seremban (Cantley). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; 



