Oreorhamnus.] xl. rhamne^. 465 



from edge of the thin disc. Hab. Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss' 

 collector) . 



4. COLUBRINA, Rich. 



Shrubs or trees. Flowers in short axillary cymes. Calyx 

 5-fid, tube hemispheric. Petals 5 clawed hooded, insert at edge 

 of disc. Ovary sunk, and confluent with disc 3-celled; style 

 3-cleft. Fruit sub-globose; pericarp membranous surrounded at 

 base by calyx tube, cells i-seeded dehiscent. Species 18, chiefly 

 tropical American. 



Sea-shore shrub ; leaves ovate serrate . . . • (i) C. asiatica 



Jungle tree; leaves oblong entire . . . . • (-) C, ancmala 



(i) C. asiatica Brngn. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I. x. 369; Wight 

 III. i. 174; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 642; King, I.e. 377. 



Shrub 6 or 10 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acute serrate, base rounded ; 

 nerves 3 pairs, i'5 to 3 in. long, i to 2*25 in. wide; petioles -4 in. 

 long slender. Cymes many-flowered "2 in. long. Flowers '15 in. 

 across greenish white. Hah. Sea-coast, common. Singapore 

 (Walhch). Tanjong Katong; Gelang; Pulau Serapu. Pahang, 

 Pulau Tinman ; Pekan. Malacca. Perak (King). Penang, Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala Kelantan. Pulau Adang. 

 Lankawi islands. Distrih. India, Malay isles, China. Native 

 name : Periah Pantai. 



(2) C. anomala King, I.e. 377. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Shoots puberulous. 

 Leaves membranous oblong-oblanceolate, puberulous beneath 

 entire; nerves 5 pairs prominent, 4 to 6 in. long, I'l to 2*25 in. 

 wide. Cymes axillary many-flowered branching tomentose. 

 Flowers '15 in. across light yellow. Fruit globular depressed "25 in. 

 through on a I in. peduncle. Hab. Forests at 300 to 500 ft. alti- 

 tude. Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Native name : Sena Hutan. 



This is a fine timber tree, and extremely dissimilar to the common species. 



5. VENTILAGO, Gaertn. 



Woody climbers. Leaves sub-coriaceous or membranous, 

 alternate ovate-oblong, base oblique, usually crenulate. Flowers 

 small axillary fascicled or on cymes, slender shoots with small 

 leaves often caducous so as to be paniculate. Calyx conic or 

 campanulate with 5 acute lobes. Petals small bilobed. Stamens 

 as long opposite. Ovary immersed in disc 2-celled; styles 2 

 recurved. Fruit a samara, nut round, half or not enclosed in the 

 calyx tube ; wing narrow oblong or lanceolate. Species about 10, 

 Africa, Asia, Australasia. 



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