466 



XL. RHAMNE^. 



[Ventilago. 



Calyx tube half covering nut. 



Wing oblong ...... 



Wing sword-shaped acute .... 



Calyx tube not covering nut. 



Glabrous ; leaves stiff coriaceous entire ; 



3 by '6 in. . 

 Glabrous ; leaves thinner serrate ; wing 



•5 in 



Branches and nerves velvety; wings 25 by 



(I) 



(2) 



malaccensis 

 gladiata 



wing 

 4 by 



(3) V. Maingayi 



oblongifolia 

 velutina 



Fig. 46. — Ventilago malaccensis. 



(i) V. malaccensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 22. 

 V. leiocarpa Lawson, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 631 ; King, I.e. 380, not 

 of Benth. 



Leaves thinly coriaceous sub-membranous ovate acuminate to 

 oblong blunt, serrate or nearly entire, base rounded; nerves 6 

 to II pairs; nervules fine conspicuous, 2*25 to 6 in. long, 2*5 in. 

 wide; petioles "12 in. long. Bracts small hairy. Cymes •!$ to 

 '2 in. across. Flowers white glabrous except ovary, •! in. across. 

 Nut globose half covered by the cup-shaped calyx ; wing yellow, 

 linear-oblong blunt 2 to 2*5 in. long, -4 in. wide. Hab. Woods 



