Veniilago.] XL. rhamne^. 467 



and river-banks common. Singapore (Cantley) ; Garden Jungle. 

 Malacca (Maingay) ; Ayer Panas (Goodenough) . Perak, Larut 

 (Kunstler). Penang, Telok Bahang; Chalet (Curtis). Distrih, 

 Borneo. Native names : Akar Hitam ; Akar Tukus. 



(2) V. gladiata Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 314c. 



Leaves lanceolate acuminate narrowed to the base, membranous, 

 edge minutely serrulate; nerves 6 pairs; nervules conspicuous 

 transverse, 2"6 to 33 in. long, i to I'l in. wide; petioles '15 in. 

 long. Inflorescence axillary racemose ; rachis puberulous. Cymes 

 small. Fruit glabrous; pedicel 'i in. long, nut '2 in. long round 

 enclosed for three-quarters its length in the enlarged calyx, narrowed 

 at the base to the pedicel ; wing lanceolate narrow to the base and 

 acute at tip 2*5 in. long, '4 in. wide. Hab. Perak, Sungei Larut 

 (Wray). Distrih. Cambodia. 



The flowers are unknown. 



(3) V. Maingayi Lawson, I.e. i. 631 ; King, I.e. 379. 



Young branches and panicles softly hairy. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous drying pale glabrous oblong to lanceolate blunt entire, 

 base shortly narrowed and rounded; nerves 8 to 11 pairs; trans- 

 verse nervules visible on both sides, 2*5 to 4*5 in. long, 1*25 to 

 175 in. wide; petioles "i to "2 in. long. Panicles narrow lax 

 8 in. long; branches slender. Flowers "i in. wide, glabrous solitary 

 or in threes ; pedicels as long as flowers puberulous at base. Bracts 

 very small pubescent. Calyx short goblet-shaped, lobes acute. 

 Petals deeply bilobed spathulate, lobes truncate. Ovary glabrous. 

 Fruit glabrous; nut '25 in. long; wing i-nerved blunt mottled 

 red, 3 to 3*5 in. long; calyx flat, not covering nut. Hah. Edges 

 of forest and river-banks. Malacca (Maingay) ; Sungei Hudang 

 (Derry). Pahang, Temerloh. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. 

 Perak (Scortechini). Penang Hill (Haniff). Lankawi, Pulau Segai. 

 Native names : Akar Kamagan Antan ; Kutapek. 



(4) V. oblongifolia Bl. Bijdr. 1144. Smythea macrocarpa 

 var. pubescens King, I.e. 382. 



Stout climber. Leaves lanceolate gradually acuminate acute, 

 base rounded usually oblique, serrate, membranous, glabrous on 

 both sides or tomentose beneath; nerves 7 to 9 pairs strongly 

 elevate beneath, 4 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 175 in. wide; petioles 

 very short 'i in. or less. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, rachis 

 stout tomentose ; branches 4 in. long with distant cymules. Flower- 

 pedicels -I in. long. Fruit glabrous; nut '2 in. long ovoid; calyx 

 small not enclosing it, -i in. long, -5 in. wide; wing hnear-oblong, 

 blunt, slightly narrowed at base, 5 in. long, -6 in. wide. Hah. 

 Thickets and woods. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Waterfall 

 Hill (Wray, Scortechini). Distrih. Java, Phihppines. 



(5) V. velutina Ridl. Smythea macrocarpa var. pubescens 

 King, in -part. 



