480 



XI.I. AMPELIDE^. 



[Pterisanihes. 



(i) Pt. coriacea KorLh. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 95 ; 

 King, I.e. 407. Pt. polita Lawson, in Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 633 ; 

 Hook. ill. Bot. Mag. t. 7561. 



Leaves simple ovate or elliptic acuminate 

 nerves 4 pairs, sparsely toothed, glabrous, 

 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles 75 to i"25 in. 



Slender climber, 

 minutely cordate ; 

 3-25 to 4'5 in. long 



long. Peduncles 5 in. long slender with a tendril at half its length. 



Fig. 47. — Pterisanthes coriacea. 



Rachis downy 3 to 5 in. long, '6 to i'5 in. wide, red. Immersed 

 flowers yellowish. Petals ovate spreading, pedicellate flowers 

 female or neuter on pedicels -3 in. long. Fruit pisiform black 

 •2 in. through, on rachis. Hah. Forests in the low country. Singa- 

 pore, Bukit Mandai ; Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood ; Gunong 

 Pantai and Gunong Pulai. Selangor; Sungei Buluh; Rawang. 

 Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Blanja (Wray) ; Gunong 

 Keledang. Distrih. Borneo, Sumatra. Native name : Akar Jangut 

 Baong. 



