546 XLVi. coNNARACE/E. [Connarus. 



(2) C. semidecandrus Jack. Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 39 ; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 52 ; King, I.e. 4. 



Sarmentose shrub. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 6 to 9 in. 

 long ; rachis and underside puberulous or glabrous ; leaflets 5 to 7 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, light green, short blunt 

 acuminate, base rounded or cuneate; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, slender, 

 prominent beneath, 2-5 to 4 in. long, -9 to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules 

 •15 in. long. Panicles terminal 6 to 10 in. long, much-branched, 

 many-flowered. Sepals lanceolate, straw-colour dotted with red 

 glands. Petals lanceolate blunt, white tinted pink, with glandular 

 hairs and red glands on the back, not tomentose. Follicle flattened 

 obovoid '6 in. long, red, smooth. Seed black, aril yellow, fleshy 

 lobed. Hah. Open country common. Scented of hay and meadow- 

 sweet. Singapore, Cluny Road; Bukit Mandai. Pahang, Tahan 

 and Pahang Rivers; Sungei Jelai (Machado). Malacca, Sungei 

 Hudang (Goodenough) ; Merhmau (Derry). Selangor, Rawang; 

 Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Kwala Wok (Wray) ; Ulu Kerhng (Kunst- 

 ler) ; Temengoh. Penang (Jack) ; Penara Bukit. Tringganu, 

 Bundi (Rostado). Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Kelantan, Kampong 

 Kota (Gimlette). Distrib. Sumatra, Mergui, Siam. Native names : 

 Akar Kuaya; A. Tanga Burong; A. Tukor; Poko Nyamok; 

 A. Tupai-Tupai; Hisap mana (Kelantan). Use: Root decoction 

 for fever. 



(3) C. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I, h. 52. 



A bush. Young parts and midrib on back of leaf minutely 

 tomentose. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; petiole three-quarters of the 

 length ; leaflets 5 thinly coriaceous, elliptic, shortly acuminate 

 blunt, base rounded above, smooth beneath; nerves 5 pairs, fine 

 elevate, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 75 to 2 in. wide ; petiolules "2 in. long, 

 thick, tomentose. Panicle lax 6 to 8 in. long, tomentose ; branches 

 slender. Flowers 'i in. long. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals as 

 long, all minutely tomentose. Hah. In open country in the north ; 

 perhaps only a variety of C. semidecandrus, but the leaves are 

 stiff and the petals tomentose. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Perils, 

 Chupeng. Setul. Disirih. Mergui. 



(4) C. oligophyllus Wall, in Planchon, LinncBa xxiii. 427. 

 Scandent, glabrous except on the inflorescence. Leaves 6 to 



8 in. long ; leaflets 3 to 5, thinly coriaceous but stiff, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late sub-acute or shortly acuminate, base cuneate round; nerves 

 4 to 5 pairs, slightly prominent beneath, 2*25 to 4 in. long, i to 

 2 in. wide; petiolules "25 to '3 in. long. Panicle much-branched, 

 minutely pubescent, 8 in. long. Flowers 35 in. long, sub-sessile. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, yellowish hairy. Petals oblong, 

 blunt, puberulous much longer, yellowish white. Follicle elliptic 

 narrowed to base, tip round, not compressed, rose pink, silky inside, 

 I "5 to 2 in. long, "75 in. through. Seed black or dark brown, aril 

 red, thick. Hab. Forest edges and open country. Singapore, 



