Connarus.] xlvi. connarace^. 547 



Changi; Siglap; Bukit Mandai. Paliang River, Kwala Berar. 

 Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Asam Kumbang (Wray) ; Thaiping 

 (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). 



var. Maingayi Ridl. C. Maingayi, Hook. fil. I.e. 53, not of King. 



Leaves more distinctly reticulate and stiffer, otherwise quite 

 similar. Malacca (Maingay) . Native name : Akar Tulang Dayeng. 



King's C. Maingayi was apparently based on a Perak plant with minute 

 petals. I have seen no specimen. 



(5) C. villosus Jack. Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 38. C. odoratus Flook. 

 fil. Tracts. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 172. C. hebephyllus King, I.e. 5. 



Big climber. Branchlets and panicles red-scurfy tomentose. 

 Leaves 6 to 12 in. long, glabrous ; leaflets 9 thin coriaceous, oblong 

 or elliptic caudate, base rounded; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, prominent 

 beneath, 2*25 to 4 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; petiolules wrinkled, 

 •25 to '3 in. long. Panicles 6 to over 12 in. long, densely red 

 tomentose, much-branched. Flowers '35 in. long, white. Sepals 

 oblong, half as long as petals, tomentose. Petals glabrous. 

 Follicles broad, oblong rounded both ends flat, 1*25 in. long, i in. 

 wide, rose pink. Hab. In open forest 800 to 1000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. 



(6) C. ellipticus King, I.e. 7. 



A stout sarmentose shrub, glabrous except branchlets and 

 inflorescence. Leaves 8 to 15 in. long; leaflets 3 to 5 coriaceous, 

 elliptic oblong short acuminate, base rounded; nerves 5 pairs, 

 prominent beneath, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. 

 Panicles very large, spreading 2 ft. long. Branches distant, 3 in. 

 long. Flowers crowded at the ends, 'i in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 tomentose. Petals glabrous, linear, about twice as long, acute 

 white. Follicles woody, obliquely obovoid, dorsal suture straight 

 ending in a short point on the back, ventral suture longer, 2*5 in. 

 long, 1*5 in. wide. Seed oblong, flat. Hab. Common in open country 

 up to 4200 ft. altitude. Singapore, Chanchu Kang; Bukit Mandai 

 Road. Johor, Sedenah ; Ulu Sembrong (Kelsall). Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler), 300 to 4200 ft. altitude. 

 Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Native name : Akar Chinchin. 



(7) C. grandis Jack. Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 40; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 328. 



A stout climber with stiff coriaceous leaves of 5 leaflets '8 in. 

 long. Leaflets oblong obtuse acuminate, very coriaceous, base 

 rounded; nerves 9 to 10 faint, 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petiolules 

 2 in. long, thick. Inflorescence 4 to 8 in. long, yellow tomentose 

 rather dense. Flowers sessile "25 in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, 

 blunt, cream colour. Petals twice as long, linear, glabrescent, 

 white tipped with yellowish hairs. Follicles oblanceolate, rounded, 

 woody, 2 in. long, 75 in. wide, narrowed abruptly into a thick 

 stalk, '4 in. long. Hab. Common in open country. Singapore, 

 Changi ; Pulau Ubin. Malacca, Chabau ; Merlimau (Cantley) ; 



