Rourea.] xlvi. connarace^. 551 



Malacca, Ayer Panas (Cantley) ; Siingei Hudang ; Brisu (Deny) . 

 Negri Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun, and Bukit Danan (Cantley), 

 Tampin Hill. Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Goping and Gunong 

 Bubu (Kunstler) ; Asam Kumbang (Wray) ; Temengoh. Penang 

 (Porter) ; base of Government Hill (Curtis). Tringganu, Bundi 

 (Rostado). Native names: Akar Prijeh; A. Semilat putih; 

 Keluntut Kra; Kelintek Nyamok. 



(6) R. similis Bl. Ann. Mas. Bot. Liigd. Bat. i. 264; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 50. R. parallella Planch. I.e. 421 and R. sororia Planch. I.e. 



A lofty liane. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2 to 6 in. long; 

 rachis pubescent ; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, 10 to 22 pairs, opposite, 

 oblong tip broad, refuse, base cordate, shining above, pubescent 

 beneath ; nerves 6 pairs, elevate, -5 to 75 in. or more long, "25 to 

 •3 in. wide. Racemes 3*5 to 5 in. long. Flowers white, scattered, 

 many, '2 to '35 in. across, pedicelled. Sepals ovate blunt hairy, 

 pink. Petals oblanceolate, white ; follicle obovoid blunt, red, 

 •6 to "7 in. long. Seed elliptic. Hah. Common in woods. Singa- 

 pore, Bajau; Sungei Buluh; Changi; Kranji. Pahang, Telom. 

 Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). Kedah, Pulau Song-Song. Penang 

 (Wallich). Distrih. Sumatra, Borneo. 



(7) R. fulgens Planch. Linncea xxiii. 423 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 

 46; King, I.e. 15. 



Woody climber, minutely tomentose. Leaves 3 to 5 in. long ; 

 rachis and underside of leaflets tomentose; leaflets 12 to 24 pairs, 

 thin coriaceous, oblong blunt, base rounded above glabrous, reticu- 

 late; nerves faint, "4 to -65 in. long, -15 to -25 in. wide. Racemes 

 solitary, pubescent ; follicles 75 in. long, curved, oblanceolate 

 obtuse. Hab. Singapore (Wallich and Maingay). 



This seems to be rare ; I have never met with it. 



(8) R. concolor Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 264; Hook. 

 fil. F.B.I, ii. 49; King, I.e. 15. R. parvifolia Planch. I.e. 420. 



A woody liane 3 in. through, very lofty. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves i to 4 on rachis tomentose densely crowded, young ones 

 rose pink, adults shining light green; leaflets 4 to 15 pairs, cori- 

 aceous, sub-sessile, oblong blunt, base cordate, glabrous, back 

 reticulate, -3 to -5 in. long, -15 to -3 in. wide. Racemes slender, 

 2 in. long, tomentose. Sepals orbicular. Petals white "i in. long, 

 oblong; follicles red, lanceolate, curved, sub-acute -4 in. long. 

 Hab. Common in woods climbing on high trees. Singapore, Chan 

 Chu Rang; Changi; Kranji; Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. 

 Johor, Kwala Kahang. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Griffith). Distrih. 

 Sumatra, Borneo. Native name : Semilat. Use : Decoction for 

 colic. 



4. ROUREOPSIS Planch. 



Scandent shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate with few leaflets. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes, large for the order; pedicels slender 



