554 XLVi. coNNARACE^. [Age!<za. 



Flowers '2 in. long; pedicels longer. Sepals free for two-thirds 

 of length lanceolate, tomentose. Petals linear-oblong. Follicles 

 I to 3 ovoid beaked, tubercled, pubescent. Seed sub-cylindric 

 black. Hab. Forests, not common. Singapore, Changi (Hullett). 

 Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). 



6. T^NIOCHLiENA, Hook. fil. 



Sarnientose shrub. Leaves unequally pinnate, glabrous; leaf- 

 lets 3, coriaceous. Panicles axillary short. Flowers small, bi- 

 sexual. Calyx-tube short hemispheric; segments 5, enlarged in 

 fruit. Petals 5, longer, linear. Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter, 

 nearly free. Ovaries 5. Follicles i to 3, ovoid, pubescent, glabrous 

 within. Seed oblong arillate. Species 4, Burma and Borneo. 



(i) T. Griffithii Hook. fiL F.B.I, ii. 55 ; Ic. PL 2392 ; King, I.e. 20. 



Branchlets and inflorescence only puberulous. Leaflets elliptic 

 to ovate, tips blunt bifid, base round ; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, prominent 

 beneath, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide, terminal largest; petio- 

 lules '15 in. long. Panicles i to 3 in. long, fascicled, hairy. Flowers 

 •33 in. across. Follicles "5 to i in. long. Hab. In thickets ; Johor, 

 Kota Tinggi. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith) ; Brisu ; Bukit 

 Bruang; Bukit Sadanen. Tomoh (Machado). Native names : 

 Akar Kachang Betina; Akar Kachang Purai; Akar Sesudu; 

 Akar China; Akar Berimbong. 



7. CNESTIS, Juss. 



Sarmentose shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate; leaflets 19 

 to 31, oblong. Flowers fascicled, racemose, small, unisexual. 

 Sepals 5, oblong. Petals 5, similar. Stamens 10, free. Ovaries 5 

 to 7, sessile. Follicles i to 3, curved pyriform, velvety scarlet; 

 pericarp thick, woody, silky inside. Seed broad arillate. Species 

 17, Africa and Asia. 



(i) C. ramiflora Griff. Notiilce iv. 432; Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 

 54; King, I.e. 21. C. flaminea Griff. I.e. 433. Connarus igneus 

 Wall. Cat. 8528. 



Branches, rachis, underside of leaves, inflorescence tomentose. 

 Leaves (young pink) 8 to 15 in. long ; leaflets obtuse or sub-acute, 

 base round, 1*25 to 3 in. long, '4 to i"5 in. wide. Racemes 2 in. 

 long. Female flowers 35 in. across, males smaller. Sepals pubes- 

 cent both sides, pink. Petals white. FoUicles i'5 to 175 in. long, 

 '8 in. wide. Hab. Common in open country, very attractive from 

 its pink young leaves and scarlet pears. Singapore, Cluny (Hullett) ; 

 Bukit Timah. Pahang, Temerloh; Kwala Tembeling. Malacca, 

 Sungei Hudang; Jasin. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tampin. Perak, 

 Tapah (Wray) ; Larut (Kunstler); Trong (Wray). Penang Hill 

 (Curtis) ; Kedah, Yan. Dislrib. Burma, Malay islands. Native 

 names : Akar Semilat Merah ; Akar Scmilat Papan ; Akar Gesing- 

 Gesing Merah. Akar Perjep. Use : Roots boiled and applied as 

 a poultice for colic. 



