7oS Lvii. COMBRETACE^. [Comhretum. 



(i) C. trif oliatum Vent. Choix i. 58 ; King, I.e. 336. 



Big climber. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to oblanceo- 

 late, base cuneate, shining; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, indistinct above, 

 175 to 5*5 in. long, -8 to 2 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. Spikes 

 axillary, solitary or panicled, terminal. Flowers -15 in. wide, 

 crowded. Calyx-tube constrict above; sepals narrow, acuminate, 

 all appressed silky. Petals 5, lanceolate, little longer. Fruit 

 acutely 5-angled, 1-25 in. long, -5 in. through. Hah. Open country 

 in the north. Perils at Kanga. Disirib. Rangoon, Cambodia, 

 Siam, Borneo, Java. Native name : Akar Sung-sung Harus. 



(2) C. tetralophum Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 454; King, 

 I.e. 336. 



A big climber with scaly branches. Leaves opposite, thinly 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, short acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous 

 except midrib on back at base pubescent ; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, 

 2'5 to 5"5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; petioles 3 to -4 in. long, pubes- 

 cent. Spikes axillary, solitary or terminal, panicled, scaly. Flowers 

 •I in. across. Calyx-tube constrict above ovary, mouth cam- 

 panulate ; lobes 4, ovate, pubescent. Petals little longer, narrow, 

 linear. Stamens and style exsert ; disc and mouth of tube villous. 

 Fruit oblong, 4-angled, black, 75 to i in. long. Hab. Lowland 

 open country. Malacca, river-bank (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. 

 Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis) ; Tanjong Tokong. Disirib. Siam, 

 Borneo. 



(3) C. acuminatum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 228; Clarke, I.e. ii. 455. 

 Large scandent shrub. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate 



(puberulous) or glabrous, minutely dotted beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 

 2 in. wide, base slightly narrowed, tip acute; petioles short. 

 Racemes axillary or terminal, panicled. Flowers •15 in. wide. 

 Calyx campanulate. Fruit ellipsoid narrowed to both ends with 4 

 blunt ridges, 2 in. long, -5 in. through. Hab. Open country in 

 the north. Pahang River (Burn-Murdoch). Perils, Besih Hangat, 

 Kanga (Ridley). Disirib. India, Burma. 



(4) C. sundaicum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bai. Supp. 327 ; Clarke, I.e. ii. 

 458; King, I.e. 337. 



Large climber. Branchlets densely scaly. Leaves opposite, 

 thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic abruptly short-acuminate, base 

 round, sometimes unequal, glabrous scaly beneath ; nerves 6 pairs, 

 slightly prominent beneath, 275 to 4 in. long, I'S to 275 in. wide; 

 petioles -4 to -8 in. long. Panicles axillary, terminal, umbellate; 

 branches terminated by globose spikes 75 to i in. across. Calyx- 

 tube "35 in. long, pubescent, 4-ridged on ovary above cylindric, mouth 

 funnel-shaped; lobes 4 triangular, acuminate, light green, a ring 

 of hairs inside at base. Petals shorter, white, oval. Fruit elliptic, 

 round, with 4 coriaceous straw-coloured wings i in. long and wide. 

 Hab. Common on edges of forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah Road ; 

 Changi; Bedoh; Jurong. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry). Selangor, 



