710 LVii. coMBRETACEiE. [CombretuM. 



Chengei. Penang (Wallich) ; Waterfall and Western Hill (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Andamans, India, Burma. 



In some of Curtis's plants the flowers are umbellate at the ends of branches. 

 The Indo-Burmese plants have much bigger leaves. 



(8) C. Wrayi King, I.e. 339. 



Woody climber hardly scaly. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, 

 narrow elliptic sub-acute or shortly blunt-acuminate, base round, 

 glabrous except a few hairs on base of midrib ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, 

 2'5 to 3'5 in. wide, i"i5 to i"5 in. long; petioles 35 to -4 in. long; 

 upper leaves smaller. Spikes solitary, axillary i in. long, flori- 

 ferous part scaly and hairy. Flowers few. Calyx-tube 'i$ in. 

 long, constrict above ovary, mouth campanulate, 4 triangular 

 acute lobes, scaly. Petals little longer, oblanceolate blunt. 

 Stamens 8, exsert. Fruit ovate, flattened with 4 short wings, 

 i"2 in. long, "6 in. wide, scaly. Hab. Perak, Matang, seashore 

 (Wray). 



I have only seen one poor bit of this. It seems to me to be near 

 C. tetralophum. 



(9) C. nigrescens King, I.e. 340. 



A climber 30 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets, midrib on both sides, 

 nerves beneath and petioles red-hairy. Leaves opposite, mem- 

 branous, drying black, narrow, elliptic-oblong, base minutely 

 cordate; nerves 7 pairs, elevate beneath, 2*25 to 275 in. long, 

 •75 to I in. wide; petioles under -i in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 lax very hairy, 3 to 4 in. long; branches slender. Calyx-tube 

 •05 in. long ; limb longer, campanulate ; teeth 4, acute, pubescent ; 

 throat hairy. Fruit black oblong, glabrous with 4 narrow wings, 

 •8 in. long, "4 in. wide. Hab. River-banks and thick forest, low 

 country. Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Batu Caves. Negri 

 Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; 

 Kota (Wray). 



var. Kunstleri C. Ktmstleri King, l.e.e. 



Branches and inflorescence nearly glabrous. Pahang, Temerloh 

 (Ridley). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). 



(10) C. Scortechinii King, I.e. 341. 



Branches appressed-hairy. Leaves opposite, thin coriaceous, 

 oblong-elliptic acute, base minutely cordate, above when young 

 appressed-hairy, then glabrous, beneath nerves 7 pairs elevate 

 with midrib appressed-hairy, 3*25 to 4*5 in. long, 1*4 to 175 in. 

 wide; petioles "i in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 2 in. 

 long or less, silky-tomentose. Calyx-tube cylindric wide cam- 

 panulate above, teeth broad, acute. Petals 4, ovate-lanceolate 

 pubescent. Fruit glabrous with 4 thin wings pointed at ends, 

 1*25 in. long, •65 in. wide. Hab. Perak, Goping (Scortechini). 



