Adenia.] lxiv. passiflorace.e. 841 



wide. Capsule elliptic-oblong, acute, 2-3 in. long, -75 in. wide, 

 red. Seeds sub-orbicular with radiating grooves from centre. 

 Hab. Thickets, Johor, Tebing Tinggi. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 

 Perak, Waterfall, Thaiping (Wra}^) ; Tanjong Hantu. Bindings, 

 Lumut. Penang Hill at 2500 ft. altitude (Maingay, Curtis) ; Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis) ; Lankawi (Curtis) ; Setul Heath, a very narrow- 

 leaved form. Disirih. Andamans and Nicobars. 



(2) A. populifolia Engl. Jakrb. xiv. 376 ; var. penianiera King, 

 I.e. 54. 



Slender climber. Leaves membrane as oblong-ovate acuminate, 

 acute, base cordate ; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, faint, 3 to 5 in. long, 

 i'75 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1-25 in. wide with two large 

 cup-shaped glands at top. Peduncles i in. long with two branches 

 and a tendril. Flowers few, on pedicels -4 in. long. Male flowers 

 •2 in. long, green, fusiform. • Calyx-lobes 5, oblong blunt. Petals 

 just below lobes; anthers 5, sagittate, linear; filaments in a tube. 

 Female flowers -15 in. long. Fruit fusiform red, 2-5 to 3 in. long, 

 •75 in. through. Seeds oblong foveolate. Hab. Edges of woods. 

 Selangor, Sungei Buluh ; Petaling. Sungei Ujong, Pantai (Cantley) ; 

 Perak, Goping and Gunong Bubu (Kunstler) ; Ipoh (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Borneo, Timor. 



(3) A. acuminata Ktjig, I.e. 55. 



Stem slender. Leaves thin, coriaceous, ovate-oblong or ovate 

 sub-cordate or round, short acuminate ; nerves 2 (or 3) pairs, 

 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles -75 to 1-35 in. long. 

 Peduncles 2-5 to 4-5 in. long with 2 or more branches i in. long 

 and a tendril. Male flower narrow ovoid green -25 to -3 in. long. 

 Calyx leathery, lobes ovate lanceolate. Petals oblong acute. 

 Females larger -4 in. long, tubular, swollen at base. Ovary fusi- 

 form. Fruit fusiform, red, 2 in. long, -75 in. through. Seeds 

 pitted in centre with radiating grooves to edge. Hab. Common 

 on edges of woods. Pahang River, Tahan River. Malacca, 

 Merlimau (Cantley) ; Bukit Bruang (Derry) . Selangor, Batang 

 Berjuntai. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kapayung (Cantley). Perak, 

 Padang Rengas (Curtis) ; Larut (Kunstler) ; Tapah (Wray) ; Ulu 

 Bubong (Kunstler) ; Bindings, Lumut. Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 

 Native names: Akar Lempedu Gajah; Akar Gelompong; Akar 

 Lupok; Akar Merapoh; Kulipunang. 



(4) A. singaporeana Engl. Jahrb. xiv. 376; King, I.e. 56. 

 Modecca singaporeana Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 601. 



Lofty climber. Stem rather thick, woody. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong, base cuneate, glands 2, sub-acute, underside pale, reticula- 

 tions obscure; nerves 3 pairs, 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. 

 wide; petioles -5 to 1-5 in. long. Male flowers -25 in. long, pale 

 green, elongate, fusiform. Fruit fusiform, base rounded 2 in. long, 

 red. Seeds compressed, ellipsoid, -3 in. across, strongly tubercled. 

 Hab. Woods in the south, not common. Singapore, Garden 



