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Miers remarks that Wallich describes the species as a bash. Mr. 

 Kunstler, wlio collected it at various places in Perak, describes one set 

 of his specimens (No. 6184) as bu.shes of 8 to 10 feet ; the other he 

 describes as climbers. Between the male flowers of these two I can 

 detect no dilfeience. The species is at once recognised by the length of 

 tlie panicles of male flowers. 



3. L. VELDTINA, Miers Contrib. iii. 110. Whole plant, but especially 

 the young bianches, olivaceous-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 ovate-oblong, often slightly obovate, obtuse, acute or shortly and finely 

 acuminate, the base acute or rounded ; when adult glabrous and shin- 

 ing above except the midrib ; beneath olivaceous-pubescent ; 3-nerved ; 

 length of blade 3'5 to 5"5 in., breadth \o to 2'25 in. ; petiole '5 to *75 in., 

 stout, terete. Cymes shorter than the petiole, umbellate, in axillary 

 fascicles of 2 to 6. Male flowers small. Stamens 6, filaments much 

 thickened upwards ; anthers large, 2-celled. Drupes 1 or 2, transversely 

 reniform, very little compi'essed, sparsely tomentose ; otherwise as in the 

 last. Hook. fil. Fl. Bf. lad. I. 100 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. Pt. i, 80 ; Kurz 

 For. Flor. Burraah 1, 55 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 189. L. inornata, Miers 

 1. c. iii. t. 109. Cocculus velutifius, Wall. Cat, 4970. 



Var. GLABRESCENS, leaves nearly glabrous. L. distincta, Miers Con- 

 trib. iii, 111, t. 109. 



In Forests in the Straits Settlements. Distrib. Sumatra. 



A slender climber 15 to 20 feet long ; readily recognised by the 

 yellowish olivaceous tomentum and short cymose inflorescence. 



4. L. KussTLERi, King, nov. spec. Branches, petioles, and nerves of 

 leaves softly pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, 

 shortly petiolate, lanceolate, mucronate, the base cuneate, 3-nerved ; re- 

 ticulations wide, distinct ; length of blade lo to 25 in., breadth '5 to 1 

 in., petiole 2 in. Cymes pedunculate, axillary, solitary, little longer 

 than the petioles ; or in terminal racemes. Male flotoers small. Stamens 

 6, the filaments short, clavate ; anthers large, cordate, 2-celled, con- 

 iiivent. 



North Coast of Singapore near the Sea ; King's Collector, No. 70. 



This very distinct species has been gathered only once. Only the 

 male flowers aie known, but they are nnmistakeably those of a Limacia. 

 The species is distinguished by its shortly petiolate small leaves, and 

 numerous short cymes which (toward the end of the branches) are 

 arranged in racemes. 



Hypserpa, Miers. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers in short axillary cymes. Parts of 

 flower varying in number. Sepals in three x'ows, the outer 3 bractiform 



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