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8. RoTJREA PULGENS, Planch. in Linnaea, XXIIT, 423. A woody 

 climber; young branches minutely and decidnously rusty-tomentose. 

 Leaves 3 to 5 in. long, the rachis tojnentose ; leaflets J 2 to 2 i pairs, thin- 

 ly coriaceous, oblong, slightly oblique, entire, obtuse, the base rounded 

 or sub-cordate, usually oblique ; upper surface glabrous, reticulate, 

 minutely rugulose when dry, the lower rather densely covered with 

 rusty silky pubescence; length '4 to '65 in., breadth '15 to '25 in. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, pubescent, pedicels 

 short. Floivers unknown. Follicles *75 in. long, much curved. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 46. Connarus fulgens, Wall. Cat. 8524. 



Singapore ; Wallich ; Ridley, Nos. 2027, 4568. Malacca ; Maingay, 

 No. 499. 



9. RouREA CONCOLOR, Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 264. A woody 

 climber ; young branches rusty-pubescent. Leaves I to 4 in. long, the 

 rachises tomentose ; leaflets 4 to 16 pairs, thinly coriaceous, sub-sessile, 

 broadly oblong, with very obtuse or truncate apex and broad oblique 

 minutely cordate base ; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the 

 lower minutely dotted and boldly reticulate ; main nerves about 3 pairs, 

 spreading; length 3-5 to 5 in., breadth 1-5 to 3 in. Racemes about as 

 long as the leaves, axillary, slender, rusty-tomentose; pedicels slender 

 •25 in. long, as long as the flowers. Sepals orbicular, only half as lono* 

 as the oblong petals, stamens as long as the petals. Follicles '5 to '75 

 in. long, pointed. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 49. R. parvifolia, Planch, 

 in Linnaea, Vol. XXIII, 420. Connarus mimusoideSy Wall, (not Vahl.) 

 Cat. 8526 B. Qnestis mimusoides, Jack in Mai. Misc. Vol. II, VII, 44. 



Singapore ; Prince, Ridley, No. 2026, Hullett. Malacca ; Griffith, 

 No. 1262 (Kew Distrib.) Perak ; King's Collector, No. 4373.— Distrib. 

 Sumatra; Forbes, No. 3169. Borneo. 



4 RouREOPSis, Planch. 



Sarmentose or scandent shrubs. Leaves unequally-pinnate, leaflets 

 few. Flowers in axillary racemes ; pedicels slender, bracteolate at the 

 base. Sepals oblong, slightly imbricate, somewhat enlarged and spread- 

 ing, but not clasping the base of the capsule. Petals linear-oblong. 

 Stamens 10, the alternate longer. Ovaries 5, styles slender. Capsule 

 linear-oblong, straight. Seed ovoid ; testa thin, black, arilliform at the 

 base; cotyledons amygdaloid.— Distrib. Species 3, all Malayan. 



This genua difEers from Rourea in having straight (not curved) follicles, at the 

 base of which the persistent sepals are free, and also in having bracteolea at the base 

 of the pedicels. 



Leaflets puberuloua beneath ... ... ... i. jj. puhinervis. 



quite glabrous ... ... ... .., 2. B. Scortechinii, 



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