Materials for a Flora of the Malay (in Tcninsula. 



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long, everywhere pale rusty-tomentose ; length of follicle and beak equal 

 to that of the pseudo-stalk; pericarp leathery, glabrous inside. Seed 

 arillate at the base, testa black. 



Perak ; very common, Scortechini, Wray, Curtis, King's Collectors. 



3. RODREA, AUBL. 



Scandeat or sarmentose shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate, some- 

 times with only one leaflet ; leaflets subopposite or alternate. Ra- 

 cemes or panicles axillary. Flowers small; pedicels usually sleiidei\ 

 Sepals 5, orbicular, imbricate, enlarged and clasping the base of the 

 ripe capsule. Petals 5, usually linear-oblong. Stamens 10 ; filaments 

 connate at the base. Ovaries 5, 4 usually imperfect; style slen- 

 der. Follicle sessile, curved. Seed erect, arillate, exalbuminous. — 

 DiSTRiB. Tropics ; species about 52. 



Leaflets not more than 7, petiolulate, glabrous. 



Leaves with usually a single leaflet ... ... ... 1. R. anomala. 



Leaves with 3 to 9, rarely 11, leaflets ; inflorescence ebrac- 

 teolate, or the bracteoles (if any) fugacious. 



Leaflets glaucous on the lower surface ... ,„ 2. B. acu7niiiata. 



Leaflets not glaucous on the lower surface. 



Leaves 8 to 12 in. Icng; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate 

 to elliptic, their main nerves 2 to 5 pairs, curving 

 abruptly upwards; flowers '35 in. indiam., in raceoaes 

 or panicles, flower buds ovoid ... ... 3. ^. cotmnutata. 



Leaves 3 to 7 in. long ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, their 

 main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, faint, spreading ; flowers '25 

 in. in diam. ; flower buds ovoid ... ... 4. E.pulchella, 



Leaves 3'5 to 6 in. long; leaflets 3 rarely 5, broadly 

 ovate or ovate-orbicular with broad rounded bases ; 

 their main nerves about 4 pairs, spreading, faint ; 

 flower-buds globose ... ... ... 5. R. humilis. 



Leaflets very numerous (17 to 40), small, sessile, oblong. 



Leaflets shortly and bluntly acuminate, pubescent beneath... 6. B. rugosa. 



Leaflets bifid at the apex, minutely dotted and sparsely 



pubescent beneath ... ... ... ... 7. B. parallela. 



Leaflets with obtuse rounded apices. 

 Lower surface of leaflets rusty-sericeons ... ... 8. B.fulgens. 



Lower surface of leaflets minutely dotted, reticulate, 



glabrous ... ... ... ... ... 9. B. concolor. 



1. RouREA ANOMALA, King n. spec. A powerful woody perfectly glab- 

 rous creeper. Leaves either simple or teruate ; leaflets coriaceous, ovate- 

 elliptic to broadly ovate, shortly and bluntly caudate- acuminate, the 

 base rounded and usually broad ; both surfaces shining and minutely 

 reticulate when dry ; main nerves about 6 pairs, curving upwards, 



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