54G cxxxvi. URTICACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Conoceplialus. 



Ts-1 in. diam. shortly stoutly peduncled, flowers shortly pedicelled, perianth 

 obtusely 4-lobed. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 1489). 



4. C. subtrinervius, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 417; glabrous, leaves 

 6-8 in. long-petioled oblanceolate rarely obovate-oblong cuspidate or 

 acuminate finely reticulate beneath, base narrowed 3 -nerved rounded acute 

 or cordate, nerves 6-8 pairs above the basal, petiole 2-4 in., heads small 

 in very short axillary and rameal cymes shortly pedicelled, males %-j in. 

 diam., perianth tubular 4-crenate, stamens 3-4, filaments slender, fern, 

 heads 1 in. diam., flowers shortly pedicelled, perianth subclavate. 



PENAN G and MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4673), Maingay (X. D. 1437). 

 PERAK, Scortechini, Kunstler. SINGAPORE, Lobb. 



The leaves are of a fine brown colour when dry ; the reticulations beneath enclose 

 silvery areoles. 



5. C. sp. ? ; quite glabrous, leaves 12 in. long-petioled elliptic-obovate 

 obtuse, base subacute, nerves 10-12 pairs above the short basal very strong 

 beneath, petiole 2-4 in. very stout, t'em. heads 2 in. diam. shortly stoutly 

 pedicelled, fern. fl. on pedicels very much longer than the oblong 4-toothed 

 perianth. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1499). 



The leaves resemble those of a Bungka plant ticketed as Akar Kelangis and 

 Telangis (Teijsm. in Sort. Bat. Sopor. Nos. 7307, 7297). (There is quite a different 

 plant under this name, also from Hort. Bogor. ) 



6. C. sp. ? ; quite glabrous, leaves 4-8 in. shortly petioled elliptic 

 obtuse, base rounded, nerves 7-10 pairs above the very short basal, petiole 

 |-1 in. stout, male heads in pairs in very shortly peduncled cymes, perianth 

 4-toothed, stamens 4, fern, heads as in C. suaveolens. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4675). PENANG, Maingay (K. D. 1488). 



7. C. sp. ? ; quite glabrous, leaves ' long-petioled 8 by 6 in. broadly 

 ovate cordate subacute, nerves 10-14 pairs above the short basal strong, 

 petiole 3 in., fern, heads 1| in. diam., fern. fl. .on pedicels longer than 

 the narrow perianth which is 4-cleft to the middle. ? C. azureus, Teijsm. 

 tyBinnend. in Tijdsclir. Nedert. Ind. (1864) xxvi. 26. 



PERAK- Pluas River, Wray. DISTRIB. ? Sumatra. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



C. CONCOLOR, Dalzell in Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 239 ; " leaves 1 ft. S-IKM vrd 

 perfectly smooth oblong-ovate acute green on both sides, fern. fl. axillary." Concau, 

 at the Phoonda Ghat. 



.23. FRAINEA, King msx. 



A lofty glabrous climber. Leaves alternate, quite entire, penninerved. 

 Flotvers of both sexes in globose axillary pedicelled heads, mixed with 

 peltate bracts. MALE FL. minute. Perianth tubular, obtusely 4-toothed. 

 titamen 1, filament short, thick ; anther ovoid. Pistillode 0. FEM. FI . 

 much larger than the male. Perianth tubular-clavate, thickened upwards, 

 mouth minute. Ovary included, free; style terminal, deeply 2-tid, 



