\\'hytc, \vith tendrils, sessile obovate very obtuse leaves, 5 in. 

 by } in., and pcifcclly round smooth yellow fruits resembling 

 an nr.mgc, and about 3 in. in diameter; Batombatown, Whytc\ 

 -The latex of this plant is used by the natives in rubber- 

 collecting. 



L. (?) spec. (3) : a climbing shrub with long branched tendrils, 

 obovate- elliptic to obovate-cuneate very obtuse leaves, which 

 arc C) 8 in. by 3.', 4 in., glabrous, rather thin and borne on 

 petioles up to | in. long; they have about 5 very oblique 

 nerves on each side and very loose and slender transverse 

 veins ; neither flowers nor fruits are known ; Sino Basin, 

 JF/r/V, [3 I 



L. (?) spec. '4) : a climber with cinnamon-coloured finely downy 

 branchlets and tendrils, and obovate very obtuse leaves tapering 

 t<m aids the base, up to 9 in. by 4?,- in., glabrous above and 

 almost so beneath and dotted with minute warts ; they have a 

 stout midrib and about 7 oblique side-nerves on each side and 

 rather obscure veins ; the petiole is stout and about *- in. long ; 

 neither flowers nor fruits are known; Greenville, Swt, 31 bis! 

 *Clitandra nitida, Staff (Plate 251): a glabrous climber with long 

 tendrils, more or less elliptic abruptly acuminate coriaceous 

 glossy leaves, 2\ 4 in. by ii 2 in., having about 10 1 6 rather 

 straight side-nerves of the first order on each side, a thickened 

 margin and a petiole .\ ! in. long, with 6 12-flowcicd short 

 axillary cymes, small flowers (corolla tube J in., lobes \ in. 

 long and globose reddish or yellow fruits, solitary or in clusters 

 of 2 4, I 2\ in. in diameter and covered with warts all over; 

 Kakalown and Hatomba, \Vliytc\\ Sino, \Vhytc \ ; Greenville, 

 .S7//Y, 24 !--" This is the red rubber of the French Sudan " 

 //. H.Johnston). 



*C. membranacea, Shift ' ( Plate 252): a glabrous slender climber with 



long and fine tendrils; leaves more or less lanceolate, 



initiate, papery, minutely cordate at the base, 3 4 in. by 



in., having 7 g very slender oblique side-nerves on each 



I short petioles ; flowers greenish, solitary in the leaf 



axils Corolla tube ! in., lobes J in. long; fruit, according to a 



by Mr. Sim. conical, rather pointed, with 5 or more 



itudinal ribs ending in tubercles at the truncate base, 4 in. 



ad at the base ; Greenville, Siw, 1 ! 



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