272 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



slender paniculate cymes, 1 to 2 in. long ; rachis somewhat angular, 

 minutely pubescent; bracts leafy, lanceolate, -5 to 1 in. long ; bracteoles 

 similar or sometimes subulate-spathulate ; pedicels slender, •! in. long, 

 reflexed. Calyx-tuhe very short ; lobes 4, ovate-acute, '025 in. long, 

 ciliate. Corolla-tuhe -03 to -05 in. long; lobes 4, induplicate-valvate, 

 Unear, -1 in. long. Stamens 2, inserted at the base of the corolla-tube, 

 •05 in. long ; filaments slender ; anthers elliptic, cells dehiscing 

 laterally, connective mucronate. Ovary conical ; style ; stigma minute, 

 bifid ; cells 2. Fruit not seen. 



Perak : on Gunong Bubu, 5,000 feet, Wray 3871. Pahang : Barnes 

 10896. 



We have hesitated whether to describe this species as Olea or Linociera, for the 

 corolla-tube is not very long, and the lobes are like those of the latter genus, but the 

 character of the leaves is distinctly that of Olea. 



5. Mtxopyeum, Blume. 



Large scandent shrubs with quadrangular branches. Leaves oppo- 

 site, large, triplinerved, entire or denticulate. Floivers small, yellow, 

 very numerous, in axillary and terminal trichotomous panicles. Calyx- 

 tube short, lobes 4. Corolla fleshy ; tube urceolate ; lobes 4, concave, 

 induplicate-valvate in bud. Stamens 2, inserted on the base of the 

 corolla-tube; filaments very short; anthers rather large, ovate, cells 

 dehiscing laterally. Ovary 2-celled; style very short or 0, stigma 

 2-lobed ; o\Tiles 1 to 2 in each cell, attached near the base at the inner 

 angle. Fruit a 1-2-seeded sub-globose berry ; pericarp crustaceous. 

 Seeds 1 to 4, erect, testa membranous, albumen thick ; cotyledons 

 flat, ovate, radicle inferior. — Disteib. India and Malaya, 3 species. 



Myxoptrum nervosum, Blume Bijdr. 683 (1826). A large climbing 

 shrub ; branches with fibrous pale brown bark ; branchlets prom.inently 

 quadrangular. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-oblong or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate or rounded at base ; glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; margins entire or denticulate in the upper half, promi- 

 nently recurved ; 4 to 7 in. long, 1"5 to 3-5 in. broad; midrib thick, pro- 

 minent beneath, impressed above ; main-nerves 4 to 6 pairs, the lowest 

 pair opposite, very prominent, starting a little above the base and form- 

 ing an intramarginal nerve looped only after where it meets the rest at 

 about two-thirds of the way up, the next pair not opposite and only 

 starting from about half the length of the leaf ; secondary nerves few, 

 reticulations irregular, prominent in dry specimens ; petiole '3 to -5 in, 

 long, often twisted, channelled above, articulate at the base. Floivers 

 sessile, in terminal or axillary or extra-axillary, trichotomous, minutely 



