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POKE : in hedges, frequent, Kurz 2968 ! Hullett 628 ! 642 ! — Distrib. 

 Bangka, Sumatra, Borneo. 



5. Eeycibe iiALACCENSis, Clarke in Hook, f . Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 182. 

 A stout spreading shrub with straggling branches, or a climber extend- 

 ing to 100 feet in length ; branches glabrous, with fissured bark, but 

 cylindric ; branchlets stellately puberulous, rather distinctly angled. 

 Leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate-oblong, narrowed from the middle or 

 beyond to the cuneate or narrowly truncate base and more abruptly to 

 the shortly acuminate apex with obtuse tip ; 3 to 3'5 in. long, 1-25 to 

 1'5 in. wide; thickly chartaceous ; dark green, shining, quite glabrous 

 above ; paler glaucescent beneath and at first pubescent with a 

 deciduous tomentum which soon disappears except from the rusty 

 midrib ; lateral nerves 5 to 6 pairs, usually very oblique, rather distinct 

 on both surfaces as is the secondary reticulate venation ; petiole •25 in. 

 long, rusty-tomentose. Floiuers in axiUary 5-9-flowered cymes, -5 in. 

 wide ; peduncles "2 to 1*5 in. long, rusty-tomentose ; bracteoles elliptic, 

 f ulvous-tomentose, small ; pedicels "15 in. long, rusty. SejJals orbicular, 

 fulvous-tomentose. Corolla glabrous within, white, 'S-S in. across ; 

 lobes slightly spreading ; interlobular spaces fulvous-tomentose exter- 

 nally ; lobules ovate, margins slightly undulate. Fruit ellipsoid, purple, 

 •75 in. long, -5 in. in diam. with a faint apical areola, glabrous. Prain 

 Jom-n. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 85 ; Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 738. 



Peeak: Larut, King's Collector 3093! 3180! 3575! Scortechini 

 2196 ! Kota, Wray 2412 ! Penang : Maingay 1154 ! Malacca : 

 Bukit Labukor, Bidley 3526! Batu Tiga, Derry 1042 !— Disteib. 

 Tenasserim. 



6. Eeycibe angulata, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 84. 

 A robust scandent shrub or a strong chmber ; stems sometimes over 

 100 feet long and 4 to 6 in. in diam. ; branches terete, glabrous ; ultimate 

 branchlets angular, rusty-pubescent. Leaves obovate, base cuneate or 

 rounded, apex shortly acuminate or rounded or sometimes deeply 

 emarginate (normally shortly acuminate) ; 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 

 wide ; coriaceous, quite glabrous ; lateral nerves 5 to 8 pairs, visible 

 above, distinctly raised beneath; secondary venation indistinct; petioles 

 •5 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Flowers in few-flowered cymes disposed 

 in axillary and terminal panicles with angular rachis clothed with dark- 

 red tomentum ; axillary inflorescences 1 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. wide, 

 terminal 7 to 10 in. long, with sometimes floral leaves intermixed ; 

 pedicels bracteolate, ^25 to •S in. long. Sepals orbicular, outer stellately 

 rusty-tomentose, inner ciliate. Corolla white, ^5 in. wide ; lobes 

 spreading ; interlobular spaces hirsute externally ; lobules glabrous, 

 ovate-oblong, with sHghtly undulate margins. HaUier f. Bull. Herb. 



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