Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 295 



Var. longifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 1047 ; leaves cuneate-oblong, obtusely 

 acuminate, 1-75 to 2-25 in. wide. E. angustifolia, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb. XVI. 524. 



Perak : Waterfall Hill, Wray 2580 ! Malacca : Bujong, Scortechini 

 1908 ! — DisTBiB. Java, Borneo. 



13. Eeycibe aenea, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 85. A 

 very large climber ; stems 70 to 150 feet long, 3 to 4 in. in diam. ; 

 branches and densely rusty-tomentose branchlets cylindric. Leaves 

 narrowly oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, apex gradually or oftener 

 abruptly narrowed to an obtuse tip ; thickly coriaceous ; quite glabrous ; 

 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; lateral nerves 5 to 6 pairs with a 

 distinct sub-marginal connecting nerve, impressed on both surfaces but 

 especially beneath ; petiole -25 in. or less. Flowers in axillary 3-20- 

 flowered cymes "25 to 1*2 in. long; peduncles and bracteolate pedicels 

 minutely closely rusty-tomentose ; pedicels "12 in. long. Sepals orbi- 

 cular, closely brown-tomentose. Corolla pale yellow, -5 in. across, the 

 lobes spreading ; interlobular spaces pale brown-tomentose externally ; 

 lobules ovate-oblong, their margins undulate. Fruit elliptic, verrucose, 

 grey, -9 in. long, -5 to -6 in. wide. Hallier f. Bull. Hort. Boiss. V. 739. 



Perak : Larut, at elevations of from 300 to 2,500 feet. King's 

 Collector 7337 ! 8165 ! 



14. Eeycibe Geiffithii, Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 182. 

 A climber 60 to 80 feet long ; stem 4 to 6 in. in diam. ; branches 

 cylindric, glabrous ; branchlets cylindric, sparingly rusty-pubescent. 

 Leaves elliptic, rarely ovate-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate 

 or rarely rounded, apex usually abruptly acuminate, less often gradually 

 uarrowed to the obtuse tip ; 2-75 to 6 in. long, -75 to 2-5 in. wide ; 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces, sub-coriaceous ; lateral nerves 6 to 8 

 pairs, very oblique, visible but not prominent above, prominent beneath ; 

 secondary venation very indistinct ; petiole '25 to "3 in. long, glabrous. 

 Flowers in short axillary solitary or clustered 4-9-flowered cymes -3 in. 

 across; peduncles rusty-pubescent, -2 to -3 in. long; pedicels -25 in- 

 long, rusty-pubescent as are the very minute ovate-lanceolate bracteoles. 

 Sepals orbicular, rusty-pubescent externally. Corolla waxy cream- 

 coloured and glabrous within, -5 in. across, the lobes spreading, narrow 

 and stellate ; interlobular spaces rusty-brown externally ; lobules narrow 

 acute, their margins sub-entire. Fruit coriaceous, greyish-brown and 

 closely scurfy externally, 1 to 1'5 in. long, -5 to '75 in. wide. Prain 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 85 ; Hallier f. Verslag. Buitenzorg, 1895. 

 126 ; BuU. Herb. Boiss. V. 738, 1052. E. Maingayi, Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Elor. Brit. Ind. IV. 182; HaUier f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 737. E. 

 micrantha, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 524. 



