392 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



1. WHiLUGHBEiA GEANDiFLOEA, Dyer in Herb. Kew. ; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. III. 625 (1882). A stout climbing shrub; branchlets 

 stout, dark brown to nearly black ; tendrils woody, thick, branched. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; orbicular or elliptic, obtuse or with a very short 

 blunt broad acuniination at apex, rounded at base ; glabrous and 

 shining, pale reddish-yellow on the upper surface, cinnamon-coloured, 

 soft and glaucescent on the lower ; margins slightly recurved ; 3 

 to 5 in. long, 3 to 3-5 in. broad ; midrib stout, impressed on 

 the upper surface, somewhat flattened on the lower ; main nerves 

 6 to 8 pairs, distant, impressed above, raised beneath, at an angle of 

 about 60° with the midrib, at first straight then curving near the 

 margin to meet in an irregular intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves 

 few and chiefly near the apex ; reticulations transverse, distinct but not 

 prominent ; petiole stout, rugose or corrugated, channelled above, '5 to 

 1 in. long. Cyvies sub-sessile, crowded, puberulous ; bracteoles broadly 

 ovate, ciliate ; pedicels stout, "05 to •! in. long ; buds cylindric-clavate, 

 •45 in. long ; flowers white, reddish at base. Calyx broad, thick, -1 in. 

 long; lobes rounded, much imbricate, obtuse, ciliate, longer than the 

 short tube. Corolla-tvhQ slender, -5 in. long, slightly dilated near the 

 base opposite the stamens, villous within above the stamens ; lobes 

 1 in. long, oblong-spathulate, long-ciliate on the margins, rounded at 

 tip. Anthers lanceolate, apiculate, base cordate, "06 in. long; filaments 

 slender, short, curved. Ovary broad-conical ; style short, cylindric, urn- 

 shaped at top ; stigma conical, bifid, branches slender. Fruit not seen. 

 Ancyclocladus glaucinus, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. nouv. ser. 98. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1047. — Distrib. Borneo {Beccari 

 3335; Haviland 2301, 3045). 



2. WiLLUGHBEiA EDULis, Eoxb. Cor. PI. III. t. 280 (1819), and Fl. 

 Ind. II. 57. A large climbing shrub ; bark dark brown, tubercled ; 

 branchlets slightly angled, pale bro^vn to dark brown, prominently 

 lenticellate ; tendrils long, branched. Leaves chartaceous when dry ; 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, long acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; 

 olivaceous-brown and dull on the upper surface, reddish-brown and 

 sometimes shining on the lower ; margins crispately undulate, slightly 

 recm-ved ; 4 to 7 in. long, 2-5 to 3-25 in. broad ; midrib stout, impressed 

 on the upper, raised on the lower surface ; main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 

 starting at an angle of 50° to 60° with the midrilD and curving upwards 

 to anastomose near the margin ; secondary nerves few, chiefly near the 

 ends ; reticulations transverse, fairly prominent ; petiole "2 to '6 in. 

 long. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, about as long as the petioles ; 

 peduncle stout, -15 in. long ; bracteoles ovate, acute, early caducous, 

 leaving a prominent scar ; pedicels short, angular ; buds oblong-clavate, 



