Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 393 



al)Out -5 in. long ; flowers white or pink. Galyx-lohe^ -05 to '075 in. 

 long, ovate, acute, ciliate ; tube shorter than lobes. Corolla-t\xhe 

 cylindric, dilated in the middle opposite the stamens ; lobes lanceolate, 

 •35 to 4 in. long, ciliate on the edges. Anthers sub-sagittate, "05 in. 

 long ; filaments short, bent. Ovary conical, acute ; style short ; stigma 

 conical, striate, puberulous. Berry large, sub-ovate, the size of a lemon ; 

 pericarp orange-coloured, thick. Seeds many, in a yellowish fibrous 

 pulp ; cotyledons thick, fleshy. A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 321 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. II. 165 ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 623 {in part) ; Bl. Bijdr. 1034 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 391. Hunteria ?, Wall. Cat. 9066. 



Bindings : Pangkor, at Gunong Tunggyal, Curtis 1629. — Distrib. 

 India (Assam, Sylhet, Chittagong), Burma. 



3. WiLLUGHBEiA OBLONGA, Dyer in Herb. Kew. ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. III. 625 (1882). A large climbing shrub ; branchlets very stout, 

 obtusely angled, with pale greyish-brown bark rough with close-set 

 small lenticels. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse at apex or with a short broad blunt or almost emarginate 

 acumination, rounded at base or somewhat acute when young, almost 

 auricled ; both surfaces when dry dark reddish-brown, opaque ; margins 

 recurved ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib broad, flat on the 

 upper, raised on the lower, surface ; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, irregu- 

 larly spaced, the lower ones rather near together, the middle and upper 

 ones further apart, starting at about 70° with the midrib and gradually 

 curving upwards to anastomose near the margin ; secondary nerves few 

 and inconspicuous ; reticulations many, irregularly netted ; petiole 

 stout, -25 in. long. Cymes small, sessile, dense-flowered, pubescent ; 

 bracteoles ovate acuminate ; pedicels -05 in. long ; buds oblong-clavate, 

 •25 to -5 in. long. Calyx-\ohe^ ovate-oblong, ciliate, pubescent within, 

 •075 in. long ; tube thick, short. Corolla-iMhe cylindric, ^2 in. long, 

 dilated in the middle opposite the stamens ; lobes "3 to '^ in. long, 

 linear-oblong, ciliate at the margins. Anthers lanceolate, apiculate, 

 •05 in. long ; filaments short, curved. Ovary glabrous, conical ; style 

 slender; stigma conical. Berry many-seeded, oblong ; pericarp leathery, 

 rough. Seeds ovoid, '5 in. long ; testa thin ; cotyledons fleshy. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1089 ; at Ayer Panas, Goodenough 1396. 



4. WiLLUGHBEiA CORIACEA, Wall. Cat. 1620 (1829), and PL As. Ear. 

 III. 45 (1832). A large glabrous climbing shrub ; branches stout, 

 obscurely angled, black, enlarged at the nodes ; branchlets slender, 

 angled, smooth ; tendrils slender, branched. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, 

 cuneate or rounded at base ; glabrous and shining on both surfaces 

 when dry especially on the upper, both surfaces reddish-brown when 



