394 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



dry, the upper tinged with ohvaceous ; margins recurved, more or 

 less cartilaginous ; 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib 

 stout, broad, impressed above ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, starting at 

 70° with the midrib, at first straight then curving to near the margin, 

 where they are joined by small loops, raised on the upper, raised and 

 flattened on the lower surface ; reticulations obscure, more visible 

 on the upper surface ; petiole "3 to '4 in. long, stout, channelled 

 above. Cymes sessile, crowded, less than 1 in. long ; bracteoles very 

 small, broad, obtuse, persistent, ciliate ; flowers white ;' buds cylindric- 

 clavate, '4 to '5 in. long. Calyx 45 in. long, subhemispheric ; lobes 

 rounded, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla thickly coriaceous ; tube inflated in the 

 middle opposite the stamens, constricted at the base and at the mouth, 

 •15 to "2 in. long ; lobes oblong, obtuse, "25 in. long, the margins incurved. 

 Anthers ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, "05 in. long ; filaments slender, 

 short. Ovary ovoid-globular, conical, glabrous ; style short, -025 in. 

 long ; stigma cylindric-conical with a broad white annulus at its base. 

 Berry obovoid, 3 in. long by 2'25 in. in diam., yellow when ripe; peri- 

 carp thick, leathery. Seeds red, -75 in. long, embedded in pulp, which 

 hardens in drying. A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 321 ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind, 

 III. 623 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 391. 



Penang : on Government Hill, Curtis 847 ; Ridley 9359. Peeak : 

 Scortechini ; King's C'oZ/ec^or 5331, 6976. Malacca: Griffith; Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1048; Curtis 3485; Derry 120, 399, 461, 1190, 1198. Singapoee : 

 Wallich 1620 ; Lohh ; Hullett 511, 626 ; Bidley 1641, 3594, 9501. 



5. Willughbeia fiema, Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1. 154 (1850). A 

 large glabrous climbing shrub ; branches stout, obtusely angled, bark red- 

 dish-brown or -grey, smooth, fissured ; branchlets similar, nearly quadran- 

 gular, lenticellate ; tendrils branched, slender. Leaves thinly coriaceous ; 

 elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate at apex, acute or cuneate at base ; both surfaces glabrous, shining, 

 the upper more or less olivaceous when dry, the lower reddish-brown ; 

 margin slightly recurved ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2-25 in. broad ; midrib 

 stout, rather impressed above ; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, slender, 

 starting at an angle of 70° to 75° with the midrib and at first straight 

 then curving and branching so as almost to meet near the margin, 

 prominent on the under, obscure on the upper, surface ; secondary 

 nerves few, between successive main nerves and at a different angle ; 

 reticulations distant, obscure ; petiole -4 to -5 in. long, stout. Cymes 

 axillary, sub-sessile, many-flowered, not much longer than the petioles ; 

 bracteoles broadly ovate, obtuse ; buds oblong-clavate, "3 to "4 in. long, 

 striated by the lobes of the corolla ; flowers white or pale yellow. 

 Calyx campanulate, -1 to -15 in. long; lobes half the length, ovate, 



