Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 473 



recurved, often \\-ith thicker pubescence beneath ; 4 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3*5 

 in. broad ; midrib stout, slightly impressed above ; main nerves 10 to 12 

 pairs, strongly marked beneath, slightly impressed above, at an angle of 

 about 60^ with the midrib, straight at first and then curving and anasto- 

 mosing near the margin ; secondary' nei'ves none ; reticulations transverse, 

 fairly regtdar ; petiole b to 1 in. long, rusty -pubescent, twisted at the 

 base, the bases of each pair joined by a ridge at the node. Inflorescence 

 finely rusty-pubescent, trichotomous, up to 12 in. long and 8 in. broad ; 

 main branch pedtmcles 2 to 2'5 in. long ; secondary branch peduncles 

 1 to I'O in. long ; eymules terminal, corymbose or subumbellate, 

 many- and densely -flowered, -05 to -1 in. long ; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles 

 linear-subulate, -1 to -25 in. long ; flowers very small. Calyx-tuhe short; 

 lobes linear, -1 to -15 in. long, recmrred. Corolla urceolate, tube '05 in. 

 long, glabrous within, except a tuft of reflexed hairs between the 

 stamens ; lobes oblong, a little longer than the tube. Anthers 

 acuminate, pollen- cells at the top ; filaments broad, short, minu tely 

 pubescent. Ovary globose, pubescent ; style short ; stigma conical. 

 Follicles connected at the base, straight, horizontal or sometimes 

 recurved, cylindric, acuminate, brown-velvety-pubescent when young, 

 smooth and glabrous when old, about 6 in. long and -3 in. broad. Seeds 

 linear-oblong, -5 in. long, flattened, surmounted by a ring of tawny 

 bristles, from the centre of which arises a coma of white silky hairs 

 1-5 to 2 in. long; testa sHghtly ta wny- villous ; albtunen very scanty; 

 cotyledons oblong ; radicle rather long. A. DC. Prod. VIU. 358 : 

 Wight Ic. t. 473 [excl. figure and description of fruit); JVIiq. El. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 416 ; Hook f . Fl. Br. Ind. IH. 656. TabernaTnontana elastica, 

 Spren^. Syst. Veg. i. 639. ? Vahea gummifera, Poir Diet. Suppl. Y. 409. 

 Pexang : Boxburgh (Hoiuison and C. Campbell) ; Curtis 823 ; King's 

 Collector 1749. Pebak : Wray 595, 1812, 2308, 2599, 4273 ; King's Col- 

 lector 2241, 2447, 3597, 4239, 4886, 5061, 7567, 10348. SiaLANGOB : 

 Goodenough 10600. IMalacca : Griffith ; Maingay (KD.) 1058, 1091 : 

 Cantley ; Derry 404, 1024, 1031 ; Curtis 3477.— Distbtb. Sumatra. 



As noted by Hook, f . in Fl. Br. Ind., the frtiit figured and described by Eoxburgh, 

 Wight, and A. DC. as that of U. elastica is that of Orchipeda fatida. Blame, a 

 Javanese tree. 



2. Ubceola Maingayi, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. IH. 658 (1882). A 

 large chmbing shrub ; branchlets nearly black, terete, more or less 

 rustv-pubescent as are the innovations. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic, 

 abruptly acuminate at apex, narrowed or rounded at base ; glabrous and 

 shining greenish brown on the upper surface, pale and dull and more 

 or less glaucous on the lower, glabrous or minutely pubescent : margins 

 recurved, 2-5 to 5*5 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. broad: midrib prominent, 



