47i Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



dark, impressed on the tipper surface ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, pro- 

 minent, starting at an angle of about 70° with the midrib and curving 

 upward to anastomose near the margin ; secondary nerves few, reticula- 

 tions transverse, prominent, more or less raised above ; petiole "4 to "6 

 in. long. Inflorescence minutely rusty-pubescent, trichotomous, up to 

 8 in. long and 5 in. broad ; main branch peduncles 2 to 2-5 in. long ; 

 secondary rather shorter ; cymules terminal, corymbose or subumbellate ; 

 pedicels slender, -1 in. long; lower bracts leaf -like; bracteoles linear- 

 subulate, -2 in. long ; flowers very small. Calyx-ixvoQ very short ; lobes 

 ovate oblong, little recru'ved, obtuse at tip, "125 in. long. Corolla urceo- 

 late ; tube very short, glabrous within ; lobes oblong, rather longer than 

 the tube. Anthers sagittate, obtuse at apex, the tails diverging. Ovary 

 globose, pubescent ; style obconical ; stigma conical with a short bifid 

 apiculus. Follicles connected at the base, diverging nearly horizontally, 

 6 to 8 in. long, '25 in. broad, usually hooked at the tip ; pericarp terete, 

 dark brown, glabrous. Seeds linear-oblong, flattened, "6 in. long, sur- 

 mounted by a ring of tawny bristles and a coma of white silk}' hairs 

 1 in. long ; testa softly tawny- villous ; albumen very scanty ; cotyledons 

 oblong ; radicle rather long. 



Peeak: King's Collector 4743, 5134; Wray 2367 (young folHcles 

 curving inwards almost to a circle). Malacca: Hidlett. Singapobe : 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1083 ; Piidley 2717.— Disteib. Borneo {Haviland 1527, 

 1767, 3497). 



3. Ueceola beachysepala, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. III., 659 (1882). 

 A climbing shrub ; branchlets slender, dark brown, terete. Leaves 

 chartaceous, perhaps coriaceous when green ; elliptic, abruptly obtusely 

 acuminate at apex, rounded at base ; both surfaces smooth, red-brown 

 when dry ; margins slightly recurved ; 4 to 5-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. 

 broad ; midrib prominent, rather slender ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 starting from the midrib at an angle of 70° to 75° and curved upwards 

 to and along the margin only, the upper few meeting in an intra- 

 marginal nerve, rest anastomosing, all prominent, raised on the upper 

 sm'face as are the prominent transverse reticulations ; petiole slender, 

 •5 to 1 in. long, articulate near the base. Inflorescence puberulous, 

 triclaotomous, terminal on main or side branchlets, up to about 6 in. 

 long and 5 in. broad ; main peduncle 1 to 2 in. long, terete ; secondary 

 peduncle also about 1 to 2 in. long, flattened as are further branches ; 

 cymules corymbose, pedicels slender, often recurved ; bracts leafy ; 

 bracteoles subulate, reddish, numerous ; buds globose; flowers minute. 

 Calyx-\ohe% very small, ovate, '03 to "04 in. long, very slightly puberulous. 

 Corolla globose, villous without, glabrous within, except for tufts of hair 

 between the stamens, inflated, -075 to -1 in. long; lobes induplicate. 



