476 Flora of the Malayan Penins^ula. 



acuminate at apex with a usually oblique acumen, rounded at base, 

 shining on both surfaces, red-brown when dry ; margins slightly re- 

 curved ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. broad ; midrib strong, very promi- 

 nent beneath, slightly impressed above ; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, 

 slightly impressed above, very strong beneath, starting at an angle of 

 nearly 60° with the midrib and curved upwards to and along the margin, 

 where they meet to form almost an intramarginal looped nerve ; reticu- 

 lations transverse, regular; petiole slender, -5 to 1 in. long, often twisted. 

 Inflorescence of large terminal and axillary trichotomous panicles of 

 cymes, reaching in all 1 ft. in length and breadth ; peduncles and 

 branches slender, uppermost only pubescent ; main peduncles 2 to 3 in. 

 long, secondary 1 to 1*5 in. long, tertiary about "5 in. long ; cymules 

 corymbose ; pedicels short ; bracteoles ovate acuminate, very small ; buds 

 globose or ovoid. Galyx-tvihe short ; lobes broadly oblong, recurved, 

 •05 in. long. Corolla urceolate, -1 in. long, tube very short ; lobes oblong, 

 longer than the tube, pubescent without, glabrous within. Anthers 

 obtuse at the apex. Ovary glabrous or slightly hairy at the tip ; style 

 short ; stigma conical. Follicles 3 to 4 in. long, horizontal, rigid (like 

 poniards), base contracted, tip acuminate, 4 to '5 in. broad at the 

 broadest a little above the base ; exocarp thick ; endocarp crustaceous ; 

 placenta woody. Seeds linear-oblong, "3 to "5 in. long, flattened, ending 

 in a tuft of tawny bristles, which encloses a white silky spreading coma 

 about 1 in. long ; testa crustaceous, rusty-silky-pubescent ; cotyledons 

 foliaceous, "3 in. long ; radicle "25 in. long. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 658. 

 Chavannesia lucicla, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 444. Echites ? lucicla, Wall. 

 Cat. 1670 ; G. Don Gen Hist. Dichl. PI. IV. 75. 



Penang : WalUch 1670 ; Curtis 661, 941, 3569 ; Kiiig's Collector 

 1329. Peeak : Scortechini 17, King's Collector 4929. Malacca : Derry 

 333, 978, 1158, 1169. Singapoee : Hullett 860 ; Bidley 2745, 5628, 6937. 



6. Ueceola toeulosa. Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. III. 659 (1882). A 

 climbing shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence ; branchlets rather 

 slender, very dark brown, terete. Leaves thinly coriaceous ; ovate-oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, acute or rounded at base, 

 smooth on both surfaces, red-brown when dry ; margin slightly recurved ; 

 variable in size, usually 4 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. broad, but on end 

 branchlets sometimes as small as 1 to 1'5 in. long and "75 to 1 in. broad; 

 midrib slender, impressed above ; main nerves very slender, 6 to 10 pairs, 

 at about 50"^ to 60° with the midrib, curved upwards to and along the 

 margin, where they anastomose ; reticulations transverse, not promi- 

 nent ; petiole about -5 in. long, articulate near the base. Cymes terminal, 

 on side branchlets as well as on main branchlets, 2 to 2*5 in. long, 2 in. 

 broad, pubescent ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long ; branch peduncles short ; 



