540 Flora of the. Malayan Peninsula. 



tions faint ; petiole slender, '3 to -4 in. long. Cymes in pairs, opposite, 

 alternate with the leaves, minutely pubescent ; umbels racemose, with 

 minute persistent bracts 10- to 12-flowered ; peduncles "25 in. long ; 

 pedicels slender, -1 to -15 in. long ; buds ovoid. Calyx-lohe^ ovate with 

 scarious margins, -05 in. long ; glands 5, subulate, black. Corolla -075 in. 

 long ; lobes as long as tube, rounded. Corona of 5 pairs of bearded 

 ridges on the corolla-tube alternate with the lobes, and with small 

 rounded incurved tips. .IwiJ/ter-appendages rounded, minutely erose; 

 pollen-masses spathulate, connected by short jointed rounded caudicles 

 to the oblong pollen-carriers. Style-apex globose. Fruit not seen. 

 G. nitens, Blume Mus. Bot. I. 149, t. 29 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 498. 

 G. Malmjanum, Griff. Notul. IV. 56, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 394. 



Penang : Curtis. Perak : Scortechini 2007. Malacca : Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1110.— DisTEiB. Sumatra, Borneo {Motley 383). 



3. Gymnema Maingayi, Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 31 (1883). A slender 

 much twining undershrub ; branchlets finely tawny-pubescent ; the bark 

 papery. Leaves membranous when dry ; ovate-acuminate at apex, 

 cordate at base ; both surfaces pubescent ; the hairs with bulbous bases, 

 yellow when dry ; margins slightly recurved ; 1 to 2 in. long, "75 to 

 1 in. broad ; midrib prominent, impressed above, sometimes with a small 

 gland at the base ; main nerves 4 to 5 pairs arching upwards and anasto- 

 mosing near the margin ; reticulations not easily visible ; petiole "125 to 

 ■25 in. long, curved, easily detached at the base. Cymes subsessile, 

 pubescent ; the peduncle when present short, thickened ; pedicels slender, 

 •1 to "2 in. long ; bracts most minute ; buds oblong-conical. Calyx 

 deeply cleft, pubescent without ; lobes oblong, obtuse, "05 in. long ; 

 scales invisible. Corolla campanulate; tube -075 in. long; lobes ovate, 

 •025 in. long, glabrous, thickened. Corona of small fleshy obtuse scales 

 in the sinuses of the corolla-lobes, and a decurrent hairy ridge below 

 extending about half-way down the tvibe. Staminal- column columnar ; 

 anther- wings long ; appendages rounded, short, scarious ; pollen-masses 

 clavate, connected by very short jointed caudicles to the nearly globose 

 poUen-carriers. Style-apex dome-shaped, much exceeding the anthers. 

 Fruit not known. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1111. 



4. Gymnema tingens, Wight Contrib. 45 (1834). A slender climb- 

 ing shrub; branchlets dark brown, slender, smooth, somewhat thickened 

 at the nodes. Leaves membranous when dry ; ovate-acuminate at 

 apex, rounded shallowly cordate or (when young) slightly cuneate at 

 base ; both surfaces glabrous, olive-green when dry ; margins slightly 

 recurved ; 2-5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 3 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised 

 beneath ; main nerves 5 to 8 pairs, the lowest 2 to 3 pairs rather close 



