61G Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



principal pair of ribs at tlie loop sinuses ; secondary nerves few, branch- 

 ing ; reticulations many, in an elegant network, inconspicuous ; petiole 

 •2 to -3 in. long, channelled above. Cymes pubescent, in rather short 

 axillary sessile corymbs, or in elongate terminal panicles reaching 5 in. 

 in length ; rachises angular ; bracteoles ovate-acute, ciliate ; flowers very 

 numerous, the buds obovoid. Calyx very small ; tube short ; lobes 

 ovate-obtuse, ciliate, -03 to -05 in. long. Corolla-tuhe -075 in. long, 

 glabrous without and at the base within, upper part within and lobes 

 densely long tawny-villous ; lobes "075 to -1 in. long. Stamens inserted at 

 the middle of the tube ; filaments slender, villous, '05 in. long ; anthers 

 as long, sparsely retrorse-villous at the base. Ovary rounded, villous, 

 tapering into a conical style ; stigma capitate. Berry globose, "5 to 1 in. 

 in diam. ; endocarp slightly rough and spotted. Seeds 1 to 2, orbicular, 

 flattened on one surface, convex on the other ; testa coriaceous. A. DC. 

 Prodr. IX. 13 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. I. 102; Kurz Eor. Fl. II. 166 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 88 {excl. var.). 



Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 1035. Pahang : Bidley 2161. — Disteib. 

 India (Cachar, Burma, Griffith 3727, 3729). 



Wray 1236 from "lower camp, Gunong Batu Pateh," Perak, is also probably this 

 species, but the leaves are rather thinner and more lanceolate. So, too, probably, are 

 Scortecliini 295 and King's Collector 7193, which have very quadrangular branchlets 

 and large leaves ; but the specimens are too incomplete for certainly. 



4. Steychnos ovalifolia. Wall. Cat. 1592 (1828). A large climbing 

 shrub ; branchlets slender, terete, with dark brown shining bark ; lenticels 

 few ; nodes swollen and with a faint raised line ; tendrils none (or not 

 kno^vn ! ). Leaves chartaceous ; ovate-lanceolate or -elliptic, acuminate at 

 apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. 

 broad, brown when dry; 3- to 5-ribbed; midrib rather slender, slightly 

 impressed above, raised beneath, as are the 2 inner ribs which start from 

 •2 to "4 in. above the base and are curved acutely upwards to the apex, 

 looped only in the upper half ; outside them and close to the margin 

 another pair more or less conspicuous, with a marginal looped nerve ; 

 main nerves 4 to 5 pairs, faint, straight from the midrib to join the 

 principal pair at the loop sinuses ; secondary nerves many ; reticula- 

 tions irregular, fairly prominent ; petiole slender, -25 to '5 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, paniculate, reaching about 2 in. in length, few-flowered ; 

 rachis angular, pubescent ; bracteoles ovate-acute, ciliate ; buds obovoid, 

 short. Calyx very small ; lobes ovate-obtuse, pubescent, ciliate, '05 in. 

 long. C'oroZ^a-tube -06 in. long, glabrous, as are the lobes on both 

 sides ; lobes as long as tube. Stamens inserted a little above the base 

 of the tube ; filaments slender ; anthers elongate, apiculate. Ovary 

 rounded, glabrous, gradually contracted into the slender style ; stigma 



