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1. APAMA CORYMBOSA, Soler. in Engl. & Prantl Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 
ITI. i. 272 (1889). A spreading shrub reaching 2°5 to 3 m. in height ; 
branchlets brown, terete, jointed at the nodes. Leaves distichous, 
chartaceo-coriaceous'; ovate ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, long 
cuspidate-acuminate at apex, rounded or cuneate at base, entire ; 
upper surface smooth, shining, glabrous except on the ribs and nerves, 
lower glaucescent and finely stellate-puberulous ; 8—16 cm. long, 4—7 
em. broad ; ribs 5 from the base, the outer pair close to the margin, 
the inner pair extending nearly to the apex; main nerves from the 
midrib 1 to 3 pairs, all joined by very prominent transverse nervules 
and reticulations ; petiole short, about 5 mm. long, twisted. Cymes 
corymbose, terminal and axillary in upper leaf-axils, 5—8 cm. long 
and about as broad, minutely grey-puberulous ; bracts linear, subulate, 
up to 5 mm. long; branches spicate ; buds depressed. Perianth-tube 
spreading ; lobes cordate, acute, 2—3 mm. in diam, greenish-grey, 
thick, rough within. Stamens 8 to 10 or more ; anther cells parallel, 
short, rather distant. Stigmas spreading in a disk. Capsule 25—35 
cm. long, 5 mm. broad, smooth, acuminate, torulose ; pericarp 4- 
keeled, keels puberulous. Seeds trigonous, oblong-lanceolate, winged 
on the margins and at the ends, 4—6 mm. long, prominently rugose. 
Bragantia corymbosa, Griff. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIX. 335 ; Duchart. 
in DC. Prodr. XV. i. 429 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. i. 1068 ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. 
Ind. V.73. B.melastomefolia, Duchart. 1.c. Asiphonia piperiformis, 
Griff. l.c. 333, t. 37, Notul. 344 and Ic. Pl. Asiat.t. 528 ; Ann. Sc. Nat. 
Sér. 3, VII. 338. Strakea melastomefolia, Pres] Epim. Bot. 221. 
PENANG and Province WELLESLEY : Maxwell’s hill and Kubang 
Ulu Reserve, Curtis 2045!. Prrax: at Thaipeng and Ralan Tujor, 
Wray 650!, 1793! ; Lariat Peak and Goping, King’s Collector 437}, 
2875 !. SELANGOR : Caves at Kwala Lumpur, Ridley 411!. Panane: 
Raub track, Machado 11552!. Matacca: Griffith K. D. 4438!: 
Maingay K. D. 1320!; Lobb!; Cuming 2333!; Bukit Panchore, 
Derry 165 !.—Distrip. Sumatra (H. O. Forbes 2965). 
2. APAMA TOMENTOSA, Soler. in Engl. & Prantl Naturl. Pflanzen- 
fam. IIT. i. 272 (1889). Asmall undershrub, creeping below and rooting, 
then ascending, reaching 25 to 35 cm. in height ; branchlets grey, his- 
pid, furrowed, angular, geniculate and jointed at the nodes. Leaves 
2 to 3 at the ends of the branchlets, chartaceo-coriaceous ; ovate or 
orbicular-ovate, acute at apex, rounded or cordate at base, entire ; 
upper surface smooth, shining, glabrous, lower white-hispid or villous ; 
12 to 20 em. long, 8 to 12 cm. broad ; ribs 3 to 7 from the base, the 
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