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surfaces, rather dark-green above, paler beneath ; lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, 

 very obliquely ascending, visible below but not at all conspicuous, not 

 visible above ; secondary venation not visible. Flowers in terminal and 

 axillary panicles of 5-7-flowered cymes ; terminal panicles 6-8 in. long, 

 axillary 4 in. long; main-rachis adpressed rusty-pubescent; peduncles 

 of individual cymes short, rusty-pubescent ; pedicels slender "2 in, long 

 and short lanceolate bracteoles rusty-pubescent. Sepals orbicular, 

 sparsely adpressed rusty-pubescent externally. Corolla clouded-white, 

 glabrous within, '4 in across ; lobes rather deeply divided ; interlobular 

 spaces closely rusty-pubescent externally ; lobules nearly semi-circular, 

 margins erose. Erycihe n. 24 Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 739. 



Malaya : Sumatra ; Lampongs, Gunong Trang, by edge of forest, 

 Forhes 1454 ! 



4. Erycibe leucoxyloides King MSS. ex Ridl. in Herb. Singap. 

 A very large climber with slender cylindric branches, bark fissured and 

 covered with a close grey pubescence ; branchlets numerous, very slender, 

 rather distinctly angled, grey- or rusty-pubescent ; leaves subbifarious, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, apex subacuminate or abruptly 

 narrowed to an obtuse tip ; 1-1*75 in. long, *4-'6 in. wide, membranous 

 or thinly chartaceous, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; rather dark- 

 green above, paler beneath; secondary nerves about 3 pairs, very 

 oblique and hardly visible above except in young leaves, not visible 

 beneath even when dry and even when young; petiole '1 in. long, 

 grey-pubescent. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels '2 in. long, some- 

 what recurved in fruit, grey-pubescent, bracteolate under the calyx. 

 Sepals orbicular, sparsely pubescent on the centre externally, elsewhere 

 glabrous except the ciliate margins. Corolla white, sweet-scented, '5 in 

 across ; interlobular spaces brown-tomentose externally ; lobules broad 

 semi-orbicular, entire. Frtiit elliptic, black, smooth, glabrous, '6 in 

 long, "4 in. wide. 



Malaya : Singapur ; climbing in secondary jungle, Hallier \ Bidley 

 2051 ! 6897 ! 10927 ! Selangor ; Kwala Lumpar, Curtis 2402 ! 



5. Erycibe sapotacea Hallier f. & Prain MSS. in Herb. Calcutta. 

 A tree ? branches slightly angled, with fissured bark, quite glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, base cuneate, apex abruptly shortly acuminate with tip 

 obtuse; 5 in. long, 2-2-5 in. wide; firmly coriaceous; quite glabrous on 

 both sides, brigbt-green and glossy above, pale beneath; lateral nerves 

 6 pairs, distinct above and rather prominent beneath, secondary reticu- 

 late venation very distinct on both surfaces ; petiole "5 in. long, glabrous. 

 Flowers in few-flowered congested, axillary subsessile cymes. Sepals 

 and Corolla not seen. Fruit ovoid, quite glabrous, the epicarp very 

 coriaceous, almost woody, wrinkled and fissured, with a rounded base 



