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faint ; length of the simple leaves and of the terminal leaflet of the 

 ternate leaves 325 to 4'5 in., breadth 16 to 2*2 in. ; petiolules about *2 

 in., those of the lateral leaflets shorter. Racemes slender, shorter than 

 the leaves, in fascicles in the leaf-axils, laxly-flowered. Floivers '35 in. 

 long, on slender pedicels of about the same length. Segments of calyx 

 ovate- orbicular, sub-oblique, puberulous outside, their edges ciliate, only 

 about one-third of the length of the linear-oblong glabrous petals. 

 Stamens much shorter than the petals and than the glabrous pistils. 

 Follicles obliquely ovoid, sub-compressed, blunt, yellowish with a red 

 tinge when ripe, 1 in. long. Seed with a soft red arillus. 



Penang ; Curtis No. 504. Perak ; King's Collector Nos. 804, 953, 

 3066, 3866, 4527, 4622, 6755, 8312, 10542, 10863. Wray, No. 3799 ; 

 Scortechini. 



This resembles B. simplicifolia Bl. in having both simple and compound leaves j 

 but that is a smaller plant with puberulous inflorescence, and different follicles. 



2. Rourea acuminata, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 48. A powerful 

 woody perfectly glabrous creeper often over 100 feet long ; young branch- 

 es glabrous, often minutely lenticellate. Leaves 3 to 9 in. long, the 

 rachis slender; leaflets 5 to 11, thinly coriaceous, oblong, lanceolate 

 or elliptic-oblong, sometimes somewhat obovate, abruptly shortly and 

 bluntly caudate-acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base or 

 with broad minutely cordate base; upper surface shining, the lower dull 

 and glaucous, both minutely reticulate when dry ; main nerves about 

 5 pairs, very faint, spreading; length 1'5 to 225 in., breadth *65 to *9 

 in. ; petiolules under # 1 in., the terminal one slightly larger. Racemes 

 very slender, lax, several from an axil. Flowers *3 in. loug, on slender 

 pedicels of about the same length. Sepals ovate-rotund, about half as 

 long as the narrowly oblong glabrous sepals, glabrous, the edges minutely 

 ciliolate. Stamens shorter than the petals and glabrous pistils. Follicle 

 narrowly ovate, curved, pointed, *75 in. long, when ripe red tipped with 

 yellow. Gnestis acuminata^ Wall. Cat. 8533. 



Singapore ; Wallich. Perak ; King's Collector Nos. 866, 4271, 6987, 

 7781, 10599, 30871. 



3. Rourea commutata, Planch, in Linnaea, XXIII, 420. Shrubby, 

 scandent; young branches puberulous becoming glabrous, sometimes 

 minutely lenticellate. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long, glabrous ; leaflets 3 to 7, 

 thinly coriaceous, sub-opposite, elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic, sub-obtuse- 

 ly caudate-acuminate, the base rounded, both surfaces shining ; main 

 nerves 2 to 5 pairs, curved, rather abruptly ascending ; length 25 to 6 

 in., breadth 135 to 2'25 in. ; petiolules '15 to *2 in., the terminal one 

 larger. Flowers '35 in. in diam., in glabrous racemes or racemoid pani- 

 cles much shorter than the leaves and clustered in their axils, pedicels 



