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6. Conocep/ialus ellipticus -J-. 



G. oblongo- clliptîcis, basi rotundis, rarius attenuatis, apice ob- 

 tusissimis, interdum subemarginatis, rarius leviter acutis. 



Hab. in Pulo Pinang. (Gaudichaud, n° 105 , Herb. Mus. Par.) 



Frutex scandens, ramulis fusco-rubentibus, saepe transversim rugosis 

 vel squamulis cuticulaa exsolventis prsesertim ad apicem tectis. Folia 

 integerrima, oblongo-elliptica, basi rotunda vel suberaarginata, rarius 

 leviter attenuata, obtusiuscula, apice rotunda , obtusa aut perpaulum 

 retusa, rarius subacuta ; atomulis albis, oblongis, creberrimis, prominu- 

 lis, supra sparsis, subtus iii nervulis impositis, punctis minoribus nume- 

 rosissimis inter nervulos conspersis, aucta ; limbus 14-2-2 cent, longus , 

 5 1/2 — M cent, latus. Petiolus ferrugineo-rubens, antice canaliculatus, 

 transverse tissus, pelliculis gestus. 



Stipulœ semi-amplexicaules. 



Masc. Pedunculus communis 1 1/2 — 2 longus; in parte média duobus 

 bracteolis oppositis, concavis, extra punctulatis, obtusis, 6 mm. longis, 

 instructus ; apice quadribracteolatus , bifurcus ; pedunculi secundarii 

 breviores, capitulis numerosis breviter pedicellatis superati. Perigonium 

 diphyllum, foliolis obovatis , obtusis, concavis. Stamina duo ; perigonii 

 laciniis opposita. 



7. Conocephalus acuminatus -J-. 



C. foliis rhomboideis vel ovato-rhomboideis, basi acutis aut ob- 

 tusiusculis, apice sensim attenuatis, acuminatis , acumine au- 

 guste-, acutissimo. 



Crescit ad Manillam. (Cumming , n° 775. Herb. Mus. Par.) 



Frutex ramulis cylindraceis, primo pubescentibus, demum glabratis. 

 Folia intégra, rhomboidea vel ovato-rhomboidea, basi attenuata, acuta 

 aut paululum rotunda , apice sensim contracta , acuminata , acumine 

 lineari, mucronato ; punctis oblongis, numerosissimis,prominulis, supra 

 sparsis, subtus majoribus , in nervulis impositis multoque minoribus 

 creberrimis inter nervulos dispersis , gesta; limbus 10-16 cent, longus, 

 6-9 latus. Petiolus antice canaliculatus , cinereus , 3-5 cent, longus. 

 Stipulœ acuta; , apice curvatse, lai*, 3-5 cent, circiter long*. 



Fem. Pedunculus communis , pubescens , 2-3 cent, longus , sexies vel 

 octies dichotomus , apice bracteolatus ramisque bracteolatis , hirtellis. 



