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THE GYMNOSPERMS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
nerves 6 pairs inarching within the margin, reticulations small 
and inconspicuous, petiole stout, half-an-inch. Mature female, 
spikes a foot long with 24 whorls, ¢ inch apart, peduncles 2 
inches long, cupular bracts, saucer shaped ribbed, containing 
about 10 acuminate ovules almost conzealed by thick brownish 
hair. Ovules httle over half-an-inch long, ellipsoid, blunt at 
each end, without covering $ inch long. 
Selangor, Camphor forest, Rawang. Fruits dull brick red, 
(Ridley). Johor Kwala Batu Pahat, (Kelsall). 
Allied to G. microcarpum, bat with much longer spikes. 
The fruit of the Batu Pahat plant is larger than that of the 
Rawang, one being ¢ inch long. The fruit otherwise resembles 
that of G. microcarpum. It may possibly prove to be a big 
form of that species. 
Seed narrowed at the base not stalked. 
. edule, Bl. Nov. Pl, Bam, 31 Vi_7. KRoumphe Vee 
gnenvoniformis. Rumph Herb. Ambon. 
A moderate sized woody climber, with reddish bark. 
Leaves stiffly coriaceous, shining lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, 
cuspidate, drying brown above, reddish brown beneath, nerves 
inconspicuous, 7 pairs, slender inarching within the edge, but 
almost invisible, reticulations obscure, very small, giving the 
under side of the leaf a papillose appearance under the lens, 
5-6 inches long, 14-25 inches wide, petiole 4-5 inch long. 
Male spikes not seen. Female spikes solitary axillary on 
short ¢ inch, peduncles 5 inches long, whorls 4 inch apart, 
rachis ribbed, cupular bract very short, and flat saucer shaped, 
with light brown hair longer inside. Ovules acuminate 4 or 5 
in a whorl. Ssed when ripe one or two only on the spike, 2 
inches long, an inch through, elongate, ovoid, slightly narrowed 
at the base and bluntly, shortly acuminate at the tip, light 
brown corky warty, peduncle much thickened woody. Apex 
of seed acute, ribbed with many rather long fibrils. 
Singapore, Toas, and Chan Chu Kang, (Ridley 6126). 
Pahang, Tahan river, (Ridley 2329), Pulau Rumput, Pahang 
river (2332). Perak, Sungei Kertai, Temengoh (14548). 
G. edule, Blume was based by him on Rumphius figure and des- 
eription of his Funis gnemoniformis, which shows the solitary 
seed of large size nearly sessile, and described by Rumphius as 
“Coloris hepatice’’ liver-coloured which fits this plant. 
Roxburgh referred this plant of Rumph to the Indian species 
Gnetum scandens which is described as having a fruit as large 
as a large olive and which according to Wight’s figure in the 
Icones Pl. 1955 under Gn. funzculare is utterly unlike our 
species or Rumph’s figure. G. scandens Rexb. seems to be con- 
fined to India. Blume however, included Roxburgh’s G. scandens 
in his description. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
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