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66 THE GYMNOSPERMS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
peduncles ¢ inch long, spike # inch long. Bracteosles funnel 
shaped, wide. Ovules ovate, acuminate, 6 in a whorl, surround- 
ed by a dense tuft of brownish hairs. In fruit the spikes are 6 
inches long. Seed ellipsoid, blunt at the tip, half-an-inch long, 
and nearly as thick, red on a stalk, ¢ inch long. 
Distrib Singapore Garden Jungle (8074 Ridley), Kranji 
(Ridley 1612 and Tanglin 5688); Johor, Batu Pahat (Kelsall) ; 
Pahang, Tahan forests (Ridley 2329); Malacca, Ayer Keroh. 
(Ridley 107561), Selandor (Cantley) Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Danan (Cantley! Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Burn-Murdoch). 
Perak the Cottage, Taiping Hills (with very small leaves); 
Penang, Government Hill (Curtis) by the Waterfall (3660). 
It is also recorded from Assam, Pegu and Burmah in the 
Flora of British India. 
The Natives call it ““ Akar Tutubo ’’ and Akar Suburus. 
Gnetum tenuifolium, n. sp. 
A slender climber turning over bushes, Leaves opposite, 
oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, with usually a long point, thin 
textured, narrowed atthe base, nerves 6-8 pairs elevated beneath, 
interarching well withinthe margin, reticulations inconspicuous, 
4-7 inches long, 1-24 inch wide, petiole { inchlong. Male spikes 
solitary or 2 together on the stem unbranched, on peduncles, 1 
inch long, slender with a pair of connate acuminate bracts 
5 inch long, pedicel of spike $ inch long, slender , spike slender, 
1 inch long, § inch through. Female spike solitary on a shorter 
and thicker peduncle, unbranched, 2-3 inches long, ovules in 
whorls of 8 to 10 $inch apart, surrounded by short brownish 
hairs with a cup shaped bract below. Seed spikes 4 inches 
long. Unripe seed acuminate and when dry narrowed at the 
base, ripe ellipsoid with a short acute point on a pedicel half 
an inch or more long, slender, seed ellipsoid acute, finely rib- 
bed, half-an-inch long. 
Lankawi (8341). Kasum (Curtis 3244). This also occur 
in Malacca at Bukit Sadanen (Goodenough 1431) and Bukit 
Tampin (Goodenough 1918) Selandor and Chabau (Cantley), 
Negri Sembilan on Gunong Angsi (Ridley): Selangor at Kwala 
Lumput (Ridley 10213), Pahang, Tanjong Antan (2331 Ridley) ; 
Perak, Taiping (Ridley 14565); the Dindings on Gunong Tun- 
eul; Penang Waterfall stone quarry (Curtis) and Balik Pulau 
(32204) Kedah at Yan. 
It is known as Akar Putat, and Akar Dagun and Akar 
Mantadu in Malacea and Negri Sembilan according to Cant- 
~ ley’s collector who says that the Jakuns eat the fruits. 
It is a very distinct plant in its thin twining stems only ¢ 
inch through and long pedicelled fruits and thin leaves. 
Jour, Straits Branch 
