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336 G- K'mg — Materials for a Flora of tJie Maianan Fenivsula. [No, 1, 
1. CoMBEUTUM TRiFOLiATOM, Vent. Clioix L 58. A powerful 
climber; young bmnches si einJev, terete, glabrous or pubemlous; in tbe 
older brnnches the bark ficaling off. Leaires corinceons, opposite or 
alternate, ob ! on g- lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolat©, or narrowly elliptic, 
snb-ncute, the base ciineate ; both surfaces gUibrons and shining ; main 
nerves 5-7 pairs, apreading or ascending-, distinct on the lower enrface, 
bardly visible on ttie upper, reticulations intiistinct ; length 1'75-5'S 
iti., breadth 'B-2 in., petiole ■2-'25 in. iSpikes axillary, solitary or in paira, 
or terminal and in panicles, pnberulouH. Flowers "15 in. in diarii, at 
the mouth, densely crowded. Caly4T'-tuhe with a very short constinctiou 
above the ovary ; the moath wide, cupular, and with 5 Ijroad trianguiai' 
teeth, everywhere ad pressed -puheBcent externally, Petals lanceolate, 
wlif^htly exceeding the calyx-lobea in length. Disc and bottom of the 
month of tiie calyx pubescent. JStamens exserted. Fruit 1*1-1'25 in. 
long and *5 in. in diam., with 5 very acute angles, gIal>i*ons, dark-hrown 
■when ripe. G. Don in Trans, Linn. Soc. XV, 439] Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1, pt. I, 610; Knrz For, ¥1 Brit. Burma I, 461; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br, Ind. 11, 454, C, Iticidum, Blums Bijd. 64 [. G. nndnhiliim and 
0, elegant, Wm. Cat. 3993, 4003. G. stihaltertians. Wall. Cat, 4008? 
Terminalia landfoliat Griff. Notul. IV, 685. Bmbrtfogonia hicida^ 
Elume Mas. Bofc. IT, t. 52. Gaeoncia ? irifoUaia, DC, Prodr, II, 22. 0. 
Imid4z, Hassk, in Flora 1844, p. 607. 
T R.A N G ; King 'a Coilecto r ; dou b 1 1 ess a Iso occu n -i n g i n otii er p ro v i u ces . 
DisTUiB. British India, Java. 
2, CoMUBKTUM 'iKTTiALOPHQM, Clarke in Hook. fiL Fl. Br Ind. II, 
454, A powerful climber ; young branches slender, with minute brown 
ruety scales. Leaves opposite, thinly coriaoeoufl, oblong-elliptic, shortly 
acuminate, the base cuneate ; upper surface gin broua, shining, the lower 
with scattered brown glands when young and puberulnus on the midrib 
and nei-ves ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, obliqne, ascending, inconspicuous 
on both surfaces ; length 2'5-5'5 in., breadth 1-13 in., petiole ■3-'4 in. 
l^pikes axillary, solitary, much shoi-ter than the leaves, slightly scaly 
below the flowers, very scaly and puberuloua between them, Flotoeis 
'1 in, in diam, at the mouth. Galyx-ttihe conati-icted above the ovary, 
the constricted part as long as the ovary ; the mouth campannlate and 
'vvith 4 ovate erect pubescent lob«8. PetaU slightly longer than the 
ciilyx-lohea hut much narrower, linear. Disc and fundus of the mouth 
of the calyx rusty-villous. ji)i(im(?Jts and A%iti exserted. Fruit '7b~l in. 
lonjr and half m broad, shining, dark-coloured, the edges vety acute but 
not winged. 
Malacca; tirij^ih 2105. PiatAK j Kiftg's Collector 1012. Distkib. 
Siam, Borneo. 
