1897.] G. King— Muteriah for a Flora of the Malayan FeiUnsuU. 337 
3.. CoMaKRTtJM suNDUCUM, Miq. PI. I ltd., Bat. Siippl. 327. A very 
powerful clinibei'; joung branches closelj covered with deciduous 
sciklefi. Leaves opposite, tliinly coriaceoui;, broadly elliptic to elliptic- 
orbicular, abruptly and very shortly atJtimiiiate ; tlie base rounded, 
larely slightly caneate, sonietimea uiieqnal-sidcd ; both surfaces glab- 
rous, the upper punctate and with very apn.r&e scales ; the lower with the 
scales more unrnet'omi and white with dark centres; main nerves about 
6 pail's, oblique, curving Blightly, not pi-omineiit on the upper surface? hut 
slightly soon the lower wben dry ; length 2'75-4i in., breadth 18-2'75 in,, 
petiole '4-8 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, umbollato, long-er tliau 
the leaves^ the bi-auches ending in dense globose minutely hracteolate 
spikes. Cnlyx'tuhe about "So in, long, minutely pubescent, not scaly, 
4-ridged along the ovary, above ifc cylindric, expanding upwards into 
a funnel-shaped mouth with 4 naiTowly triangular-acutninate relieved 
lobes; caifyx inside with a ring of hail's at its base but not filled with 
long coarse hair, narrowly ovate and very acufco in hud. Fe.tals much 
shorter than the calyx-lobes, oval, not clawed, glabi-ous. Stamens 
exserfced. M uU about 1 in. long and nearly aa broad, with 4 coria- 
ceous Jio)'ii!on tally -striate shining wings, and with a few minute scattered 
scales. CJarko in Hook. fii. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 458. 
Malacca; Mainffay 648. SrxoAPonE; Hulleit 89; Etdky 4668, 
Pekak ; ScoriecUni 1016. Kings Collector 43G0, 4452, 5864, 7827 ; 
Wray 4272. 
Read Hy recognised by its panicled rnflorescenoe, the bmncliee beinji^ nmbellato 
ftnd each endiug in a globose Bpike of llowers with very acute bads which are not 
BCfdy. 
4. • CoMBRETDM icxTENSDM, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28 ; Fl. Ind. 11,229. 
A large climber ■ young slioots rather Rlender, sometimes angled, 
very sparsely lenticellate. Leaves opposite or nearly so, coriaceous, 
broadly elliptic to sub-rotund, raiiely ovate, the apex shortly and 
abi'uptly acuminate or sub-acuto ; the base broad and rounded, rarely 
slightly cuueate j both surfaces glabrous ; the lower reticulate,, punctate 
and slightly rough ■ main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, spreading, interarching 
a iitfcle way from the edge ; length 4' 5-7 in,, breadth 2' 75-4 in., petiole 
•6-1*5 in,, stoat. Spikes axillaiy and solitaiy^ or sometimeB iu few- 
branched panicles, rarely terminal, often as long as or longer than the 
leaves, puberuloua. Fhwers '25 in, wide at the mouth when expanded ; 
the buds ovate, veiy acute at the apices. Oalyx-tuhe very long, ( 35 in. ) 
infundibuliform, pubcrulous; the mouth "15 in, long, deeply cut into 
4 triangular acuminate reflexed lobes. Petals ovate- truncate orobovate, 
shorter than the calyx-lobes; calyi with a ring of hairs at the throat 
inside, otherwise nearly glabrous. Fruit when fully ripe about J 25-1 5 
iu, loug, and (including the wiuga) uearly us broad, wings scarioso, 
J. II. 43 
