140 cxx. hernandiace.®. [Illigera. 
membranous, oblong tip, round, acute or acuminate, base cuneate or 
round, glabrous above, puberulous or glabrous beneath; nerves 
2 to 3 pairs; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1*75 to 4 in. wide; petioles *2 to 
•6 in. long. Panicles lax, 5 to 15 in. long, 3 or more in. across, 
pubescent. Flowers *2 in. long, rose-pink, in cymes on the branch 
ends. Calyx puberulous. Fruit narrow oblong, wings 2 broad 
truncate, rounded, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Hab. Forests, 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Lobb, Maingay), 
var. Kurzii with stiffer leaves; Selangor, Semangkok Pass; Batu 
Caves. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Larut at 
800 to 1000 ft. altitude, and Coping (Kunstler). Dindings, Pang- 
kore (Curtis). Distrib. India, Burma, Java. Native name ; Mara- 
lipit. 
(2) I. lucida Teysm and Binn. Nat. Tijds. Ned. hid. xxvii. 29. 
A slender climber; branchlets angled. Leaflets membranous 
oblong, short, blunt acuminate, base round, minutely cordate, 
glabrous; nerves 12 to 14 pairs; 3-5 in. long, 1-25 to 2-25 in. wide; 
petiolules *15 in. long; petioles 1*5 in. long. Panicle glabrous, 
lax, 12 in. long. Flowers glabrous, *3 in. across; sepals and petals 
with a patch of white hairs at base. Fruit 4-winged, 1 small, 
3 large wings, tips narrowed blunt, 3 in. long, 1 in. wide. Hab. 
Not common, Johor, Batu Pahat. Perak (Scortechini, Curtis), 
Kamuning. Distrib. Java. 
Order CXXI. PR0TEACE7E. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually coriaceous, usually alternate, 
entire or toothed. Flowers racemose (capitate or spicate) bisexual 
(or unisexual). Bracts small or large. Perianth inferior, 4-lobed, 
valvately connate in a tube, finally separating and recurved. 
Stamens 4, opposite the sepals, cells 2, dehiscing longitudinally. 
Disc of 4 hypogynous scales (or 0). Ovary superior i-celled; 
style terminal; ovules 1 or many. Fruit a drupe (or nut, follicle 
or capsule). Seed solitary (or few). Genera 50. Species very 
numerous, chiefly Australia and S. Africa, a few in Asia and Africa 
and S. America ( Gamble , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxv. 3, p. 339). 
1 . HELICIA, Lour. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or serrate. Flowers in axillary 
(or terminal) usually pendent racemes, bisexual pedicelled usually 
in pairs. Perianth-tube slender; limb narrow ovate; in bud 
clubbed; in flower segments revolute to base, linear. Stamens long, 
anthers apiculate. Hypogynous scales free or connate. Ovary 
sessile; style slender, long. Fruit a green, hard drupe. Seeds 
1 to 2. Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia. 
