Conocephalus.] cxxix. urticace^e. 357 
These plants preserve poorly and are difficult to distinguish 
from dried specimens. 
Leaves 2 ft. long; heads 2 in. through or nearly, 
bright pink. (1) C. amcenus 
Leaves ovate, under i ft. long; heads i in. through 
or less, flesh-colour.(2) C. suaveolens 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate; male flower-heads very 
numerous, dirty white . . . . . (3) C. Scortechinii 
Leaves oblanceolate, 6 in. long; heads few, small, 
violet pink.(4) C. subtrinervius 
(1) C. amcenus Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 545, in part. Urtica superba 
Wall. Cat. 4625. 
A very robust, shortly climbing epiphyte. Leaves oblong, 2 ft. 
long, 6 in. across; nerves prominent beneath, purple; petioles 
4 in. or more long. Male flowers in a branched cyme, 2 in. or more 
long; heads numerous. Female cyme of 4 to 8 heads; peduncle 
robust branched pubescent; heads over 1 in. through, violet pink. 
Flowers pedicelled. Hub. Forests, Singapore (Wallich). Malacca, 
Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Batu 
Caves; Langat. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Goping (Kunstler); 
Plus River (Wray); Gunong Inas (Yapp). Penang, Pulau Betong 
(Curtis). Lankawi. Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Ara 
Jangkang. 
This is not Urtica amcena Wall, but his U. superba. King’s description 
of C. amcenus is evidently taken from the big plant with violet-pink flowers. 
(2) C. suaveolens Bl. Bijdr. 483; Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 47, 
t. 12 ( but flowers coloured pink) ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 545 in part. 
C. amcenus King, in part ( Wallich Cat. 4626 Urtica amoena). C. 
ellipticus Trecul, Ann. Sc. Nat. iii. 8, 91 ? 
Short, stout climbing epiphyte. Leaves fleshy oblong-ovate, 
base round, tip blunt; nerves about 8 pairs; 7 in. long, 4*5 in. 
wide; petioles rough, 1 in. long. Male heads in small branched 
cymes, dense and sub-sessile; cymes 5 in. through; heads -2 in. 
through, flesh-colour, fragrant. Female heads 3 to 5 together, 
much larger, 1 in. across; peduncles 1 in. long. Bracts round. 
Hab. Common in forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai ; 
Selitar. Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Malacca, Malaka Pindah (Derry, 
Griffith). Pahang River. Selangor, Petaling; Kwala Lumpur 
(Curtis); Klang Gates. Penang, West Hill (Curtis, Maingay, 
Wallich). Distrib. Carimons, Lingga, Bangka, S. Siam. Native 
name: Tentawan. 
C. ellipticus Trecul may be intended for this species. It was collected 
in Penang by Gaudichaud. 
(3) C. Scortechinii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 545. 
Climbing epiphyte rather slender. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate or obovate, cuspidate; nerves 6 to 8 pairs; 4 to 6 in. 
long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles slender, *25 to -5 in. long. Male 
