358 cxxix. URTicACEiE. [Conocephalus. 
heads very numerous in a panicle 3 or 4 in. across; heads -15 in. 
across, dirty white. Female heads much fewer, larger, -3 in. 
through, about 10 in the panicle. Hab. Singapore (Maingay). 
Johor, Gunong Pulai (Kloss); Castlewood; Kota Tinggi; Hulu 
Sembrong (Kelsall). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, 
Tapah (Wray); Batang Padang; Goping (Kunstler). Perlis, 
Kanga. Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Ara Nasi. 
(4) C. subtrinervius Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 417; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. v. 546. 
Slender erect epiphyte about 1 ft. tall. Leaves thin oblanceolate 
acuminate, narrowed to base; nerves 6 to 8 pairs with a basal 
pair; 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles slender, 2-5 in. 
long or less. Male heads *15 in. through; peduncles short slender. 
Female heads -5 in. through 3 to 4 together on peduncles about 
•5 in. long, of a beautiful violet pink. Hab. In wet forests, Johor, 
Pulau Aor (Feilding). Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. Selangor, 
Petaling; Semangkok; Bukit Hitam. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping; Tapah (Wray); Hulu Temengoh. 
Bindings, Gunong Tungul. Penang, Balik Pulau; Richmond Pool 
(Hullett). Distrib. Borneo. Native names: Akar Sasara; 
Landang Babi. 
15 . PRAINEA, King. 
Woody climbers. Leaves alternate entire. Flowers in globose 
heads mixed with peltate bracts, axillary, peduncled. Male 
flowers much larger. Perianth tubular clavate. Ovary free; 
style deeply bifid. Fruit globose of many abortive flowers and a 
few oblong achenes enclosed in enlarged fleshy perianth. Species 3 
or 4, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
(1) P. scandens King in Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 547. 
Big climber 50 to 100 ft. long, stem 12 to 15 in. through. Leaves 
thin coriaceous elliptic or obovate-oblong, glabrous, base acute, 
apex cuspidate, 3 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. wide; nerves elevate, 
10 to 12 pairs; petioles -5 in. long. Male heads -5 to 1 in. across; 
peduncles 1 to 1-5 in. long. Female heads 1*5 to 2 in. across; 
flowers -5 in. long. Fruit when ripe glossy bright yellow. Hab. 
Dense jungle, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
16 . HULLETTIA, King. 
Shrubs; branches tomentose. Leaves alternate entire. Flowers 
small 10 to 12 sunk in cavities of axillary, peduncled open funnel- 
shaped, 3- to 4-lobed receptacles. Male flowers, perianth oblong 
tubular, 2-lobed bases connate. Female, perianth tubular clubbed; 
style short. Fruit pulpy globose or irregularly lobed, 1- to 6-seeded. 
Species 2, Tenasserim and peninsula. 
(1) H. dumosa King in Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 547. 
Shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblanceolate, base 
narrowed acuminate; nerves strongly elevate and inarching 
