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xxxvir. olacinejE. 
[Gonocaryum. 
(2) G. crassifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 18. 
Shrub. Leaves coriaceous glabrous ovate acuminate to oblong, 
base broad or very shortly cuneate; nerves 5 pairs elevate beneath, 
midrib strongly elevate, 7 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles yellow 
thick 75 in. long. Spikes slender 2 to 4 in an axil, 2 to 2*2 in. long, 
pubescent. Flowers male *05 in. long sessile. Calyx cupulate 
5-lobed pubescent. Petals 5 oblong thick with incurved tip, nearly 
free; anthers red nearly sessile. Ovary (abortive) pilose. Hab. 
Rare in mountains in forest about 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Sempang Mines (Ridley). 
13 . PHYTOCRENE, Wall. 
Long climbing shrubs, usually hairy. Leaves alternate entire 
or palmately lobed. Flowers unisexual, males in globose clusters 
on long branching spikes or panicles, females in large globose pedun¬ 
culate heads, males with an involucre of 3 to 5 pieces. Perianth 
of 4 pieces free or united below valvate. Stamens as many, altern¬ 
ate. Female flowers, no involucre, perianth as in male. Stamin- 
odes minute or none. Pistil sessile i-celled villous. Ovules 2 from 
apex of cavity; style thick. Stigma capitate. Drupes wedge- 
shaped numerous in a large globose bristly head; stones hard 
i-celled, i-seeded, pitted outside. Species 8, Indo-Malayan. 
Bracts inconspicuous or filiform. 
Leaves entire . . . . . . . (1) P. oblonga 
Leaves ovate often 3-lobed . . . . , (2) P. bracteata 
Leaves palmate 5-lobed . . . (3) P, palmata 
Bracts long plumed . . . . . . . (4) P. trichura 
(1) P. oblonga Wall. PL /Is. Rar. iii. 12; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 592; 
King, l.c. 122. 
Stem more slender than Ph. bracteata Wall., not prickly. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, above 
glabrous, beneath densely hairy; nerves from midrib 9 pairs 
prominent beneath, 4-5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 
*6 to 1 in. long. Male flowers in a dark brown spike 1 to 2 in. long. 
Bracts of umbellules much shorter than the flowers. Fruit head 
as big as a cricket-ball; drupes cuneate ovoid covered with stiff 
bristles, 1*5 in. long, 75 in. wide. Hab. Lowland country. Malacca, 
Ayer Panas (Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). 
(2) P. bracteata Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 12; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
i. 302; King, l.c. 122. Ph. macrocarpa Griff. Notulce iv. 322; 
Ic PI. Ind. Or. 487, 488. 
Stem 1 in. through, prickly and hairy when young. Leaves 
broad ovate-cordate, often 3-lobed, acute, smooth above; nerves 
pubescent beneath softly pale tomentose; serves from base 7, 
reticulations conspicuous beneath, 4 to 8in. long, 3 to 5-5 in. wide; 
petioles tomentose hairy 1*25 to 3 in. long. Male panicles bracteate 
