XXXVII. OLACINE^. 
Phytocrene.] 
433 
4 to 8 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. through, dense hairy. Flowers sessile 
•05 in. across. Bracts of pedicels of umbellules filiform -4 to *5 in. 
long. Drupes ovoid-oblong tapering to each end densely yellow 
bristly 1*5 in. long, in capitula as big as a man’s head. Hab. Low¬ 
land woods and hedges. Singapore, Cluny Road; Bukit Timah. 
Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo. 
{3) P. palmata Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 12; Hook. fit. F.B.I. 
i. 592; King, l.c. 123. 
Stem prickly and red-hairy. Leaves reniform palmate deeply 
5-lobed, above glabrous, beneath densely red-hairy; nerves 5 to 7 
palmate, 7 to 12 in. or more long and as wide; petioles 3 to 5 in. 
long red-hairy. Male panicles 2*5 to 13 in. long, umbellules ebracte- 
ate. Drupes ellipsoid-obovoid acute densely yellow bristly 1*5 to 
2 in. long, in heads 3 to 4 in. through. Hab. Malacca (Griffith); 
Durian Tungul. Hab. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut 
Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill (Curtis); Balik Pulau. 
Native name : Akar Pisang-Pisang Buluh. 
(4) P. trichura Ridl. 
Very big long woody climber. Leaves unknown. Male panicles 
on bare stem sessile 8 in. long, 1*5 in. through, dense, dichotomously 
branched; branches slender flexuous pubescent with distant globose 
short-pedicelled or sessile heads of flowers *25 in. apart and *2 in. 
through; bracts terminated by a brush of long reddish hairs, 
*5 in. long. Flowers sessile glabrous. Sepals 5 obcuneate campanu- 
late, apex rounded fringed with hairs. Petals 4 oblong blunt. 
Stamens 3 longer; anthers elliptic; filaments slender. Pistil 
white-hairy. Hab. Very rare in dense forest ascending to the tops 
of lofty trees. Perak, Batang Padang valley near Telom (Ridley). 
Leaves of this plant were quite unprocurable owing to its lofty height, 
but the large squirrel-tail plume (bract) in the end of the raceme of heads 
makes it quite distinct. It is nearest to P. bracteata Wall. 
14. MIQUELIA, Meissn. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers unisexual, males 
pedicellate in umbels, females sessile in solitary heads. Males 
pedicelled; perianth 5-merous, lobes oblong or lanceolate valvate. 
Stamens as many and alternate; filaments short; anthers linear 
oblong. Females perianth deeply 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate. Ovary 
1, compressed i-eelled; ovules 2. Stigma discoid. Drupe oblong 
compressed. 
(1) M. caudata King, l.c . 124. 
Slender climber, 10 to 20 ft. long. Leaves membranous oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous above, puberulous 
beneath; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles *5 to -65 in. long. Male umbels 65 to 1 in. long; pedicels 
*15 to *2 in. long. Flowers *15 in. across, puberulous white. Anthers 
Fl.M.P., x. p F 
