434 XXXVII. OLACINE^. [Miquelia. 
linear sagittate. Female heads *25 in. long, ovoid. Flowers *15 
in. across. Drupe ovoid compressed, base round tapering upwards 
to a tail, red pubescent; endocarp bony and pitted. Hab. Rare in 
forests, Selangor, Sempang, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Ipoh; Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Kemaman (Vaughan 
Stevens). Use: In Sakai dart poison. 
15 . IODES, Bl. 
Slender climbing shrubs, with tendrils. Leaves opposite. 
Inflorescence cymose axillary or extra-axillary, lower peduncles 
often cirrhose. Flowers unisexual small white. Males, calyx 
minute, cup-shaped 4- or 5-toothed. Corolla 4- or 5-lobed valvate. 
Stamens hypogynous, alternate; anthers basifixed. Females, 
corolla lobes connate below. Stamens o. Ovary i-celled; ovules 2. 
Stigma sessile discoid. Drupe i-seeded. Species 8, Indo-Malaya, 
Africa. 
Flowers 4-merous. 
Leaves ovate reticulate . . . • • • (*) *■ reticulata 
Flowers 5-merous. 
Calyx cupular with short teeth; leaves ovate not 
reticulate . . . . • • * • ( 2 ) L velutina 
Calyx deeply cut into lanceolate lobes; leaves ovate; 
cymes long much-branched , . . • • (3) L ovalis 
Leaves oblong; cymes small . . ■ • * (4) I* oblonga 
(1) I. reticulata King, l.c. 126. 
Climber 20 to 30 ft. long with a broad line of tomentum on 
one side. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic or broadly ovate sharply 
acuminate, base rounded, glabrous above, soft hairy beneath; 
nerves 4 or 5 pairs, depressed above, prominent beneath, as are 
reticulations, 2 to 5 in. long, 13 to 23 in. across; petioles -4 to 
*6 in. long. Tendrils pubescent. Cymes 1 to 2 in. long, peduncled 
slender lax branched pubescent. Male flowers ‘05 in. long, 4- 
merous. Calyx with 4 acute lobes pilose outside. Corolla with 
4 ovate lobes pilose outside, light brown. Stamens shorter; anthers 
ovate. Females larger, ovary tomentose. Drupe elliptic narrowed 
to base velvety; endocarp 4-angled, 1*2 in. long, 75 in. across. 
Hab. Open jungle. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Ayer Larut (Wray). 
(2) I. velutina King, l.c. 127. 
Puberulous climber. Leaves coriaceous ovate acute, base 
rounded, sparsely pilose above, densely whitish velvety beneath, 
reticulations not elevate; nerves 4 pairs, 23 to 375 in. long, 135 
to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 36 to *6 in. long. Cymes short pubescent 
few-flowered, tendrils pubescent. Male flowers ’i in. wide; pedicels 
short. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla twice as long, teeth oblong 
adpressed-pilose outside. Drupes elongate obovoid 4-angled when 
dry, ashy tomentose, 1*25 in. long, 3 in. through; endocarp bony 
8-angled. Hab. Woods and hedges. Singapore, Bukit Timah 
