lodes.] 
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road. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Danan 
(Cantley). Perak, Batu Togoh (Scortechini). Native names: 
Akar Salupat; Akar China Bukit. 
(3) I. ovalis Bl. Bijdr. 30; King, l.c. 128; Masters, in Hook . 
fit, F.B.I. i. 596. I. tomentella Miq, Ft. Ind. Bat. i. (1), 796; Br. 
in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 243, t. 48. 
Climber 30 to 60 ft. long, slender tomentose. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous ovate or round acute, base round glabrescent above; 
nerves above and on under-surface tomentose, 4 or 5 pairs 
bold; 2’5 to 5*5 in. long, 175 to 3*25 in. wide. Cymes 6 to 8 in. 
long, much-branched tomentose. Male flowers ’15 in. long, pale 
yellow; pedicels *i to -2 in. long. Calyx villous discoid 3- to 6- 
toothed. Corolla 5 or 6 times as long, lobes 5 acuminate strigose 
outside. Stamens short. Females, ovary tomentose. Drupe ovoid 
compressed tomentose 75 in. long, -5 in. wide; endocarp rugose. 
Hob. Woods. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, 
Kamuning (Curtis); Larut (Kunstler) ; Hermitage Hill; Changkat 
Mentri (Kloss). Dislrib. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 
(4) I. oblonga Planch, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. \. 597; King, l.c. 128. 
Stiff pubescent climber. Leaves membranous oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, glabrous above except pilose nerves, beneath pilose; 
nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1 to i*6 in. wide; petioles 
*3 to *4 in. long. Cymes short 1 in. long pilose. Male flowers 
•05 in. long white. Calyx of 5 deep lanceolate lobes. Corolla 
tomentose outside. Fruit scarlet. Hab. Borders of woods. Singa¬ 
pore, Bidadari; Garden Jungle; Changi. Johor, Kwala Kahang 
(Kelsall). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Penang (Wallich); 
Waterfall (Curtis). 
16 . LOPHOPYXIS, Hook. fil. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate coriaceous ovate round. 
Flowers small unisexual in long axillary terminal cymes. Male, 
calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate. Petals minute between the lobes of 
the annular disc. Stamens 5 ; filaments short. Pistillode villous. 
Females in lower cymes. Perianth as in male. Ovary ovoid 
hairy; ovules 2 in each cell. Stigmas 5 sessile decurved. Fruit 
linear oblong 5-grooved. Species 3, Malay Archipelago. 
(1) L. Maingayi Hook. fil. Ic. PL 1714; F.B.I. v. 476. 
Climber 100 ft. long, 3 to 5 in. through. Leaves acuminate 
glabrous 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Cymes tomen¬ 
tose 6 to 7 in. long; branches few, 3 in. long. Flowers *05 in. 
long in small distant heads, white. Fruit *4 in. long tomentose. 
Hab. Dense jungle. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Ulu Kerling 
(Kunstler). 
