XL. RHAMNEyE. 
Oreorhamnus.] 
465 
from edge of the thin disc. Hab. Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss* 
collector). 
4. COLUBRINA, Rich. 
Shrubs or trees. Flowers in short axillary cymes. Calyx 
5-fid, tube hemispheric. Petals 5 clawed hooded, insert at edge 
of disc. Ovary sunk, and confluent with disc 3-celled; style 
3-cleft. Fruit sub-globose; pericarp membranous surrounded at 
base by calyx tube, cells i-seeded dehiscent. Species 18, chiefly 
tropical American. 
Sea-shore shrub; leaves ovate serrate . . . . (1) C. asiatica 
Jungle tree; leaves oblong entire . . . . • ( 2 ) C. ancmala 
(1) C. asiatica Brngn. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I. x. 369; Wight 
III. i. 174; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 642; King, l.c. 377. 
Shrub 6 or 10 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acute serrate, base rounded; 
nerves 3 pairs, i'5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 2^25 in. wide; petioles ’4 in. 
long slender. Cymes many-flowered *2 in. long. Flowers '15 in. 
across greenish white. Hab. Sea-coast, common. Singapore 
(Wallich). Tanjong Katong; Gelang; Pulau Serapu. Pahang, 
Pulau Tiuman; Pekan. Malacca. Perak (King). Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala Kelantan. Pulau Adang. 
Lankawi islands. Distrib. India, Malay isles, China. Native 
name: Periah Pantai. 
(2) C. anomala King, l.c. 377. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Shoots puberulous. 
Leaves membranous oblong-oblanceolate, puberulous beneath 
entire; nerves 5 pairs prominent, 4 to 6 in. long, i'i to 2^25 in. 
wide. Cymes axillary many-flowered branching tomentose. 
Flowers -15 in. across light yellow. Fruit globular depressed -25 in. 
through on a 1 in. peduncle. Hab. Forests at 300 to 500 ft. alti¬ 
tude. Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Native name: Sena Hutan. 
This is a fine timber tree, and extremely dissimilar to the common species. 
5 . VENTILAGO, Gaertn. 
Woody climbers. Leaves sub-coriaceous or membranous, 
alternate ovate-oblong, base oblique, usually crenulate. Flowers 
small axillary fascicled or on cymes, slender shoots with small 
leaves often caducous so as to be paniculate. Calyx conic or 
campanulate with 5 acute lobes. Petals small bilobed. Stamens 
as long opposite. Ovary immersed in disc 2-celled; styles 2 
recurved. Fruit a samara, nut round, half or not enclosed in the 
calyx tube; wing narrow oblong or lanceolate. Species about 10, 
Africa, Asia, Australasia. 
Fl.M.P,, 1. 
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