480 
XU. AMPELIDEiE. 
[. Pterisanthes . 
(1) Pt. coriacea Korth. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 95; 
King, l.c. 407. Pt. polita Lawson , in Hook. JiL F.B.I. i. 633; 
Hook. fit. Bot. Mag. t. 7561. 
Slender climber. Leaves simple ovate or elliptic acuminate 
minutely cordate; nerves 4 pairs, sparsely toothed, glabrous, 
3-25 to 4-5 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1-25 in. 
long. Peduncles 5 in. long slender with a tendril at half its length. 
Rachis downy 3 to 5 in. long, ‘6 to i'5 in. wide, red. Immersed 
flowers yellowish. Petals ovate spreading, pedicellate flowers 
female or neuter on pedicels -3 in. long. Fruit pisiform black 
•2 in. through, on rachis. Hob. Forests in the low country. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Mandai; Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood; Gunong 
Pantai and Gunong Pulai. Selangor; Sungei Buluh; Rawang. 
Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Blanja (Wray); Gunong 
Keledang. Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. Native name : Akar Jangut 
Baong. 
