Connarus.] xlvi. connarace^E. 545 
(1) C. ferrugineus Jack. Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 37; Hook. fil. 
F.B.l. ii. 51; King , lx. 3. 
A sarmentose shrub or climber. Branchlets, leaves, except 
upper surface, and inflorescence red-tomentose. Leaves 8 to 16 in. 
long; leaflets 5 to 11, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, short acuminate, 
narrowed to rounded base; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath, 
3 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; petioles -i to *15 in. long. Panicles 
stout, 12 in. long, woody, peduncled; branches 4 in. long. Flowers 
•3 in. long; pedicels short. Sepals tomentose, oblong-ovate. Petals 
linear-oblong glabrous. Stamens 10, alternately long and short. 
Ovary tomentose. Follicle obovoid-oblong, crimson or golden 
yellow tinged red, tomentose, woody, silky inside, 175 to 2*25 in. 
long, -8 to 1-25 in. wide. Seed oblong, 1 in. long, *6 in. wide, black, 
half covered with a yellow aril. Hab. Open country and borders 
of woods. Singapore; Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Merlimau; Tan- 
jong Kling (Derry); Chabau, Selangor, Rantau Panjang. Perak, 
Batang Padang and Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). Penang (Jack). 
Distrib. Sumatra. Native names: Akar Tengeh Kuau; A. 
Sundrup; A. Merah; A. Sakellet; Semilat Bapan; Akar Pulau 
Hantu; A. Pulis Antan. Use : Fruit used for poisoning dogs. 
F1JW.P., 1. NN 
