XLVI. CONNARACE52. 
Rourea .] 
55i 
Malacca, Ayer Panas (Cantley); Sungei Hudang; Brisu (Derry). 
Negn Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun, and Bukit Danan (Cantley), 
I ampin Hill. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Goping and Gunong 
Bubu (Kunstler); Asam Kumbang (Wray); Temengoh. Penang 
Porter); base of Government Hill (Curtis). Tringganu, Bundi 
(Rostado). Native names: Akar Prijeh; A. Semilat putih; 
Iveluntut Kra; Kelintek Nyamok. 
(6) R. similis Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 264; Hook. fit. 
F.B.1. 11. 50. R. parallella Planch, l.c. 421 and R. sororia Planch, l.c. 
A lofty liane. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2 to 6 in. long; 
rachis pubescent; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, 10 to 22 pairs, opposite, 
oblong tip broad, retuse, base cordate, shining above, pubescent 
beneath; nerves 6 pairs, elevate, *5 to *75 m. or more long, *25 to 
3 in. wide. Racemes 3*5 to 5‘in. long. Flowers white, scattered, 
many, *2 to *35 in. across, pedicelled. Sepals ovate blunt hairy, 
pink. Petals oblanceolate, white; follicle obovoid blunt, red, 
'6 to ‘7 in. long. Seed elliptic. Hab. Common in woods. Singa¬ 
pore, Bajau; Sungei Buluh; Changi; Kranji. Pahang, Telom. 
Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). Kedah, Pulau Song-Song. Penang 
(Wallich). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(7) R. fulgens Planch. Linncea xxiii. 423; Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 
46; King , l.c. 15. 
Woody climber, minutely tomentose. Leaves 3 to 5 in. long; 
rachis and underside of leaflets tomentose; leaflets 12 to 24 pairs, 
thin coriaceous, oblong blunt, base rounded above glabrous, reticu¬ 
late; nerves faint, -4 to -65 in. long, -15 to -25 in. wide. Racemes 
solitary, pubescent; follicles *75 in. long, curved, oblanceolate 
obtuse. Hab. Singapore (Wallich and Maingay). 
This seems to be rare; I have never met with it. 
(8) R. concolor Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 264; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. ii. 49; King, l.c. 15. R. parvifolia Planch, l.c. 420. 
A woody liane 3 in. through, very lofty. Branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves 1 to 4 on rachis tomentose densely crowded, young ones 
rose pink, adults shining light green; leaflets 4 to 15 pairs, cori¬ 
aceous, sub-sessile, oblong blunt, base cordate, glabrous, back 
reticulate, -3 to ’5 in. long, -15 to *3 in. wide. Racemes slender, 
2 in. long, tomentose. Sepals orbicular. Petals white -i in. long, 
oblong; follicles red, lanceolate, curved, sub-acute *4 in. long. 
Hab. Common in woods climbing on high trees. Singapore, Chan 
Chu Kang; Changi; Kranji; Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. 
Johor, Kwala Kahang. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Griffith). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. Native name: Semilat. Use: Decoction for 
colic. 
4 . ROUREOPSIS Planch. 
Scandent shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate with few leaflets. 
Flowers in axillary racemes, large for the order; pedicels slender 
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