XLVI. C0NNARACEJ5. 
[Agelcea. 
554 
Flowers ’2 in. long; pedicels longer. Sepals free for two-thirds 
of length lanceolate, tomentose. Petals linear-oblong. Follicles 
i to 3 ovoid beaked, tubercled, pubescent. Seed sub-cylindric 
black. Hab . Forests, not common. Singapore, Changi (Hullett). 
Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). 
6 . TJENIOCHKENA, Hook. fil. 
Sarmentose shrub. Leaves unequally pinnate, glabrous ; leaf¬ 
lets 3, coriaceous. Panicles axillary short. Flowers small, bi¬ 
sexual. Calyx-tube short hemispheric; segments 5, enlarged in 
fruit. Petals 5, longer, linear. Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter, 
nearly free. Ovaries 5. Follicles 1 to 3, ovoid, pubescent, glabrous 
within. Seed oblong arillate. Species 4, Burma and Borneo. 
(1) T. GrifFithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 55 ; Ic. PL 2392; King, lx. 20. 
Branchlets and inflorescence only puberulous. Leaflets elliptic 
to ovate, tips blunt bifid, base round; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, prominent 
beneath, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide, terminal largest; petio- 
lules ‘15 in. long. Panicles 1 to 3 in. long, fascicled, hairy. Flowers 
’33 in. across. Follicles ’5 to 1 in. long. Hab. In thickets; Johor, 
Kota Tinggi. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith); Brisu; Bukit 
Bruang; Bukit Sadanen. Tomoh (Machado). Native names: 
Akar Kachang Betina; Akar Kachang Purai; Akar Sesudu; 
Akar China; Akar Berimbong. 
7 . CNESTIS, Juss. 
Sarmentose shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate; leaflets 19 
to 31, oblong. Flowers fascicled, racemose, small, unisexual. 
Sepals 5, oblong. Petals 5, similar. Stamens 10, free. Ovaries 5 
to 7, sessile. Follicles 1 to 3, curved pyriform, velvety scarlet; 
pericarp thick, woody, silky inside. Seed broad arillate. Species 
17, Africa and Asia. 
(1) C. ramiflora Griff. Notnlce iv. 432; Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 
54; King, lx. 21. C. flaminea Griff, l.c. 433. Connarus igneus 
Wall. Cat. 8528. 
Branches, rachis, underside of leaves, inflorescence tomentose. 
Leaves (young pink) 8 to 15 in. long; leaflets obtuse or sub-acute, 
base round, 1-25 to 3 in. long, -4 to 1*5 in. wide. Racemes 2 in. 
long. Female flowers *35 in. across, males smaller. Sepals pubes¬ 
cent both sides, pink. Petals white. Follicles 1*5 to 175 in. long, 
•8 in. wide. Hab. Common in open country, very attractive from 
its pink young leaves and scarlet pears. Singapore, Cluny (Hullett); 
Bukit Timah. Pahang, Temerloh; Kwala Tembeling. Malacca, 
Sungei Hudang; Jasin. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tampin. Perak, 
Tapah (Wray); Larut (Kunstler); Trong (Wray). Penang Hill 
(Curtis); Kedah, Yan. Dislrib. Burma, Malay islands. Native 
names : Akar Semilat Merah; Akar Semilat Papan; Akar Gesing- 
Gesing Merah. Akar Perjep. Use: Roots boiled and applied as 
a poultice for colic. 
