Combretum.] 
LVII. COMBRETACE^E. 
709 
Petaling; Batu Caves; Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Batang Padang 
district (Kunstler); Thaiping (Haniff). Penang, Ayer hitam 
(Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name : Akar Gegambar. Use: 
This was the <f anti-opium ” plant which produced a sensational 
hoax in 1907. 
(5) C. extensum Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28; FI. hid. ii. 229; Clarke, 
l.c. ii. 458; King, to. 337. 
A big climber. Leaves opposite, coriaceous glabrous, broad 
elliptic, round, tip abruptly short acuminate, base broad, round; 
nerves 6 to 7 pairs, 4*5 to 7 in. long, 275 to 4 in. wide; petioles 
■6 to 1*5 in. long, stout. Spikes axillary, solitary, sometimes 
panicled, terminal, puberulous. Flowers '25 in. across; buds 
ovate-acute. Calyx-tube *35 in. long, infundibuliform a ring of 
hairs in mouth outside, puberulous, lobes 4 deep, triangular. Petals 
obovate. Fruit 1*25 to 1*5 in. across, and as broad. Hob. Rare, 
in thickets. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry). Penang, Waterfall 
(Haniff). Distrib. India, Burma. 
(6) C. chinense Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28; Clarke, l.c. ii. 457; 
King, l.c. 338. 
Large climbing shrub. Leaves opposite, thinly coriaceous, 
elliptic acuminate, base slightly narrowed, quite glabrous; nerves 
7 to 8 pairs, slightly prominent beneath, 3-25 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 
2*35 in. wide; petioles ’15 to '4 in. long. Spikes solitary, axillary, 
3 to 4 in. long, many-flowered. Calyx-tube ’25 in. long, base 
slender upwards, funnel-shaped, *15 in. across, lobes 4, deep 
triangular acute, scaly. Petals obovate, yellowish white, clawed, 
longer than sepals. Disc and inside of calyx pubescent. Fruit 
4- winged, *8 in. long and wide, oblong, apex notched. Hob. 
Edges of forests in the northern part. Penang, road to Balik Pulau 
(Curtis). 
var. Porterianum. Leaves stiffer; nerves 8 pairs, more elevate. 
Penang (Porter). 
var. pnbescens. Leaves stiff, long-acuminate, pubescent beneath. 
Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). Distrib. India. 
(7) C. squamosum Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 231; Clarke, l.c. ii. 456; 
King, l.c. 339. 
A large climbing shrub. Young branches, inflorescence and 
under-side of leaves and petioles scaly. Leaves opposite, thinly 
coriaceous, broad elliptic or ovate, short blunt acuminate, base 
round or short narrowed; nerves 3 to 4 pairs, faint, 3-25 to 4*5 in. 
long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long. Spikes*axillary or 
terminal panicled 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers *15 in. across. Calyx- 
tube shortly constricted above the 4-angled ovary; mouth cupular, 
teeth 4, broad triangular. Petals small obovate. Disc and base 
of calyx inside villous. Fruit 75 to 1*5 in, long and as broad 
with 4 wide membranous wings, scaly in the grooves between the 
wings. Hab. Open country and dry woods. Pahang River, Pulau 
