Quisqualis.] 
LVII. COMBRETACE^. 
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5 . QUISQUALIS, Linn. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, oblong or obovate acuminate, 
thinly coriaceous. Flowers large in short axillary or terminal 
spikes, red. Calyx-tube long, slender; limb 5-lobed. Petals 5. 
Stamens 10. Ovary i-celled; ovules 3 to 4; style filiform, partly 
adhering to calyx-tube. Stigma capitate. Fruit dry, 5-angled or 
winged, coriaceous. Seed 1. Species 5, Old World tropics. 
Calyx-tube less than 1 in. long; . . . . . (1) Q. densiflora 
Calyx-tube 2 in. long or more . . . . . (2) Q. indica 
(1) Q. densiflora Wall. Cat . 4011; King, l.c. 341. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves elliptic-oblong acuminate, base round 
or minutely cordate, glabrous except midrib above depressed 
pubescent; nerves 6 pairs, 3*5 in. to 4-5 long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles '2 to *3 in. long, pubescent above. Spikes terminal and 
axillary, numerous, pubescent; rachis thick gradually lengthening 
to 4 in. long. Flowers numerous 1 in. long, -2 in. across. Calyx- 
tube under 1 in. long, cylindric, tomentose, lobes lanceolate, sub¬ 
acute. Petals shorter, red, silvery-pubescent outside. Fruit oblong; 
wings 5, narrow, 1 in. long, ’5 in. wide. Hab. Malacca (Griffith); 
Negri Sembilan (Cantley); Perak (Wray); Province Wellesley, 
Ara Kudah. Penang, Telok Bahang; road to Balik Pulau (Curtis); 
(Wallich). Lankawi, Burau (Robinson). Native names : Selimpas; 
Sumang. 
var. parvifolia Ridl. Branches slender. Leaves rather stiff, 
oblong-lanceolate, 2*5 in. long, ‘75 in. wide, acuminate blunt 
mucronate. Corolla dirty mauve. Hab. Lankawi isles, Dayang 
Bunting (Robinson). 
(2) Q. indica Linn. Sp. PI. 556; Clarke, l.c. ii. 459. 
A strong climber. Leaves elliptic acuminate, base rounded, 
dark green, glabrous above, hairy beneath; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 
3 to 4 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles ’3 in. long. Spikes axillary 
and terminal *i in. long or more, pubescent. Flowers numerous, 
pendent, 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, at first white, then deep red. 
Calyx-tube and triangular acute lobes 2*5 in. long, pubescent. 
Petals lanceolate, acute, '5 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid acutely 
5-angled, glabrous, brown, 1-25 in. long. Hab. River-banks and 
over rocks. Very common in cultivation and known as “ Drunken 
Sailor.” Wild on Pahang river-banks near Pekan and Perlis near 
Kanga. A garden escape in Singapore, etc. Distrib. Burma, 
Malaya. Native names : Akar Pontianak; Akar Suloh. 
