LXIV. PASSIFLORACE.E. 
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Adenia.] 
wide. Capsule elliptic-oblong, acute, 2-3 in. long, 75 in. wide, 
red. Seeds sub-orbicular with radiating grooves from centre. 
Hab. Thickets, Johor, Tebing Tinggi. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 
Perak, Waterfall, Thaiping (Wray); Tanjong Hantu. Dindings, 
Lumut. Penang Hill at 2500 ft. altitude (Maingay, Curtis); Telok 
Bahang (Curtis); Lankavi (Curtis); Setul Heath, a very narrow- 
leaved form. Distrib. Andamans and Nicobars. 
(2) A. populifolia Engl. Jahrb. xiv. 376; var. peniamera King, 
l.o. 54. 
Slender climber. Leaves membranous oblong-ovate acuminate, 
acute, base cordate; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, faint, 3 to 5 in. long, 
175 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1-25 in. wide with two large 
cup-shaped glands at top. Peduncles 1 in. long with tw^o branches 
and a tendril. Flowers few, on pedicels *4 in. long. Male flowers 
*2 in. long, green, fusiform. Calyx-lobes 5, oblong blunt. Petals 
just below lobes; anthers 5, sagittate, linear; filaments in a tube. 
Female flowers *15 in. long. Fruit fusiform red, 2*5 to 3 in. long, 
75 in. through. Seeds oblong foveolate. Hab. Edges of w^oods. 
Selangor, Sungei Buluh; Petaling. Sungei Ujong, Pantai (Cantley); 
Perak, Goping and Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Ipoh (Curtis). 
Distrib. Borneo, Timor. 
(3) A. acuminata King, l.c. 55. 
Stem slender. Leaves thin, coriaceous, ovate-oblong or ovate 
sub-cordate or round, short acuminate; nerves 2 (or 3) pairs, 
4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1-35 in. long. 
Peduncles 2*5 to 4*5 in. long with 2 or more branches 1 in. long 
and a tendril. Male flower narrow ovoid green -25 to -3 in. long. 
Calyx leathery, lobes ovate lanceolate. Petals oblong acute. 
Females larger *4 in. long, tubular, swollen at base. Ovary fusi¬ 
form. Fruit fusiform, red, 2 in. long, 75 in. through. Seeds 
pitted in centre with radiating grooves to edge. Hab. Common 
on edges of woods. Pahang River, Tahan River. Malacca, 
Merlimau (Cantley); Bukit Bruang (Derry). Selangor, Batang 
Berjuntai. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kapayung (Cantley). Perak, 
Padang Rengas (Curtis); Larut (Kunstler); Tapah (Wray); Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler); Dindings, Lumut. Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
Native names: Akar Lempedu Gajah; Akar Gelompong; Akar 
Lupok; Akar Merapoh; Kulipunang. 
(4) A. singaporeana Engl. Jahrb. xiv. 376; King, l.c. 56. 
Modecca singaporeana Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 601. 
Lofty climber. Stem rather thick, woody. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong, base cuneate, glands 2, sub-acute, underside pale, reticula¬ 
tions obscure; nerves 3 pairs, 3*5 to 4*5 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. 
wide; petioles *5 to 1*5 in. long. Male flowers -25 in. long, pale 
green, elongate, fusiform. Fruit fusiform, base rounded 2 in. long, 
red. Seeds compressed, ellipsoid, *3 in. across, strongly tubercled. 
Hab. Woods in the south, not common. Singapore, Garden 
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