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De Candolle makes the Ophir plant a variety under the name of var. 
ophirensis on account of its reticulated leaves; the Gunong Menglcuang 
Lebah plant is the same. It appears to be merely a local state. 
(5) S. extensa Wall. Cat. 5126B; DC. Mon. Smilax, 179; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 104. 
Stem rather slender unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or 
oblong-lanceolate acute, base shortly narrowed, 3 to 6 in. long, 
1-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles thick, -2 in. long. Umbels 1 to 3 on a 
peduncle -i to -25 in. long, with longer secondary peduncles *4 in. 
across; flowers small. Sepals linear blunt. Stamens long, fila¬ 
ments filiform. Hab. Hill forests. Penang (Wallich); Moniot’s 
Road (Curtis). 
(6) S. megacarpa DC. Mon. Smilax , 186; Ridl. Mat. ii. 104, 
Stem stout, woody, thorny at base. Leaves (adult) stiff cori¬ 
aceous, dark green, when young mottled grejL oblong to elliptic, 
base round or narrowed, tip round or blunt; nerves 3; 3 to 8 in. 
long, 1 to 4 in. wide; petioles *5 to 1-5 in. long, thick twisted, 
sheathing half-way. Tendrils strong, 10 in. long. Umbels *5 in. 
across; pedicels short. Male flowers -25 in. long, white. Sepals 
linear-oblong. Females larger. Staminodes 3. Fruit as big as a 
cherry, yellow or purple-black. Seeds discoid. Hab. Common 
in low country in woods. Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. 
Malacca, Malaka Pindah; Panchur; Batang Malaka (Derry). 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping 
