464 xcvili. cardiopterid^e. [Cardiopteris. 
(1) C. lobata Wall. Cat. 8033A; Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 246, t. 49; 
King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. lxiv. 132. 
Leaves acuminate more or less lobed; nerves 7 to 9 radiating 
from the base; 2*25 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles 
2 to 5 in. long. Panicles 2 to 4 in. long; branches few. Flowers 
•1 in. long, distant pedicelled. Fruit *8 to 1-25 in, long, -6 to -8 in. 
wide. Hab. Forest edges twining over bushes, not common. 
Pahang, Pulau Tawar (Ridley). Perak, Tapah (Wray); Temengoh. 
Distrib. India, Siam, Malay isles to New Guinea. Native name: 
Gambah Putih. 
2 . PTELEOCARPA, Oliv. 
Glabrous tree. Leaves alternate. Panicles terminal. Flowers 
small. Calyx tubular, deeply 5-lobed, imbricate. Corolla tubular, 
5-partite. Stamens 5, attached to tube; anthers linear-oblong. 
Ovary stipitate 2-celled; ovules 1 in. each cell; styles 2; stigmas 
small. Fruit samaroid, orbicular emarginate, 2-celled. Seed 
elongate. Species 3, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(1) P. malaccensis Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 515, t. 42; 
King, l.c. 131. 
Tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly membranous oblanceo- 
late acuminate, base much narrowed; nerves 5 or 6 pairs; 3 to 
4*5 in. long, 1*25 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -6 to 75 in. long. Panicles 
terminal, many-flowered, umbellate-cymose, 1-5 to 2-5 in. long. 
Flowers yellow, *3 in. across on filiform pedicels -15 to *25 in. long. 
Fruit 1-25 to 1*65 in. long, i-i in. across, yellow. Hab. Woods 
in the lowlands. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tebrau River 
Malacca (Maingay); Bukit Sadanen (Goodenough); Ayer Panas. 
Perak (Wray). Penang, Sungei Penang Road and the Hill to 
1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name: 
Singah. 
Order XCIX. SOLANACE/E. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or in unequal pairs often 
lobed. Cymes terminal or axillary. Flowers regular bi-sexual, 
several or solitary. Calyx inferior, gamopetalous, teeth 5 (rarely 
4, 6 or 10), usually persistent. Corolla gamopetalous, 5-lobed 
(or Datura io-lobed) or nearly entire; campanulate to rotate. 
Stamens 5, on tube anthers dehiscing by pores or longitudinally. 
Ovary 2-celled (or i-celled by abortion) or 4-celled; ovules numerous 
on intruded placentas; style linear; stigma capitate or bilobed. 
Fruit a berry or 2- rarely 4-celled capsule. Seeds many; disc-like 
or reniform. Species 1300, whole world. (Prain, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. Ixxiv. 327.) Fruit a berry. 
