II. DILLENIACEAJ. 
Tetracera.] 
5 
long, 5-5 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Panicle lateral or terminal, 
over 1 ft. long, velvety, flowers peduncled. Sepals 5, ovate, 
sub-acute, ribbed and tomentose, *5 in. long. Petals as long, nar¬ 
rower. Follicles ovoid, glabrous, with a slender curved beak. Hab. 
Perak, no locality (Scortechini), very rare, only once collected. 
If, as Scortechini says, this is a free, it is the only one in the genus. The 
specimens somewhat resemble T. niacrophylla Wall., but the whole inflor¬ 
escence is velvety. 
(3) T. lucida Wall. Cat. 6631. T. euryandra Hook. fil. F.B.L 
i. 32 ( not Vahl) King , lx. 362. 
Woody climber, young parts pubescent. Leaves stiff, obovate 
to oblong obtuse, entire, lower ones large, 6 in. long, 2-5 in. 
wide, upper ones crowded, 1 in. long and as wide, apex truncate 
or rounded, base broad; nerves 5 pairs; above glabrous, beneath 
strigose on midrib and nerves; petioles -i in. long, pubescent. Panicles 
terminal and axillary compact, few branched 1 to 3 in. long, pubescent. 
Sepals elliptic to oblong, -2 in. long, hairy on both surfaces. Petals 
oblong, little longer, obtuse, white. Follicles 1 or 2, ovoid, *2 in. 
long. Hab. Borders of woods. Singapore and Malacca. Common 
but seldom flowering. 
var. lanuginosa Ridl. 20 to 30 ft. long, epiphytic, leaves narrowed 
at the base, obovate, margins sinuate; panicles and sepals thickly 
red woolly. Hab. Perak, Larut below 200 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
Apparently confined to the Malay Peninsula, T. euryandra Vahl., is a 
very different species from New Caledonia. 
(4) T. assa DC. Syst. Veg. i. 402 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 63; King, 
l.c. 362. T. trigyna Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 645. 
A rather slender woody climber never tall, often forming bushes 
in open country. Leaves ovate-lanceolate obscurely sinuate or 
toothed, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 
1-5 in. wide. Panicles axillary and terminal, 1 to 2 in. long, few- 
flowered. Sepals glabrous within, obovate, usually tipped red. 
Petals obovate, pure white or flushed pink, -3 in. long. Stamens 
numerous long, tipped rose pink. Carpels usually 2, ovoid beaked 
glabrous, -5 in. long. Hab. Common over the whole peninsula in 
open ground, orchards and in hedgerows. Distrib. Java, Siam, 
Cochin-China. Native names : Ampelas; P'las payah; Mempelas 
Minyak. Use : The stems are twisted into ropes. 
T. trigyna Roxb., collected in Penang, was erroneously referred by 
Hooker to T. Icsvis Vahl., of India and Ceylon. Types in Herb. Kew show 
that it was T. assa. 
(5) T. sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 8. 
A tall woody forest climber 60 ft. long. Leaves oblong cuspidate 
not scabrid, entire narrowed to the blunt base, 3 to 6 in. long, 
i*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 
