6 ii. dilleniace^e. [Tetracera. 
i*5 to 2 in. long, few-flowered. Sepals 4, obovate pubescent, silky 
inside and on edges, green. Petals -4 in. long, spathulate white. 
Stamens very numerous, white, short. Carpels 4, green. Follicles 
•5 in. long, shining glabrous, 2 or 3. Hob. In forests low country, 
Singapore, Garden Jungle; Changi Malacca (Maingay); Merlimau. 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor near Batu Caves. Perak, Tapa 
(Wray). Disirib. Borneo. 
(6) T. sumatrana Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Snpp. i. 689. 
A tall woody climber. Leaves coriaceous, smooth lanceolate, 
base cuneate, scabrid above; quite glabrous, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 in. 
wide; nerves 8 pairs; petioles '5 in. long, slender. Panicle lax, 
6 to 8 in. long, tomentose, branches few distant. Sepals silky, 
hairy on the edge and in the middle on the inner side. Petals as 
long, orbicular. Hah. Rare in forests, Singapore, in the Garden 
Jungle and at Selitar. Penang on Government Hill (Curtis). 
Disirib. Sumatra. 
(7) T. fagifolia Bl. Bijdr. 4; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. 
Br. 54, p. 10. 
Strong woody climber. Leaves ovate-lanceolate entire, base 
round, rigid, glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, prominent beneath; 3 to 
5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Panicle terminal, lax, 
rather stout, 6 in. long, silky hairy. Flowers numerous, small. 
Sepals -i in. long, silky on the edge and in the centre inside. Petals 
twice as long. Stamens short. Hub. Not common. In forests, 
Singapore, Garden Jungle and Selitar (Ridley). Disirib. Java. 
(8) T. fragrans Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 62. 
A low sarmentose shrub. Leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, edges 
at the tip sinuate or dentate, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 275 in. wide; 
nerves 9 to 11 pairs. Panicle lax, 6 to 10 in. long, hairy. Flowers 
half an inch across, numerous, fragrant. Sepals ovate, glabrous 
except the ciliate margin. Petals oblong, while. Carpels 2, 
glabrous. Hob. North region, Perlis and Setul on open heaths. 
Disirib. Siam. 
(9) T. borneensis Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iv. 76. 
Belirna laevis, Maingay MSS. King, l.c. 362. 
Climber. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic acute, 
entire base cuneate or rounded, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubes¬ 
cent beneath; midrib strigose; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, prominent; 
5 to 7‘5 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -8 in. long, winged. Panicles 
longer than the leaves, dense, not spreading, many-flowered, 6 in. 
long, tomentose. Sepals rounded, silky within, edge ciliate. Petals 
short. Follicles x or 2, elongate, conic, acuminate with a long 
point -5 in. long, -12 in. through at the base, glabrous. Hah. 
Very rare, only collected by Maingay in Malacca, April 10, No. 1570. 
Disirib. Borneo. 
A true Tetracera with, only one or two follicles, which are peculiar in 
their unusual length and form. 
