XXI. ANCISTR0CLADACE2E. 
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Ancistrocladus.] 
red or purple. Stamens 5 or 10, sub-perigynous. Ovary i-celled 
inferior, i-ovuled; style sub-globose. Stigmas 3, truncate. Seed 
sub-globose, albuminous ruminate. Genus 1. Species about 10, 
tropical Asia, 1 West African. Formerly referred to Diptero - 
carpacece, 
1 . ANCISTROCLADUS, Wall. 
(1) A. pinangianus Wall. Cat. 1054; Dyer,inHook.fil.F.B.I.i. 
300. A. extensus var. pinangianus King, Journ. ris. Soc. Beng. 
Ixii* (2), 137 - 
Fig. 25.—Ancistrocladus pinangianus. 
A climber forming a bush on the ground or ascending trees, 
with black branches. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate decur¬ 
rent to base, obtuse, 6 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide. Panicles 
very slender, branching 5 to 6 in. long. Flowers -i in. long, dark 
red. Fruit ‘25 in. long; wings very unequal, largest sub-spathu- 
late, oblong obtuse, 2 in. long, *5 in. wide, brown. Hab. Very 
common on sandhills near the sea, more rarely inland. Singapore, 
Changi. Malacca. Pahang, Pekan. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, 
Thaiping. Penang (Porter in Herb. Wallich 1054); Bukit Penang 
