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XXIX. OXALIDACEiE. 
[Connarofisis. 
(5} C. macropbylla King, l.c. 443. 
Shrub or tree. Branchlets stout glabrous. Leaves simple 
stiff coriaceous oblong sub-acute base rounded, 6 to 12 in. long, 
2 ‘5 .to 3'65 in. wide; nerves 8 or 9 pairs elevate, reticulations 
distinct lax beneath; petioles 3 in. long thick. Panicles spike-like 
axillary or terminal; rachis thick glabrous; branches *i in. long 
or less, few-flowered. Flowers deep red, -2 in. long, glabrous very 
shortly pedicelled. Hab. Local in forests. Singapore, Chan Chu 
Kang. Dindings. Lumut, Pangkor (Curtis). Perak, Goping and 
Sal am a (Kunstler) ; Thaiping. Penang, Pulau Inajah (Curtis). 
(6) C. sericea Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus K x. 131 . 
Tree. Leaves thin coriaceous oblong sharply acuminate base 
round ; nerves 8 pairs, slender prominent beneath; glaucescent 
beneath, 7 to 7-5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Panicles 
raceme-like from upper axils 12 in. long; branches *25 in. long, 
puberulous. Sepals ovate blunt silky-tomentose. Petals deep red 
•1 in. long. Stamens, filaments very slender. Styles separate. 
Hab. Pahang, Pianggu, Endau (Evans). 
(7) C. simplicifolia Ridl. 
Leaves thin coriaceous simple oblong, base round, over 4 in. 
long and 2'2 in. wide, midrib elevate beneath ; nerves over 7 pairs 
elevate beneath; petioles 75 in. long. Racemes terminal 2, 4^4 in. 
long puberulous. Flowers in tufts 3 to 4 together; pedicels *i in. 
long, white-mealy. Sepals 5, imbricate, ovate blunt, white-mealy. 
Petals twice as long, *12 in. long, obovate oblong, clawed, imbricate, 
apparently dark red. Stamens very short connate at base in a 
ring. Ovary conic; styles 5. Hab. Pahang, Kwantan, Galing 
(Foxworthy). Native name : Belimbing Cherichek. 
In the only specimen I have seen the leaves are both imperfect. 
5 . DAPANIA, Korth. 
Woody climbers. Leaves alternate unifoliate; petioles jointed 
about the middle. Flowers small red in spike-like racemes, axillary 
or from the old wood. Sepals 5 imbricate connate at base. Petals 
oblong; stamens 10, bases connate in a cup, above free unequal. 
Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled; cells with 1 or 2 ovules. Fruit club-shaped 
5-lobed dehiscing into a 5-rayed star with a seed on each ray. 
Species 4 or 5, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
(1) D. scandens Stapf, Ie. PL t. 1997; King, l.c. 201. 
A glabrous liane 50 to 100 ft. long. Leaves coriaceous ovate- 
elliptic. acuminate, base rounded; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1*25 to 1 in. wide; petioles -i in. long; petiolules -i in. long. 
Racemes puberulous, 1-5 to 27 in. long slender. Flowers many 
crimson often male only *1 to *15 in. long; pedicels very short. 
Sepals obtuse rounded ciliate. Petals oblong narrowed at base 
twice as long. Stamens alternate long and short; filaments 
