274 CLXiv. GNETACE^. [Gneium, 
(2) G. Brunonianum Griff. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 308, t. 55, figs. 
9-20, and 56, figs. 27-47; Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 61. 
A low slender shrub, 2 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate, thinly 
coriaceous or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate light green 4 to 6 in. 
long, I to 2*25 in. wide; nerves 10 pairs, elevate inarching beneath; 
petioles -25 in. long. Male spikes in pairs, *25 to *5 in. long. Fe¬ 
males longer, on a peduncle 75 in. long. Ripe seed ellipsoid, red, 
•5 in. long. Hab. Widely distributed in woods up to 5000 ft. 
altitude. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Telom; Tahan river; 
Kwala Tembeling. Malacca (Griffith); Ayer Keroh; Mount 
Ophir; Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Robinson); 
Bukit Tangga at 2500 ft. altitude. Selangor, Sungei Bulu; Kwala 
Fig. 226,—Gnetura Brunonianum. 
Kubu. Perak, Thaiping Hills and Goping (Kunstler); Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). Penang Hill. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. 
Disirib. Mergui, Borneo. Native names: Poko Ekor Belangkas; 
Pantat Ulat. 
Kunstler collected a form with very narrow lanceolate leaves 3 in. long 
by *75 in. wide and very conspicuous nerves, on Penang Hill. 
(3) G. macrostachyum Hook. fd. F.B.I. v. 642; Ridl.^ Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 61. 
A stout woody climber. Leaves rather stiff coriaceous, elliptic 
to elliptic-lanceolate, blunt or short cuspidate, 7 to 8 in. long, 
3 to 4 in. wide, base round or narrowed; nerves slender, 4 to 
6 pairs, reticulations visible; petioles -25 in. long. Male spikes 
cylindric, 2 in. long, -2 in. through; peduncle -12 in. long. Bracts 
