Gnetum.] clxiv. gnetace^. 275 
cupular, saucer-shaped, close together, with a dense conspicuous 
ring of hairs between each. Female spikes cylindric, dense, 3 in; 
long, -4 in. through, densely woolly brown-hairy. Fruit spikes 
4 to 6 in. long, 75 in. through, densely woolly hairy. Seeds oblong- 
ovate, '5 in. long. Hab. Lowland woods rather open places, not 
rare. Singapore, Siglap; Changi; Jurong. Malacca, Bukit 
Bruang; Mount Ophir (Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Province Wellesley, Krian. Pulau Adang (Ridley). Distnb, 
South Siam. 
(4) G. campestre Gamble, MSS. G. microcarpum var. cam- 
pestre Ridl. Jo urn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 62. 
Slender woody climber with narrow lanceolate leaves, thin 
coriaceous, narrowed to both ends, 2-5 to 3 in. long, 75 to 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles -i in. long. Male spike -25 in. long, *2 m. through, 
cylindric, blunt, peduncled, slender. Female spike i to 2 in. 
long, whorls •! in. apart, in fruit stouter and rather longer. Ripe 
ovule oblong, pink, ‘25 to *5 in- long. Hab. Open country in 
thickets and edges of woods. Singapore, Tanglin; Krangi, etc. 
Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Gunong Tahan 
1500 ft. altitude (Haniff). Malacca (Griffith), Mount Ophir at 
3000 ft. altitude; Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Perak, Uiu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Penang Hill (Curtis, etc.). Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. 
altitude (Robinson and Kloss). 
These are the Peninsular plants referred to G. ? neglecium. Bl., by Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. V. 642. 
(5) G. sylvestre Gamble, MSS. G. microcarpum var. sylvestre 
Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 62. 
Tall moderately stout climber, -i in. through. Leaves lanceolate 
cuspidate, acute coriaceous, base blunt or shortly narrowed, 5 in. 
long, 2 in. wide; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, rather inconspicuous. ^ Male 
spikes in tufts on stem, simple, cylindric, ’25 in. long. Female 
spikes 1-5 in. long, whorls of ovules -i in. apart, fur much shorter 
than conic ovules. Seed *5 in. long, cylindric-elliptic, sessile, in 
spikes 2 to 3 in, long. Hab. Woods lowland, Singapore, Garden 
jungle; Selitar; Bajau; Pulau Tekong in woods (Ridley). Native 
name: Akar JuUah. 
I have always considered this a jungle form of G. campestre, Gamble, 
and to be the plant intended by Blume for his microcarptim, Kiimphia, iv. 
6, t. 175. Gamble thinks it distinct. 
(6) G. longispica Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 63. 
Woody climber -25 in. through. Leaves broad lanceolate or 
elliptic-lanceolate, very shortly narrowed both ends, 6 in. long, 
3 in, wide; nerves 6 pairs, rather conspicuous; petioles *5 m. long. 
Female spikes 6 in. long, bracts *15 in. apart, in fruit i ft. long, 
bracts *25 in, apart. Ovules acuminate, almost covered with 
brown fur. Ripe ovules ellipsoid, -5 in. long, blunt, brick red. 
