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Hah. Forests, rare, Johor, Kwala Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Selangor, 
Rawang Camphor forest. Perak, Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
(7) G. penang^ense Ridl. Journ. Roy. . 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 63. 
Big climber, 50 ft. long. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to oblong 
cuspidate or ovate, base narrowed or round, 6 in. long, 3-5 to 
4-5 in. wide; petioles stout, *6 in. long. Male spikes stout, cylindric 
acute, sessile, in pairs, 2 in. long. Female spikes stout. Fruit 
spike 6 in. long, peduncle i in. long, whorls *25 in, apart. Ovules 
oblong, I in. long, blunt at both ends. Hah. Local in forests, 
Perak, Larut and Goping (Kunstler), Penang Hill (Curtis and 
Ridley), Kelantan near Chaning (Ridley). 
(8) G. Wrayi Gamble, Kew Bulletm, 1915, p. 92. G, edule 
Ridl. Journ. Roy. y 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 60, p. 64 (not of Blume). 
Stout climber up to 150 ft. long. Leaves elliptic acuminate, 
base round or slightly narrowed, stiffly coriaceous, 4 to 4-5 in. long, 
1-5 to 2 in. wide; nerves faint, inconspicuous; petioles *2 in. long. 
Male spikes in axillary pairs, cylindric, *5 in. long. F'emales over 
1 in. long. Fruit oblong, corky, brown, narrowed to a blunt tip, 
2 to 3 in. long, i to 1*5 in. through. Hah. Not common, in damp 
forests, Singapore, Toas; Chan Chu Kang. Pahang, Tahan River; 
Bukit Gol, Kuantan (Foxworthy). Kemaman (Vaughan Stevens). 
Perak, Relau Tujor and Simpang (Wray). Thaiping (Kunstler, 
Wray). 
(9) G. latifoHum BL Rumphia, iv. L 174. 
A moderate climber. Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, base cuneate, deep green, 5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
wide; nerves 8 pairs, prominent beneath, reticulations conspicuous; 
petioles *5 in. long. Male spikes cylindric, rather slender, i to 
1-5 in. long. Female spikes 2 or 3 on a tuft on trunk, branched, 
spreading, 6 in. long, branches 6 remote. Ovules not beaked. 
F'ruit spike i ft. long, zigzag, rachis thickened. Seed fusiform, 
2 in. long, base narrowed to a short stalk. Hah. Hill forests, 
Pahang, Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills, Cottage (Ridley). Distrih. 
Malay isles. 
(10) G. Kingianum Gamble Kew Bulletin 1915, p. 92. G. 
funiculare Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S, Br. 60, p, 65 (not of Blume). 
Stout liane, bark black, 2 in. through. Leaves thickly cori¬ 
aceous, dark green, oblong to lanceolate-oblong or ovate-oblong 
cuspidate, 5 to 7 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 
elevate; petioles -5 in. long. Male spikes stout, cylindric, i in. 
long, panicled densely crowded on knots on the trunk; peduncles 
•5 in. long. Female inflorescence of opposite pairs of peduncled 
spikes, I in. long. Fruit spikes 6 in. long. Seed ellipsoid blunt, 
•5 in. long, red, on stalks -25 in. long. Hah. Common in forests; 
the ground often strewed with the male spikes. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Kranji. Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Tahan. Malacca, 
x^yer Keroh; Selandor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Danan 
