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6 pairs prominent beneath, secondary nerves conspicuous but 
irregular, transverse nervules much broken up; 5 to 6 in. long, 
2*5 in. wide; petioles thick, *25 in. long. Cymes axillary 2- 
branched, widely divaricate; peduncle -5 in. long; branches 
•75 in. long with 2 or 3 branchlets. Flowers yellowish, -i in. wide; 
pedicels -i in. long. Sepals 5, ovate broad-based, short. Petals 5, 
oblong, tip rounded, minutely denticulate, eventually recurved. 
Stamens 3; anthers just protruding from the large conic disc. 
Ovary conic enclosed in the disc; style short, cylindric, just 
protruding. Hah. Pahang, Besarah (Burkill 17,587). 
This species seems nearest to H. obtiisifolia, Roxb. of India. 
It differs from the other species in the oblong round-tipped petals 
and the large conic fleshy disc. 
Order XL. Rhamne^. 
VoL i. p. 467, after sp. 2, Ventilago gladiata Pierre, insert : — 
(2a) V. Kurzii RidL Apteron lanceolatum Kurz, Joimi. As. 
Soc. xli. ii. 300. 
Woody climber, bark pale. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate 
acuminate, base narrowed or rounded, blunt, edge minutely serru¬ 
late; nerves 7 or 8 pairs elevate beneath, reticulations minute 
distinct; 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -i in. long or less, 
pubescent. Panicles lax, 4 to 6 in. long, pubescent. Flowers in 
rather distant tufts small, shortly pedicelled, pedicels pubescent. 
“ Sepals ovate sub-acute, hairy outside. Petals minute obcuneate, 
apex broad refuse, side-lobes rounded. Stamens 5, filaments 
short, thick. Anthers deflexed oblong rounded. Pistil and disc 
hairy; stigma bilobed.” Samara pubescent, 2-5 in. long, wing 
linear oblong blunt. Calyx half covering the fruit, hairy. Hah. 
Lankawi, Pulau Segari (Ridley). Disirih. Tenasserim. 
My specimen is only in young fruit, but appears to agree in 
all points with the Tenasserim plant identified with Kurz's Apteron 
lanceolatum, of which all specimens are in flower, and from these 
I have taken the description of the flower (in inverted commas). 
Kurz mistook some insect galls for the young fruit. 
VoL i. p. 468, after sp. 2, Smythea macrocarpa HemsL, insert :— 
(3) S. lancifolia Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1924, p. 295. 
Climber, rather slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
lanceolate cuspidate, blunt, base inaequilateral cuneate; nerves 
5 to 7 pairs slender, transverse nervules and reticulations very 
fine; 4 in. long, i'25 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. Flowers 
very small, in axillary clusters of 4 or 5. Pedicels *08 in. long, 
pubescent. Buds flattened, 4-angled and ribbed, pubescent. 
Sepals triangular acute. Petals little longer, clawed, upper portion 
broad, obcuneate, deeply 2-lobed, lobes rounded, with a small 
tooth in the notch. Stamens slightly shorter; filaments rather 
slender; anthers conic with two separate cells at base. Fruit 
