Uncaria .] 
LXXIV. RUBIACEJE. 
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on corolla mouth. Ovary fusiform; style long, slender. Capsule 
fusiform, 2-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, winged at each 
end. Species 40, mostly Malayan. 
The species are commonly known as “ Akar Kait ” from their 
hooks. 
Calyx-lobes narrow, acute. 
Flowers and capsules sub-sessile. 
Calyx-lobes linear, long .... 
Calyx-lobes very short .... 
Capsules pedicelled. 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate shorter than tube; 
flowers -75 in. long; leaves 2 to 3 in. long. 
Slender climber ..... 
Big liane; flowers 1*5 in. long, silvery 
velvety; leaves 5 to 7 in. long . 
Flowers 1 in. long; leaves smaller, 
narrower ..... 
Calyx-lobes filiform longer than tube, very 
hairy all over ..... 
Nearly glabrous except leaves beneath 
Leaves glabrous. 
Calyx-lobes shorter than tube . - . 
Calyx-lobes as long ..... 
Calyx-lobes short, blunt, broad. 
Slender climbers; nerves 3 to 4 pairs; leaves 
glabrous not glaucous beneath. 
Leaves membranous ..... 
Leaves coriaceous ..... 
Nerves 5 to 6 pairs .... 
Big liane; leaves coriaceous, glaucescent be¬ 
neath; petioles winged 
Slender climbers; leaves more or less hairy. 
Leaves thin, hair-tufts on the nerve-axils 
beneath ...... 
Leaves glaucous beneath; nerves hairy 
Leaves hairy on midrib and nerves 
Leaves hairy beneath; calyx and tube 
long; teeth, very short blunt 
(1) U. Roxburghiana 
{2) U. parviflora 
(3) U. lanosa 
(4) U. sclerophylla 
(5) U. pedicellata 
(6) U. ferrea 
{7) U. glabrata 
(8) TJ. Kunstleri 
( 9 ) U. Wrayi 
(10) TJ. ovalifolia 
(ti) U. trinervis 
(12) TJ. jasminiflora 
(13) TJ. pteropoda 
(14) TJ. Gambir 
(15) U. canescens 
(16) TJ. dasyoneura 
(17) TJ. attenuata 
(1) U. Roxburghiana Korth. Ver. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 172 ; King , 
l.c. 129. 
Slender climber, tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate 
cuspidate, base round, roughly short hairy; nerves 5 pairs 
depressed above, elevate beneath as are reticulations, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 
long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long tomentose. Peduncles 
•4 in. long, hairy. Heads 75 in. through. Calyx *15 in. long, 
lobes linear pilose twice as long as tube. Corolla *3 in. long, very 
slender, light grey tinged pink, glabrous, lobes short, blunt. Capsule 
sub-sessile, fusiform glabrous, -35 in. long. Hob. Borders of woods; 
Singapore, Bukit Panjang; Chua Chu Kang ; Bukit Timah. Johor, 
Pinerong. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Ulu Selangor. Perak* 
Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 
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