LXXIV. RUBIACEAJ. 
15 
Uncaria.] 
Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, river-bank (Griffith); Merlimau. 
Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss); Kwala Lumpur. Distrib. 
Burma, Borneo. 
A monstrous form with abortive panicled flowers often occurs. 
(n) U. trinervis Haviland, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 80; 
King, l.o . 133. 
Stems slender. Leaves coriaceous ovate or elliptic, shortly 
broad acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous minutely reticulate; 
nerves 3 pairs prominent beneath; 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, 175 to 2-5 in. 
wide; petioles 7 to *9 in. long. Heads racemose 1 in. through; 
peduncles 75 in. long, pubescent. Flowers sub-sessile. Calyx 
•1 in. long. Corolla -25 in. long. All tomentose. Capsules fusi¬ 
form pilose, *5 in. long. Hah. Penang Hill (Curtis). Scarce. 
(12) U. jasminiflora Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 32. 
Branches slender, 4-angled. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 
elliptic shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 or 6 pairs; 
2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long, puberulous. 
Peduncles -5 to 1 in. long. Heads 1-25 in. through, 175 in. in 
fruit. Calyx short-pedicelled -15 in. long, pilose, fusiform, lobes 
campanulate. Corolla -5 in. long, tube slender, silky outside. 
Capsule -5 in. long, fusiform -4 in. long; pedicel -2 in. long, ribbed. 
Hab. Woods and forests. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Gardens; 
Jurong, mangrove swamp. Selangor, Petaling. Perak (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
The variety macrophylla King has rather large leaves. 
(13) U. pteropoda Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 243; King, l.c. 134. 
A big liane. Branches stout, 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic round with short blunt point, base round, glabrous; nerves 
8 pairs, depressed above, prominent beneath with numerous trans¬ 
verse parallel nerves; 5 to 6-5 in. long, 3-5 to 5 in. wide; petioles 
•35 to -85 in. long, strongly undulate winged. Peduncle 1-25 in. 
long. Heads 1-25 in. wide in flower, 4 in. in fruit. Calyx stalked 
•3 in. long, pubescent, fusiform, lobes oblong. Corolla *9 in. long 
silky. Capsule fusiform 75 to 1 in. long, stalk as long. Hab. 
Common in open country in thickets and forest edges. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. Selangor; Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). Tringganu, Bundi 
(Rostados). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(14) U. Garribir Roxb. Hort. Beng. 86; King, l.c. 135. 
Slender climber (cultivated into a bush). Leaves membranous 
ovate acuminate, base round, glabrous except for tuffs of hairs at 
the base of main nerves 4 to 5 pairs beneath; *3 to -5 in. long, 1-85 
to 2*25 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Peduncles slender, 1 in. 
long. Heads 175 in. across, in fruit 275 in. Calyx short-stalked 
*35 in. long, silky, tube cylindric, lobes ovate. Corolla -5 in. long, 
