Uncaria. 1 
LXXIV. RUBIACE.E, 
17 
Doubtful Species 
U. acida Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 520; Nauclea acida Hunter, is not 
sufficiently well described to identify. It was collected by 
Hunter at Sungei Clooan in Penang. 
7 . COPTOSAPELTA, Korth. 
Climbing shrubs. Branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, softly 
hairy beneath. Stipules triangular. Flowers in many-flowered 
thyrsoid panicles; buds 5-angled. Calyx-tube ovoid, 5-ridged, 
limb 5-toothed. Corolla coriaceous, salver-shaped, tube narrow, 
lobes oblong, blunt, valvate as long as tube or longer. Stamens 5; 
filaments short; anthers long, linear, bifid at base, backs hairy. 
Ovary 2- to 3-celled; style short. Capsule sub-globose, loculicidally 
dehiscing by 3 or 4 valves. Seeds numerous, peltate, winged. 
Species 3 or 4, Malayan. 
Flowers 1 in. long, white; tube nearly as long as lobes; 
capsule glabrous . . . ■ • (*) C. flavescens 
Flowers-85 in. long, white; tube much shorter; capsule 
pubescent . . . . . . . . (2) C. Griffithii 
Flowers *3 in. long, green; tube nearly as long as lobes; 
capsule glabrous . . . . . • • (3) C. parviflora 
(1) C. flavescens Korth. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 113; King, 
l.c. 138. 
Lofty climbers. Branches, panicles, under surface of leaves 
minutely soft hairy when young. Leaves elliptic or ovate, base 
round, above light shining green; nerves 4 to 5 pairs; 2-5 to 4 in. 
long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. pubescent. Stipules 
acuminate. Flowers 1 in. long, white, fragrant. Calyx -05 in. 
long, tubular, pilose, teeth small. Corolla -3 in. long, narrow, 
lobes oblong, -4 in. long. Capsule obovoid, glabrous -2 to -4 in. 
long, yellow. Hab. Common in forests climbing to tops of trees; 
a very pretty fragrant climber. Singapore. Malacca, Selandor 
(Cantley); Jus; Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Pahang, Temerloh. 
Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Cheroh and 
Kwala Kangsa (Wray); Goping (Kunstler); Batang Padang 
(Kunstler). Penang, highlands (Porter). Distrib. Burma, Malaya. 
Native names : Akar Mumbanang; Meroyan putih; Balingon 
Akar; Prual. Use : Root-bark used as dart poison by Sakais. 
(2) C. Griffithii Hook. fit. Ic. PI. t. 1089; King, l.c. 138. 
Leaves orbicular-ovate, hairy beneath, 2*5 in. long, 175 in. 
wide, base broad; nerves 3 or 4 pairs. Panicles few-flowered, 
terminal and axillary. Flowers -85 in. long. Calyx *2 in. long, 
tube obconic, grooved tomentose, limb as long as tube campanulate, 
teeth broad. Corolla-tube *25 in. long, white, throat woolly; 
lobes linear-oblong blunt. Capsule obovoid -4 in. long, pubescent. 
Hab. Not rare in woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Chan Chu 
Fl.M.P., 2. c 
