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than the very short tube. Fruit oblong, white, -25 in. long, pulpy. 
Seed 3-ridged. Hab. Woods, climbing on trees and creeping on 
the ground. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bajau; Selitar. Johor, 
Johor Bharu. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry). Perak, Tea 
Gardens, Thaiping hills (a compact form). 
(8) P. morindseflora Wall. Cat. 8438 A.B.C. in part ; King, 
l.c. 8. 
Woody climber, 15 to 20 ft. long, glabrous except puberulous 
inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to elliptic or oblong- 
lanceolate blunt acuminate, base slightly cuneate or round, midrib 
channelled above; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, elevate beneath; 3 to 4*5 in. 
long, 1-75 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -2 to *5 in. long. Cymes 2 to 
3 in. long (including peduncle, 1-5 in. long), 3 from terminal point. 
Flowers crowded sessile in heads *2 in. through. Calyx cupular. 
Corolla very short, lobes oblong blunt, throat silky. Fruit ovoid- 
elliptic, -25 in. long, ridges 8. Hab. Local in forests. Perak 
(Kunstler). Penang (Curtis and Wallich). 
(9) P. Maingayi Hook. fd. F.B.I. iii. 166; King, l.c. 5. 
Slender climber; branchlets pubescent. Leaves thick mem¬ 
branous, elliptic caudate-acuminate, base much narrowed; nerves 
6 pairs, indistinct; 2 to 3-5 in. long, -65 to 1*2 in. wide; petioles 
•1 to 2 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles *5 to 
1-5 in. long; branches short, all pubescent. Bracts long, leafy. 
Flowers crowded. Calyx campanulate with longer obtuse recurved 
lobes, hairy. Corolla green, yellowish or white, thick tubular, 
*2 in. long, lobes short. Fruit ellipsoid, large white pulpy. Seed 
4-ridged. Hab. Sandy woods near the sea, and also inland. Singa¬ 
pore, Kranji; Pasir Panjang (Maingay, Ridley). Johor, Gunong 
Pulai; Kampong Bharu. Negri Sembilan, Johol. Selangor, Ulu 
Gornbak (Ridley). 
(10) P. sarmentosa Bl. Bijdr. 964; King, l.c. 5. P. sarmen- 
tosoides Valet. Ic. Bogor. ccxcii. 
Climbing plant, often creeping with air roots on tree trunks. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic, acute or shortly abruptly acumi¬ 
nate, glabrous or more or less hairy beneath; nerves 7 to 10 pairs ; 
2'5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-75 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Stipules 
in a cylindric tube with a cusp on each side. Cymes puberulous 
(or hairy), corymbose, -2 in. long and wide. Flowers -15 in. long, 
shortly pedicelled. Calyx campanulate with 5 short teeth. Corolla 
villous in mouth. Fruit white, pulpy, ellipsoid. Seed with 4 
ridges. Hab. Common all over the peninsula. Singapore, Kranji; 
Serangoon; Changi. Muar, Sungei Segal (Fox). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills. Dindings, Bruas. Penang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa. 
Distrib. India, Burma, Ceylon, Siam, Malaya. 
var. montana, Ridl. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, yellow green. 
Mountains at 4000 ft. altitude; Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan. Intermediate forms occur on the Selangor mountains at 
