Myrmecodia.] 
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63 . MYRMECODIA, Jack. 
Epiphytic tuberous shrub strongly spiny. Branches thick spiny 
not jointed. Leaves coriaceous elliptic crowded towards the top, 
not clearly opposite. Flowers small white sessile in depressions 
in the stem. Calyx-tube short, limb truncate. Corolla-tube 
cylindric, lobes 4, lanceolate, short; anthers sub-sessile. Fruit 
pulpy. Pyrenes 4 to 8. Species about 16, Eastern Malay islands 
and Australia. 
(1) M. tuberosa Jack, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 123. M. armata 
Hook. fU. F.B.I. iii. 194. 
Tuber about 8 in. through, spiny. Stems solitary, -5 in. through, 
covered with lobed thorn-edged discs the bases of fallen leaves. 
Leaves elliptic narrowed to base, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 in. broad; 
petioles 1 in. long. Flowers small, tube short; corolla-lobes acute. 
Fruit oblong, orange. Hab. Near the sea; not very common. 
Singapore, Sungei Jurong; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Gunong 
Mering, Ophir. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Distrib. Java, Borneo, 
Sumatra. Native name : Samboko. 
64 . PiEDERIA, Linn. 
Twining slender fGetid shrubs. Leaves sometimes in whorls 
of 3, membranous. Flowers numerous in axillary or terminal 
branched cymose panicles. Calyx campanulate, limb 4- to 
5-toothed, Corolla funiiel-shaped, lobes 4 to 5 with crenulate 
inflexed edges, violet. Stamens 4 to 5, linear-oblong insert in 
tube. Ovary 2-celled; ovule 1 in a cell. Stigmas 2, twisted. 
Fruit compressed, globose or orbicular. Pyrenes winged or globose 
fragile. Species 10 to 12, chiefly Asiatic. 
Fruit flat, thin orbicular. 
Leaves and branches opposite . . . • P) P. fcetida 
Leaves and branches whorled . . . 0) P. verticillata 
Fruit globular, fragile.( 3 ) P. tomentosa 
(1) P. foetida Linn. Mant. i. 52; King, l.c. 96. 
Glabrous or puberulous. Leaves opposite ovate or lanceolate 
acute or cuspidate, base broad or narrowed, rather thin; nerves 
4 to 5 pairs, fine; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -5 to 
1*5 in. long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate bifid. Panicle 6 in. long, 
peduncle 3 in. wide, spreading. Flowers violet, shortly pedicelled 
in slender trichotomous often scorpioid cymes. Calyx campanu¬ 
late acutely-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, usually pubescent, 
lobes short. Fruit orbicular, wings pale -45 in. across. Hab. 
Not common in open country. Singapore, Serangoon. Johor, 
Hulu Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Bukit Bruang. Pahang, 
Pekan; Tahan River. Perak, Goping and Durian Sabatang 
(Kunstler). Penang, Tanjong Bunga and Telok Bahang (Curtis); 
Kedah, Alor Sta. Lankawi. Distrib. India, Siam, Borneo. 
Native names : Dandangking; Akar Sekuntut. 
