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Par sonia.\ 
Corolla-tube *15 in. long, pubescent outside, villous inside, lobes 
■2 in. long, pubescent outside only, dark yellow, dark red inside. 
Stamens, filaments twisted, villous. Fruit linear-lanceolate 
acuminate, 2*5 to 3 in. long, '2 to *3 in. wide. Seeds ’4 to - 5 in. 
long, narrow-linear, plume 1 in. long, pale. Hab. Perak, Chan- 
deriang (Kunstler). Rare. 
(3) P. stenocarpa King and Gamble , l.c. 458. 
Long twiner, 40 to 50 ft. long. Leaves membranous, broad 
lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed cuneate; nerves 6 to 8 pairs; 
2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles *25 to 1 in. long. Cymes 
axillary, 8- to io-flowered pubescent; peduncle 1 in. long; pedicels 
*2 in. long. Flowers light yellow. Calyx-lobes ovate acuminate, 
•125 in. long. Corolla urceolate, *15 in. long, lobes ovate acuminate, 
■075 in. long. Stamens not twisted. Fruit slender terete acuminate, 
5 to 7 in. long, *2 in. through. Seeds *5 in. long, narrowed upwards, 
plume 1 in. long, golden. Hab . Rare; dense forests, Perak, 
Goping (Kunstler). 
(4) P. penangiana King and Gamble, l.c. 458. 
Twiner. Leaves membranous, ovate acuminate, base round; 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs; 5 to y5 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 1-25 in. long. Cymes corymbose puberulous; peduncles 
1-5 in. long, flattened; branches few. Flowers yellowish white. 
Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate acuminate. Corolla campanulate, 
•3 in. long, lobes as long ovate acute, pubescent outside. Stamens 
exsert from top of tube, not twisted. Hab. Penang, Waterfall 
(Curtis). Very rare. 
17. VALLARXS, Burn. 
Trees, shrubs or climbers. Flowers white in axillary fascicles or 
cymes, pendulous. Calyx-lobes narrow. Corolla-tube short, limb 
rotate, lobes broad, contort overlapping to right. Stamens partly 
exsert; anthers sagittate connivent adhering to stigma, con¬ 
nective with a dorsal gland, cells with stiff spurs. Disc 5-lobed. 
Carpels separate; ovules many; style filiform, stigma thick. 
Follicles oblong. Seeds ovate acuminate, plumed. Species 5 or 6. 
Indo-Malaya. 
V. pergulana Burm. A climber with membranous leaves and 
flowers in cymes smelling of mice, is cultivated in gardens. 
Big tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate . . . . (1) V. Maiugayi 
Epiphytic shrub. Leaves ovate or lanceolate caudate . (2) V. lancifolia 
(1) V. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 651; King, l.c. 461. 
A very handsome tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves deep shining 
green, coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, 
3 to 4*5 in. long, 75 to 2 in. wide; petioles 2 to ’4 in. long. 
Flowers in axillary fascicles of 4 to 12, white, fragrant; pedicels 
•5 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, *06 in. long. Corolla urceo- 
