Gymnema.] xcn. asclepiadace^e. 385 
(4) G. hirtum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 29. 
Rather slender; stem, leaves, and petioles, especially nerves, 
dense reddish yellow hairy. Leaves elliptic or ovate, abruptly 
acuminate, thick membranous; nerves 5 pairs with reticulations 
prominent beneath; 3 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2^25 in. wide; petioles 
1 in. long. Flowers small, about 6 fascicled on a short axillary 
tubercle, yellow; pedicels ‘15 in. long, slender, hairy. Calyx- 
lobes oblong-ovate, small, hairy. Corolla tubular, *1 in. long, 
glabrous with short linear-oblong lobes. Coronal processes linear 
hairy with a black mass of hairs at base. Hab. Mountain forest, 
3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(5) G. lactiferum Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. Edinb. i. 33. var. 
nitens Hook. fih F.B.I. iv. 30; King, he. 539. G. malayanum 
Griff. Notulee iv. 56; Ic. PI. As. 394. 
Slender nearly glabrous twiner with membranous ovate-lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate leaves, base acute; nerves 6 pairs inarching; 
2 to 4 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long. Cymes 
in pairs; pedicel '25 to *5 in. long, slender. Flowers about 10; 
pedicels slender, ‘i in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla nearly 
*1 in. across. Corona of 5 pairs of bearded ridges. Pollinia spathu- 
late. Hab. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Perak (Scortechini). 
Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra and Borneo. 
(6) G. tingens Wight. Contrib. 45; King, he. 540. 
Slender climbing shrub, glabrous, 60 to 80 ft. long. Leaves 
membranous ovate acuminate, base narrowed when young, rounded 
cordate when adult; nerves 5 to 8 pairs; 2’5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 
3 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long or less. Cymes axillary between 
leaves, many-flowered, over 1 in. across; peduncles *5 in. long; 
pedicels slender, as long. Calyx-lobes oblong, *15 in. long, ciliate. 
Corolla light yellow, -4 in. across; lobes narrow oblong blunt. 
Corona of thick bearded ridges. Follicles 6 to 8 in. long, 75 in. 
through narrowed to the tip. Seeds elliptic, -5 in. long, -3 in. 
wide, broad winged. Hab. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); 
Chanderiang (Wray). Distrib. India, Burma. 
(7) G. flavum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 68. 
Slender hairy twiner. Leaves membranous, ovate acuminate, 
base round; nerves 3 pairs; 1 to 2'5 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
■5 in. long. Peduncles slender, *5 to 1 in. long, pubescent with 
1 or 2 branches; pedicels slender pubescent, -12 in. long. Flowers 
about 5, umbelled, yellow. Sepals nearly free to base, ovate 
round pubescent. Corolla-tube very short, lobes narrow linear 
twisted pubescent, *25 in. long. Corona none visible. Hab. 
River banks in forest; local. Perak, Temengoh, river bank 
(Ridley). 
21 . GONGRONEMA, Decne. 
Twining shrubs. Flowers small, in sessile or peduncled or 
branched cymes, or racemose with thickened rachis. Corolla 
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