Tylophora.] 
XCII. ASCLEPIADACE2E. 
39* 
long Hab. In forests in mountains in open spots, very local. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills from the Tea-gardens to the top; common 
here (all collectors). Distrib. India, Borneo. 
(2) T. tenuis Bl. Bijdr. 1062; King, l.c. 552. 
A slender much-branched glabrous twiner. Leaves fleshy 
membranous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base round, 75 to 
2 in. long, -25 to 1 in. wide; nerves indistinct; petioles *5 m. long 
or less. Panicles from between petioles, very slender spreading, 
rs in. long 4 in. wide, much-branched. Flowers small, purple, 
in cymes on the branch-ends; pedicels filiform, about -2 in long. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla rotate, -05 in. across Follicles 
lanceolate, dagger-shaped, 2 to 3 in. long, acuminate. Seed ovate, 
•25 in. long, winged, toothed below, plume 75 to 1 in. long. Hab. 
Common along tidal rivers, forming considerable masses, but also 
occurring inland. Singapore, Alexandra Road; Blakang Mati Pasir 
Paniang Johor town ; Hulu Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca Pahang, 
Rumpin River (Evans). Perak, Ulu Bubong and Goping (kunstler). 
Province Wellesley, Prai dock and Pengkalan (Curtis). Penang, 
Penara Bukit. Perils, Kanga. Distrib. India to Java and Borneo. 
(3) T. hirsuta Wight, Contrib. 49. T. hirsuta var. penangensis 
Hook. fit. F.B.I. iv. 13; King, l.c. 554. 
Hairy twiner; stems tolerably stout. Leaves membranous, 
ovate acuminate (thicker and narrower when young), base rounded, 
2 to 6 in. long, 1 to 3 m. wide; petioles very hairy 1 in. long or 
less. Cyme-panicles 3 in. across on peduncles 1 m long, densely 
yellowish hairy, widely spreading, many-flowered Calyx-lobes 
lanceolate acute, hairy. Corolla -ia in. across, lobes bairyutside, 
lanceolate, purple-pink. Hab. Open spots. Penang Waterfall 
quarry (Curtis, Phillips, Ridley). Perak, Tambun (Ridley). Dis¬ 
trib. India. 
I believe this is the same as Wallich's 201, the type, and is very close to 
several other specimens, but the plant appears to be vanable. 
(,) T. Wallichii Hook. fit. F.B.I. iv. 45; King, l.c. 555 - 
Slender puberulous twiner. Leaves thick coriaceous, ovate- 
lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, base round or cordate, 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles 75 m. 
long, puberulous. Panicle interpetiolar, lax, 3 to 4 in. long and 
as wide, puberulous. Flowers in lengthening racemes on the 
hranrh ends eventually to -25 in. or more, covered with persistent 
“ pedicels 25 in. long?capillary. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong 
acute. Corolla rotate-campanulate, yellow, '2 in across lobes 
ovate-oblong, acute. Follicle oblong swoHen bhinL slightly 
lowland woods. Singapore (Wallich). Malacca (Griffith) . Negri 
Sembilan, Rantau (Cantley). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang. 
Pulau Betong (Curtis, Maingay). Distrib. Borneo. 
