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[ Tylophora . 
( 5 ) T. perakensis King and Gamble, l.c. 555. 
Fleshy climbers. Leaves oblong-ovate, deeply cordate fleshy 
membranous acuminate; nerves 9 to 10 pairs; 5 to 7 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1 to 3 in. long, nearly glabrous. Panicles 
inter-petiolar, wide branched, 3 in. long, puberulous. Flowers 
green in umbelled cymes, not racemose. Corona less beaked and 
anther appendages longer, otherwise resembling Wallichii, and 
perhaps a variety of it. Hab. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); 
Gunong Pondok and Chanderiang (Kunstler). Ipoh (Curtis). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
(6) T. exilis Colebr. Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 358, t. 16; King, 
l-c- 553 - 
Much-branched slender twiner, puberulous. Leaves chartaceous, 
ovate-oblong or lanceolate mucronulate, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to jc'5 in. 
wide; nerves faint 4 pairs puberulous; petioles slender, *5 to 1 in. 
long. Racemes from between petioles, 2 to 3 in. long, puberulous; 
rachis slender flexuous with short, *2 in. long, bracteate racemes. 
Flowers very small, light brown, under -i in. across, in clusters. 
Bracts minute. Calyx pubescent, lobes ovate acute. Corolla 
rotate. Follicle one narrow lanceolate acuminate, *3 in. long, 
•2 in. wide. Seed ovate-oblong, -25 in. long, tip broad truncate! 
plume 75 to 1 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, 
Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Kota (Wray). 
Bindings, Pangkor (Scortechini). Distrib. Assam, Chittagong. 
(7) T. squarrosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 61, p. 30. 
Long slender twiner. Leaves membranous, ovate cuspidate, 
base round; nerves 4 pairs; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 in. wide. Peduncles 
1 in. long with 1 or 2 elongating racemes 6*5 in. long, covered with 
persistent lanceolate-acuminate bracts; pedicels '12 in. long. 
Flowers very small. Calyx-lobes narrow lanceolate, blunt. Corolla- 
lobes ovate-obtuse. Coronal scales oblong blunt. Hab. In Man¬ 
groves. Singapore, Woodlands (Ridley). Johor, Tana Merah 
Road (Ridley). 
(8) T. globifera Hook. fit. F.B.I. iv. 4; King, l.c. 552. 
Glabrous twiner. Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate acute, 
base round; nerves 4 to 7 pairs inconspicuous; 1 to 3 in. long, 
*5 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *25 to -5 in. long. Cymes very slender; 
peduncles usually 1 in. long; pedicels filiform,”-5 to 75 in. long. 
Flowers umbellate, blue (Kunstler). Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate. 
Corolla *3 in. across, lobes ovate, '15 in. long. Corona processes 
globose. Hab. Rare; Kunstler says the flowers are blue, probably 
meaning purple. Malacca (Griffith) /Perak, Bernam River (Kunstler). 
(9) T. asthmatica Wight and Am. Contrib. 51; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. iv. 44. 
_ Slender twiner. Leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, 
base slightly cordate round, glabrous (or in some forms more or 
less tomentose), 1-5 to 4 in. long, *5 to 175 in. wide; petioles 
