THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

342 CXLVII. LILIACElE. [Smilax.
Hills. Penang, Balik Pulau. Distrib. India, Tonkin. Native
names: Akar Banau; Akar Rabana; Akar K'luna; Akar Lampan
Bukit. Use: Tubers eaten by Sakai.
(7) S. Helferi A. DC. Mon. Smilax, 176; Ridl. Mat. ii. 104-
S. zeylanica Ridl. Mat. ii. 105. (Fig. 199, p. 341.)
A rough, stout climber, thorny. Leaves stiffly coriaceous,
oblong blunt, strongly 3-nerved, base round, 2 to 5 in. long, '75
to 3 in. wide; petioles hardly '25 in. long. Umbels 1 in. across,
single or 2 to 3 on peduncle '5 in. long; pedicels '25 in. long.
Sepals and petals oblong blunt. Stamens 6; filaments linear.
Berries as large as peas. Hab. Common in open country, climbing
on bushes. Pahang, Pekan and all along the Pahang River. Malacca,
Ayer Panas; Bukit Bruang. Sungei Ujong, Gunong Berumbun
(Cantley); Seremban. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Tambun;
Ulu Bubong and Goping (Kunstler); Larut (Kunstler).
Province Wellesley, Krian. Legeh, Tremengan (Gwynne-Vaughan).
Kelantan, Kamposa; Kwala Aring (Yapp). Lankawi (Curtis).
Distrib. Tenasserim. The type has a short point to the leaves,
otherwise it is similar. Natwe names: Akar Kulona Betina; Akar
Gadung Tikus.
The plants referred to S. zeylanica, Linn. in Mat. ii. are all HelJeri. S.
zeylamca var. penangensis, DC Mon. Smilax, 190, IS based on a sheet at Kew
containing a specimen of 5 {tEvis, Penang Hill (no collector) and a scrap of
possibly S. megacarpa, collected by Griffith in Malacca.
(8) S, polyacantha Wall. Cat. 5127; Kunth. Enum. v. 239;
Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 3II; Ridl. Mat. ii. 105.
Stem slender, very thorny, thorns short. Leaves ellipticlanceolate,
rather thinly coriaceous, narrowed at both ends, 3- to
5-ribbed, 4 to 6 in. long, 1'5 to 2 in. wide; petioles thick, '4 to
'5 in. long; tendrils filiform. Umbels solitary or 2 on a short
'5 in. peduncle. Female flowers very small; ovary with recurved
styles. Male flowers and ripe fruit unknown. Hab. Penang
(Porter). Not collected again by anyone.
(9) S. odoratissima Bl. Enum. 19. S. aspericaulis Wall. Cat.
5129; DC. Mon. Smzlax, 195; Ridl. Mat. ii. 106.
Stems slender thickly covered with small pustules and a few
scattered thorns extending to the leaf-sheaths. Leaves thinly
coriaceous oblong, blunt with a short point, base broad; nerves
prominent beneath, 5; 3 to 8 in. long, 1'5 to 3 in. wide; petioles
'5 in. long, sheath small rough. Peduncle'5 in. long, bearing 1 or 2
peduncled umbels about '3 in. across. Sepals linear-oblong.
Stamens as long. Berry·s in. through. Hab. Mountain forests.
Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping
Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. India, Java.
(1O) S. barbata Wall. Cat. 5125; DC. Mon. Smilax, 196;
Ridl. Mat. ii. 106.
Stem stout, woody, nearly '5 in. through, covered with red or