Cyathostemma.] vi. anonace^. 27 



4. CYATHOSTEMMA. 



Big lianes. Flowers in di- or tri-chotomous cymes from the 

 old wood, sub-globose, small. Sepals 3, connate, hirsute. Petals 6, 

 in 2 whorls, sub-equal, bases fleshy, valvate, tips imbricate. Torus 

 flat, edge convex. Stamens many short linear; anthers connec- 

 tive oblique, incurved. Ovaries many ; style cylindric glabrous ; 

 ovules many. Carpels oblong-ovoid, many-seeded. Species about 

 6, Malayan. 



Flowers all hermaphrodite. 



Flowers in elongate cymes from trunk . . . (i) C. viridiflorum 

 Flowers fascicled 10 to 14, or in axillary pairs; 



midrib pubescent . . . . . . (2) C. Wrayi 



Flowers 2 to 3 fascicled extra-axillary; midrib 



glabrous . . . . . . ' . . (3) C. Hooked 



Flowers dimorphous, some female . . . . (4) C. acuminatum 



(i) C. viridiflorum Griff. Notulce iv. 707, Ic. PL 4, t. 650; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 57; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 8; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. pi. 37. 



A big woody liane 80 ft. or more long with black bark. Leaves 

 coriaceous obovate-elliptic or oblong, base rounded minutely 

 cordate, dull green glabrous; nerves 8 to 11 pairs; 6 to 10 in. 

 long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long. Cymes branched 2 to 

 4 in. long from the lower part of the liane, tomentose. Flowers 

 •5 in. across, few. Sepals rounded connate for most of their 

 length tomentose. Petals ovate sub-acute puberulous coriaceous, 

 never expanding, base green, tips orange. Stamens cinnamon 

 brown, appendages obliquely truncate. Ovaries numerous, pubes- 

 cent. Carpels orange, oblong obtuse, 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, stalk as 

 long or shorter. Seed 8 to 10, smooth, ovoid. Hah. Low country 

 to 500 ft. altitude. Common in woods, Singapore, Garden Jungle ; 

 Bukit Timah. Johor; Malacca (Maingay). 



var. Scortechinii. C. Scortechinii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 9. Calyx a little less deeply cut. Fruit on shorter stalks. Hab. 

 Perak, at Goping (Kunstler). Native name : Akar Mupisang. 



(2) C. Wrayi King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 9; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 12, pi. 39. 



A liane 20 to 60 ft. long; young branches pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous broadly oblanceolate shortly obtusely acuminate, 

 narrowed towards base, glabrous on both sides except the midrib ; 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, inarching twice within the margin ; 7 to 9 in. 

 long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide ; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers in fascicles 

 of 10 to 14 on tubercles on the old wood, or in axillary pairs -5 in, 

 across, waxy muddy yellow ; pedicels -25 to -4 in. long, pubescent. 

 Sepals broadly ovate spreading rufous-puberulous outside, -i in. 

 long. Petals concave, outer whorl ovate-orbicular acute; inner 

 smaller, blunter and more imbricate. • Stamens numerous, appen- 

 dages truncate, 4- to 5-sided, covering the anthers. Ovaries 



