Artabotrys.] vi. anonace^, 41 



hooked; pedicels -3 to -4 in. long, tomentose thick. Bracts 

 ovate. Flowers 1-25 in. long, yellow. Sepals ovate-lanceolate 

 blunt pubescent on both sides. Petals coriaceous oblong-lance- 

 olate densely tomentose on both sides, outer three larger. Carpels 

 8 sessile on a sub-globose torus on a very stout peduncle, ovoid 

 or obovoid glabrous 1-25 to 1-65 in. long, -75 to 1-15 in. through. 

 Seeds 2 oblong compressed -9 in. long and 6 in. wide. Hah. 

 Not very rare in dense forest. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. 



(7) A. oblongus King, Joiirii. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 33; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 42. 



A glabrous climber 50 to 70 ft. long, young branches and inflores- 

 cence only pubescent. Leaves coriaceous oblong acuminate, base 

 acute; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inarching twice or thrice within the 

 edge; 6-5 to 9 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. 

 Peduncles stout, pubescent with 3 or 4 pedicels, i in. long. Flowers 

 1-35 in. long, light yellow. Sepals triangular acute red-pilose on 

 both sides, -25 in. long. Petals base saccate, blade lanceolate 

 sub-acute, tomentose on both surfaces, claw partly glabrous, partly 

 white-haired. Anther-appendages flattened, oblong. Ovaries few, 

 glabrous. Hah. Lowland forest. Rare. Perak, Larut Hills at 

 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(8) A. Lo^wianus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 34; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Gale. p. 43, pi. 54. 



A stout climber, glabrous except the flower. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base cuneate; 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, inarching -2 in. within the margin ; 3-5 to 

 6 in. long, 1-25 to 1-75 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Peduncles 

 extra-axillary, 2- to 3-fiowered; pedicels -5 to -75 in. long, all 

 glabrous. Sepals triangular acute glabrous, -25 in. long. Petals 

 puberulous elliptic-lanceolate obtuse, 3 outers 1-75 in. long, 

 inners smaller. Appendages of anthers rounded. Pistils many, 

 glabrous. Carpels sessile, ovoid. Hah. Perak (Scortechini). Very 

 rare. 



(9) A. oxycarpus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 34; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 44, pi. 56. 



A stout climber 60 to 80 ft. long, glabrous except the flower. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs ; -3 to 

 •5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide. Peduncles 75 in. long, glabrous; 

 pedicels 2-75 in. long. Flowers green, turning yellow 1-5 to 1-75 in. 

 long. Sepals sm.all broadly ovate acute, -2 in. long. Petals much 

 longer lanceolate obtuse pubescent, inner 3 smaller. Torus small 

 silky. Pistils glabrous. Carpels numerous sessile glabrous nar- 

 rowly elliptic tapering to both ends, tip caudate, i to i-2 in. long, 

 •4 in. through. Seeds 2, plano-convex, -25 in. long. Hah. Not 

 common in forests. Perak, Larut Hills, 500 to 1000 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley). 



