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7. Uncaria Kunstleri, King n. sp. Young branches thinner 

 than a goose-quill, 4-angled, grooved, deciduously puberulous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, narrowed to the petiole, the apex 

 with a small blunt acumen ; both surfaces sparsely and minutely 

 puberulous especially on the midrib and 5 or 6 pairs of ascending 

 slightly curved main-nerves; main-nerves depressed on the upper 

 surface, thin but prominent on the lower ; length 2'5 to 4 in. ; breadth 

 1'25 to 2"25 in. ; petiole So to "5 in., puberulous; stipules '3 in. long. 

 Peduncles as long as or slightly longer than the petioles, axillary, 

 compressed in the lower half, often hooked, bracteate about the middle; 

 heads nearly 1 in. in diam. when in flower. Calyx *1 in. long, its stalk 

 "05 in., densely pubescent, the tube narrowly funnel-shaped, the lobes 

 of the mouth narrowly oblong, acute, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 three times as long as the calyx, adpressed-pilose, very narrowly 

 cylindrical, funnel-shaped in its upper third, the lobes of the limb 

 oblong, blunt. 



Perak : King's Collector 5376, 6843. 



Very near V. jastniniflora, but with more coriaceous leaves, and narrower, 

 more oblong calyx-lobes. 



8. Uncaria Wratf, King n. sp. A bush (?). Young branches half 

 as thick as a goose-quill, dark-coloured, with small pale white lenticels, 

 obtusely 4-angled, glabi'ous. Leaves coriaceous, broadly obovate-elliptic, 

 shortly and bluntly acuminate, narrowed at the base ; both surfaces 

 glabrous, the upper shining olivaceous when dry : the lower paler and 

 minutely reticulate (the veinlets very dark) ; main-nerves 5 pairs, 

 slightly curved, ascending, inconspicuous ; length 2*5 to 3 in. ; breadth 

 1'35 to 1"9 in. ; petioles '5 in., slender. Peduncles axillary, slightly 

 longer than the petioles, compressed; bracteate above the middle; 

 glabrous below the bract and pubescent above it. Calyx shortly pedi- 

 celled, densely pubescent, '2 in. long; the tube cylindric or somewhat 

 double fusiform, about as long as the narrowly campanulate limb ; lobes 

 lanceolate, sub-acute. Corolla softly pubescent, known only in bud. 



Perak: Wray 23S3. 



9. Uncaria ovalifolia, Roxb, Hort. Beng. 86; Fl. Ind. I. 519 ; in 

 Wall. Cat. sub. 6103 B, C, (U. Gambier). Young branches thinner 

 than a crow-quill, obtusely 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 

 elliptic to ovate-elliptic, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate or 

 sub-acute, the base cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous ; main-nerves 3 or 4 

 pairs, ascending, slightly curved, thin; length 1'75 to 275 in. ; breadth 

 •85 to 1'4 in. ; petiole '35 to '45 in., slender, stipules broad, lunate-acute, 

 bifid, "35 in. long. Peduncles axillary, about twice as long as the 



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