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4. Randia auriculata, K. Sclmmann in Engl. Pflanzen fam. Teil. IV. 

 Abt. 4, p. 75. Scandent, sometimes shrubby, glabrous, unarmed ; young 

 branches thinner than a goose-quill, compressed, dark-brown. Leases coria- 

 ceous, brown when dry, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong, subacute or 

 obtuse ; the base slightly oblique, somewhat auricled; upper surface shin- 

 ing, the lower dull and usually paler ; main-nerves 6 to 8 paii'S, spreading, 

 slightly curved, thin but prominent on the lower surface ; length 4 to 

 ,6'5 in. ; breadth 1'5 to 3'5 in. ; petioles '05 to '16 in. ; stipules triangular 



acuminate, slightly longer than the petiole, deciduous. Cymes from 

 the axils of fallen leaves or terminal, pedunculate, trichotomous, from 2 

 to 4 in, across, many-flowered, puberulous, and with many small tri- 

 angular persistent bracteoles ; the peduncles compressed, from 1 to 1"5 

 in. long. Flowers from '4 to "5 in. long, sub-sessile, almost coriaceous, 

 mostly with a pair of connate minute bracteoles at the base. Calyx fun- 

 nel-shaped, the m uth wide, sub-truncate or minutely 5-toothed. Corolla 

 tubular, deeply divided into 6 oblong reflexed lobes twisted in bud ; the 

 throat densely pubescent. Anthers '2 in. long, linear, with acute tips. 

 Style S in. long, with 2 free ribbed arms. Fruit the size of a pepper- 

 corn, its apex crowned at first by the deciduous short calyx, glabrous, 

 2-celled, with many minute seeds. Anomanthodia auriculata, Hook. fil. 

 in Bth. and Hook fil. Gen. Plant. II. 87 ; Fl. Br. Ind. III. 108. Webera 

 auriculata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey. & Wall. II. 537. Stylocoryna 

 auriculata, Wall. Cat. 8402. Ctipia auriculata, DC. Prod. IV. 394. Pseu- 

 dixora? oMncitZa^a, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 210. Psychotria? Wall. Cat. 

 8338. Randia corymhosa, Benth. MSS. (name only) Koord. & Valet. 

 Bijdr. VIII. 88. 



In all the provinces common. — DiSTRiB. Malayan Archipelago. 



In inflorescence this closely resembles B. densiflora. 



5. Randia Foebesii, King & Gamble n. sp. A large climber 60 

 to 80 feet long, all parts except the branches of the cyme and the 

 outside of the calyx glabrous ; young branches twice as thick as a 

 crow-quill, dark when dry ; unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to 

 ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, narrow and slightly oblique but not 

 auriculate at the base ; both surfaces brown when dry, the lower paler ; 

 main-nerves 5 to 7 pairs, spreading, prominent on the lower surface, 

 depressed on the upper ; length 4 '5 to 7 in. ; breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petioles 

 •5 to '6 in., rather slender; stipules triangular-subulate, "2 in. long. 

 Cymes from the axils of fallen leaves, pedunculate, about half as long as 

 the leaves, many-flowered ; the branches spreading and puberulous, 3 or 

 4 in. in diam. ; bracteoles minute, ovate, acute, lanceolate, persistent ; 

 peduncle '75 to 1 in. long. Floivers nearly 1 in. long, on short pedicels 

 often braoteolate at the base. Calyx tubular, slightly widened at 



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