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for tufts of tawny hairs in the axils of the main-nerves beneath ; 3 to 

 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. bi^oad ; midrib very slender, raised beneath ; main- 

 nerves about 7 pairs, curving upwards to and along the margin where 

 they are obscurely connected in an intramarginal looped nerve, usually 

 slightly impressed above and raised beneath ; secondary nerves and 

 reticulations obscure ; petiole -3 to -5 in., slender, twisted. Floiuers 

 cream-coloured, in terminal, about 15-20-flowered corymbose cymes 

 2 to 3 in. long; peduncle 1 to 1-5 in. long, branches at right angles to 

 rachis in fruit, -7 to 1 in. long ; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, -5 in. long ; 

 bracteoles linear- subulate, -2 to '3 in. long ; pedicels slender in flower, 

 clavately-thickened in fruit and then -3 to "5 in. long. Calyx-tube very 

 short ; lobes 5, linear-subulate, spreading, curved, -25 in. long, glabrous 

 or slightly pilose. Corolla-tube slender, -75 in. long, shghtly enlarged 

 above ; lobes 8 to 9, narrow, -3 to 4 in. long. Stamens included in the 

 corolla-tube ; filaments short ; anthers oblong, long-mucronate. Ovary 

 cylindric, depressed; style slender; stigma slightly clavate. Frnit didy- 

 raous ; carpels ovoid-globose, greenish-white, "25 to "5 in. long, exocarp 

 thin shining, endocarp fibrous. Seed 1, testa very thin, membranous ; 

 cotyledons plano-convex, thick. 



Peeak : Wray 2297, 2905, 3147 ; King's Collector 1838, 2484. 



Vae. hispida, King & Gamble. Upper branchlets and inflorescence 

 including calyx sparsely hispid, also midrib and main-nerves of leaves 

 beneath ; under-surface of leaves often pubescent ; main-nerves up to 

 10 pairs. 



Perak : King's Collector 5893, on limestone hills. Selangor : 

 Curtis 3774. 



Var. axillaris, King & Gamble. Leaves rather small, sparsely 

 pubescent, especially on the midrib and main-nerves ; inflorescence 

 axillary, few-flowered (5 to 7), calyx hispid ; fruit large, up to "5 in. in 

 diam. 



Perak: on Maxwell's Hill, 3,000 feet — a slender climber, Scorte- 

 chini 273. 



5. Jasminum Curtisii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A cHmbing shrub (?) ; 

 branchlets slender, terete, minutely rusty-pubescent. Leaves mem- 

 branous ; ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate at apex, rounded at base ; 

 glabrous on both surfaces except for pubescence on the nerves above 

 and tufts of hair in the axils of the main-nerves beneath ; 3 to 5 in. 

 long, Ito 2 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 5 to 6 pairs, distant, 

 curving upwards and joining in a looped nerve 4 to '2 in. from the 

 margin, raised and prominent on both surfaces ; secondary nerves and 

 reticulations few, irregular ; petiole "4 in. long, pubescent, twisted, 

 articulate in the middle, the bases of each pair connected by a faint 



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