37^ Mnlenals for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula'. 



climber, 30 to 40 feet long ; bai'k of young shoots dark, smooth ; that 

 of the main stem corky, furrowed, lenticellate. Leaves ovate-rotund or 

 broadly ovate, slightly and rather abruptly acuminate, the base broad and 

 rounded ; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, nscending ; length of blade 6 to 7 in., 

 breadth 3'4 to 4"5 in , petiole 1 to 1'5 in. Floivers usually from the stem 

 below the leaves, solitary or fascicled, on bracteolate peduncles ; rarely 

 axillary. Sepals and petals as in the last, but. larger and more ovate. 

 Carpels on pedicels '5 in. long. Miq. Fl. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, 

 p. 19. 



Perak, Scortechini and King's Collector. 



This is very near K. scandens, but has corky bark, larger leaves, 

 larger and less oi'bicular petals, aud the flowers are mostly on the old 

 wood and rarely axillary, 



3. K. RoXBURGHi.\NA, Arn. in Jard. Mag. Zool. and Bot. II, 546. A 

 glabrous woody aud stout climber, witli rough bark. Leareg membranous, 

 ovate, obovate or oblong, acute or shoi-tly acuminate, entire, the base 

 narrowed ; main nerves 7 to 8 paii^s, not prominent; length 4 to 6 in., 

 breadth 1*75 to 2"5 in., petiole '5 in. Flowers '5 in. in diam., axillary, 

 solitary, on bracteolate pedicels "5 in. or more long. Sepals and petals 

 rotund, concave, fleshy. Filaments connate into a column, the upper 

 the smaller. Ripe fruit globose, 1 to 2 in. in diam. Carpels cuneate with 

 rounded tops. Hook, fil. & Tboms. Fl. Ind. I, 83; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. I, 45, Kadsura japonica, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 12. TJvaria 

 lieteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 663. 



Andamans, Distrib. The base of the Eastern Himalaya and Khasia 



Hills. 



4, K, LANCKOLATA, King, n. sp, A slender woody climber, 20 to 

 30 feet long. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolat(!, 

 slightly unequal-sided, acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded, edges 

 slightly recurved vrhen dry ; nerves obscure, about 12 pairs; length of 

 blade 3 to 4 in., breadth lb in., petiole '35 in. Floivers solitary, axillary, 

 globular, 3"5 in, in diam., on minutely bracteolate peduncles shoi'ter 

 than the petioles. Sepals about 3, triangular, much smaller than the 

 petals- Petals about 9, rotund or broadly ovate, cream-coloured, fleshy, 

 slightly concave. Stamens as in K. scandens. Ripe fruit globular, '75 in. 

 in diam, or less. Pistils numerous, the stigmas minute, subterminal. 

 Carpels ovoid, the apices truncate, the miinite lateral stigmas persistent, 



Perak, at elevations of from 500 to 1,000 feet. 



A smaller plant than K. scandens, with smaller truncate carpels. 



Ordkr IV, ANONACE-^. To be taken up subsequently. 

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