Kurz gives this as a native of the Audamans ; but I have seen no speci- 

 men from those islands. 



2. Ctathostemma Scortechinii, n. sp. King. A climber 50 to 70 

 feet long : branches of all ages, except the very youngest, dark-coloured, 

 glabrous ; the very youngest slender and rufous-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, shortly apicalate, slightly 

 narrowed to the sub-cuneate, not cordate, base ; upper surface rather 

 dull, glabrous except the minutely pubescent midrib ; lower glabrous, 

 the midrib slightly muriculate, the reticulations fine, distinct : main nerves 

 8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath : length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2'5 to 4 in., 

 petiole "25 in. Cymes di- or tri-chotomous, on pedicels 2 to 12 in. long 

 from the older branches ; minutely rufous-tomentose, bi-acteate in the 

 upper half ; the hracts numerous, ovate to rotund, concave. Flowers "5 

 in. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund, united into an obscurely 3-angled 

 flattish cup. Petals equal, not much longer than the stamens, sub- 

 rotund, puberulous, coriaceous. Connective of stamens produced at the 

 apex, obliquely truncate. Ovaries numerous, cylindric, pubescent : 

 stigmas truncate : ovules numerous. Bipe carpels oblong, slightly oblique, 

 apiculate, trans versly furrowed, glabrous, shortly stalked, 1 25 to 1'5 in. 

 lono- ; pericarp thin. Seeds 8 to 10, flattened, ovoid, smooth. 



Perak ; Scortechini, King's Collector, No. 5857. Singapore : 



Ridley. 



The specimens collected by the late Father Scortechini were 

 referred by him to CyatJiostemma viridifiorum, Griff., from which species 

 however, this differs by its larger, more obovate, more glabrous, leaves ; 

 flat calyx-cup formed by the entirely connate sepals ; more rotund petals, 

 not contracted at the base ; and narrower shorter-stalked fruit. 



3. Cyathostemma Wrayi, King n. sp. A creeper 20 to 60 feet 

 long : young branches rufous-puberulous, ultimately glabrous and 

 darkly cinerous. Leaves membranous, broadly oblnnceolate, shortly and 

 rather obtusely acuminate, narrowed below the middle to the rounded 

 base ; both surfaces finely reticulate, the upper dull when dry, glabrous ; 

 the midrib minutely pubescent ; lower surface shining, glabrous except 

 the sparsely puberulous midiib ; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, oblique, 

 forming double arches inside the margin, impressed on the upper, pro- 

 minent on the lower surface ; length 7 to 9 in., breadth 2-5 to 3 in., 

 petiole "2 in. Flowers in fascicles of 10 to 14 from tubercles on the 

 older branches, or in pairs from the axils of the leaves, sub-globular, 

 about -5 in. in diam. ; pedicels "25 to '4 in. long, granular, sparsely 

 pubescent and with a small ovate bracteole near the base. Sepals broad- 

 ly ovate, spreading, rufous-puberulous and granular outside, glabrous 

 inside, "l in. long. Petals concave, cartilaginous, slightly imbricate, 

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