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pTG-occupied by an African species described by Sir J. D. Uooker (Niger 

 Flora, 207). 



2. Artabotrys ScORTECniNii, n. sp. King. A climber. All parts 

 except the flower and possilily the fruit glabrous : young bi-anches 

 slender, dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, short- 

 ly acuminate, the base cuneate ; upper surface shining ; the lower dull 

 when young, very minutely scaly, afterwards glabrous ; main nerves 9 to 

 11 pairs, spreading, inter-arching '1 in. from the edge, slender but rather 

 prominent beneath : length of blade 2'2.^ to 325 in., breadth "9 to TS 

 in., petiole 2 in. Peduncle rather slender, 3-to 4-fiowered ; pedicels '5 

 in. long, thickened upwards, puberulous, with a small ovate bracteole at 

 the very base. Flowers '6 to "8 in. long. Sepals very coriaceous, tri- 

 angular, acuminate, the apices slightly reflexed, conjoined at the base 

 only, rugnlose and adpressed-pubescent externally, "25 in long. Petals 

 coriaceous, broadly-lanceolate acuminate, tomentose on both surfaces, 

 the inner three smaller than the outer 3. Aethers with broad connec- 

 tival apical appendages. Torus rather flat, sericeous : ovaries glabrous. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Perak, Scortechini. 



A species near A. polygyntis, Miq., but with glabrous leaves and 

 different flowers from that species. 



3. Artabotrys pleurocarpus, Maingay in Hook, fil Fl. Br. Ind. I, 

 64. A large climber ; all parts except the flowers glabrous ; young branches 

 lenticellate, striate, dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate- 

 oblong, the apex abruptly and shortly acuminate, the base much nar- 

 rowed : both surfaces shining and reticulate, the upper paler ; main 

 nerves about 10 pairs, spreading, slender : length of blade 4 to 65 in , 

 breadth 1'5 to 2'2.5 in. ; petiole "15 in., thick. Peduncles flat, stout, much 

 hooked, bearing several ebracteolate pedicels, •-5 in. long, densely pubes- 

 cent. Flowers 1"5 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals sub- 

 equal, flat, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, the outer 

 1 to 1'35 in. long, the inner smaller. Anthers with apiculate connectives. 

 Ovaries many, slender. Ripe carpels broadly elliptic, mammillate, ob- 

 scurely grooved, narrowed into the short stout stalk, 'To in. long. Seeds 2, 

 with hard testa. 



Malacca; Maingay. Perak, Scortechini, No. 331. 



4. Artabotrys vendstds, n. sp., King. A large climber, 30 to 80 

 feet long ; young branches at first puberulous, afterwards glabrous, 

 dark coloured, striate. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 

 abru^ptly and shortly acuminate, the base rounded or very slightly nar- 

 rowed : both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull, adult 

 leaves pale brown (when dry) : main nerves 7 to JO pairs, spreading 



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