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glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and when young sparsely- 

 pubescent along the midrib ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inconspicuous 

 on the upper, slightly prominent in the lower surface, spreading, form- 

 ing 2 or 3 series of arches within the margin ; length of blade 6'5 to 

 9 in., breadth 2'5 to 3 in., petiole 'i in. Peduncles stout, pubescent 

 when young, bearing 3 or 4 pedicels ; flowers 1*35 in, long ; pedicels 

 about 1 in., pubescent, slightly thickened upwards. Sepals coriaceous, 

 triangular, acute, concave, spreading rufous-pilose on both surfaces, 

 slightly conjoined at the base, '25 in. long. Petals coriaceous, the por- 

 tion above the saccate base lanceolate, subacute, strigosely tomentose on 

 both surfaces, the claw partly glabrous and partly covei'ed with minute 

 white hair. Anthers compressed, with oblong, obliquely truncate, flatten- 

 ed heads. Ovaries few, oblong, glabrous ; the stigma broad, oblique. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Perak ; King's Collector, No. 6524. 



7. Artabotrts Lowiands, n. sp., Scortechini MSS. A stout 

 climber; all parts except tlie flowers glabrous ; young branches slender, 

 dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 caudate-acuminate, the base cuneate : both surfaces shining, minutely 

 reticulate ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, inter-arching "2 in. 

 from the margin, faint ; length of blade 3'5 to 6 in., breadth 1"25 to 

 1'75 in., petiole "25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, 2- to 3-flowered, glab- 

 rous ; pedicels thickened upwards, '5 to 75 in. long, glabrous. Sepals 

 triangular, acute, glabrous, "25 in. long, enlarging a little with the fruit. 

 Petals fleshy, adpressed-puberulous, elliptic-lanceolate above the concave 

 b:vse, obtuse ; tlie outer three 1'75 in. long, the inner three smaller. 

 Anthers with a rounded apical process from the connective. Ovaries 

 many, glabrous. Carpels (quite young) sessile, ovoid, apiculate ; ripe 

 cai'pels unknown. 



Perak ; Scortechini ; No. 2012. 



This species is near A. pleuroriynns, Miq , but is perfectly gla- 

 brous, not sub-strigose pubescent ; its ripe fruit is unknown. 



8. Artabotrts oxycarpus, n. sp., King. A stout climber, GO to 80 

 feet long ; all parts except the flower glabrous ; young branches slender, 

 black when dry. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base 

 cuneate, both surfaces shining, reticulate ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 spreading, slender ; length of blade 3 to 5"5 in., breadth r25 to 1"5 in. 

 Peduncles short ('75 in. long), glabrous, bearing about 2 minutely brac- 

 tcolate pedicels '75 in. long. Flowers 1'5 to 1'75 in. long. Sepals 

 coriaceous, small, broadly ovate, acute, '2 in. long, conjoined at the base, 

 spreading. Petals coriaceous, very much longer than the sepals, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse ; the inner 3 smaller ; all adpreased-pubescent, and the 



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