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glabrous except the petals. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces ufhibrous and 

 shining, the upper when dry tinged with green : main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 

 spreading, inter-arching inside the edge, very faint on both surfaces, 

 reticulations rather distinct : length of blade 2"5 to 3 in., breadth 1 to 

 1"75 in., petiole '15 to "2 in. Peduncles extra-axil laiy, short, much 

 hooked, glabrous, usually 4- to 6-flo\vered ; pedicels '35 in. long, thick- 

 ened upwards, ebracteolate, glabi-ous : flower "3 to '4 in. long. Sepals 

 very coriaceous, semi-orbicular, slightly pointed at the apex, very little 

 conjoined at the base, concave, spreading Petals fleshy, sub-equal, 

 curved, spreading, densely tomentose, the outer 3 flattened ; the inner 

 obtusely 3-angled, tumid at the base, smaller than the outer 3. Anthers 

 with broad apical connectival processes. Ovaries 3 or 4, oblong, v?ith 

 large discoid lobed stigmas, torus villous. Ripe carpels 3 or 4, sessile, 

 obovoid, with several vertical ridges, the base contracted, glabrous, "8 

 in. long and '7 in. in diam. Seeds 2, compressed-ovoid, obtuse at each 

 end, shining. 



Perak : at low elevations. King's Collector, Nos. 3746, 4987 and 

 7543. 



Allied to A. suaveolens, Bl. ; but with differently shaped petals, pistils 

 and carpels. 



12. Artabotrys suaveolens, Blume Fl. Javae Anon. 62, t. 30, 3 ID. 

 A climber 20 to 30 feet long ; the petals always tomentose, the other 

 parts mostly glabrous, but sometimes the young branches, peduncles, and 

 under surfaces of the midribs of the leaves adpressed-puberulous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong -lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or shortly 

 acuminate, the base acute ; both sui"faces shining, the reticulations I'ather 

 distinct, the upper often deeply tinged with green when dry. Peduncles 

 extra -axillary, thin at first, but becoming stout and flat with aye, glabrous 

 or puberulous, bearing from 5 to 15 flowers ; pedicels "3 to "45 in. long, 

 thickened upwards, sparsely adpressed-pubescent, with a small narrowly 

 ovate bract at the base ; flowers about "4 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, 

 the apex pointed, thinly coriaceous, sparsely adpressed-pubescent ex- 

 ternally, very slightly conjoined at the base, spreading, 'l in. long. 

 Petals fleshy, adpressed-tomentose, dilated and thin at the base, the limb 

 cyliudric to clavate, sub-erect, slightly spreading, sometimes with the 

 apex incurved. Anthers short, with a very broad oblique flattened apical 

 appendage from the connective ; torus slightly pubescent. Ovaries 

 broadly ovoid, sub-compressed, the stigma small. Bipe carpels few, ellip- 

 soid, the apex blunt, the base slightly contracted, smooth, glabrous, '4 to 

 •5 in. long and 25 in. in diam. ; pericarp thin, fleshy. Seed single, ellip- 

 soid, blunt at each end, the testa granular. Wall. Cat. 6416 ; H. f. & T. 



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