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Fl. Ind., J 29 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. T, 55 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. Pt. 2, 39 

 Aim. Mus. Lugd. Bat. II, 43 ; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. I ; Artabutrys 

 jtarvijiora, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, Supp., 376. Uiiona suaveolens, Blanie 

 Bijdr. 17. 



In all the Malayan Provinces at low elevations : common. Sjibet 

 to Malacca in British India. 



This species varies somewhat as to size of flowers and texture of 

 leaf. The form named A. parviflora by Miq. in his Sumatra Sup- 

 plement was, by himself, subsequently reduced to a variety of this 

 species (Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. II, 38). 



18. Artabotrys costatus, n. sp. King. A climber from 15 to 80 

 feet long : young branches slender, dark-coloui^ed, scantily tawny-pu- 

 berulous when young, afterwards glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, slightly oblanceolate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, 

 the base cuneate ; upper surface shining, glabrous except the lower part 

 of the midrib which is tomentose ; lower surface paler, dull, sparsely 

 puberulous towards the base when young, afterwards glabrous ; main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, forming one series of very bold arches 

 '3 in. from the margin, with a series of smaller arches outside it, very stout 

 and prominent on the lower, slightly so on the upper, surface, reticula- 

 tions distinct on both : length of blade 7 to 9 in., breadth 2'5 to 3'25 in., 

 petiole '2 in. Peduncles rather small, much hooked. Flowers unknown. 

 Carpels (unripe) 2 to 5, sessile, ellipsoid, blunt at each end, about 1 in. long 

 and "6 in. in diam, (unripe), glabrous : pericarp thin ; seeds 2, elliptic. 



Perak ; on Ulu Bubong at elevations of from 500 to 800 feet, King's 

 Collector, Nos. 4291 and 10184. 



I have ventured to describe this although its flowers ai'e unknown, 

 and the only fruit collected is unripe. By its oblong costate leaves it 

 differs from every other described Ai tabotrys except A. macrophyllus, 

 niihi. 



14. Artabotrys Wrayi, King. A climber: young branches rather 

 stout, softly pale rusty-tomentose ; ultimately glabrous pale and fur- 

 rowed. Leaves thinly coriaceous, large, oblong-elliptic to elliptic, shortly 

 acuminate, the base rounded ; both surfaces boldly reticulate ; the upper 

 glabrous and shining, sub-bullate when dry; the lower shortly and 

 rather softly cinereous-pubescent ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, oblique, 

 curving, inter-arching freely witliin the edge, depressed above and bold 

 and prominent beneath like the midrib; length 8 to 11 in., breadth 2'75 

 to 5 in., petiole '35 in., stout, tomentose when young, glabrescent when 

 old. Peduncles extra-axillary, rather short, very thick in fruit, some- 

 times straight when young and curving only when in fruit, few-flowered, 

 glabrous ; pedicels 1 in. long, stout, softly tawny-tomeutose with several 



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