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Frutea scandens. Folia late- -elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, on 
rotundato-cuneata vel cuneata, apice acuminata, 11-14 
longa, 45-7 cm. lata, nervis 3-5, plus minusve triplinesvia, 
superne vernicosa, glabra, nervis pagina inferiore sparse strigoso- 
hirsutis vel subglabris; petiolis circiter 5 mm. longis. Inflores- 
centiae axillares, paniculatae, 2°5-5 cm. longae, pedunculis 
parce rufo-pubescentibus, bracteis ovatis concavis acutis glabris, 
pedicellis circiter 2 mm, longis. Calycis segmenta 1 mm. longa, 
ovato-orbicularia, subacuta, glabra, marginibus  fimbriatis. 
Corolla 4°5-5 mm. longa, tubo 0°75-1 mm. longo, lobis ellipticis 
ligulatiformibus subacutis ad basin pilis longis laneis sparse 
instructis. Antherae 1 mm. longae, glabrae, filamentis 2°5 mm 
ongig. Ovariwm cum stylo 5 mm. ongum, glabrum vel subgia- 
brum. Fructus globosus, glaber, circiter 18-2 cm. diametro, 
1- (2 2) spermus: pericarpium tenue, coriaceum. Semzna orbi- 
cularia, plano-subconvexa, circiter 1 em. diametro. S. i 
nata, C. B. Clarke in Hook. . Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 86, 
spec. Kurz tantum; Kurz For. Flor. ii. p. 166 et Brodie, 
Indian Trees, p. 474, quoad spec. Andaman. tantum; Prain, 
Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1891. p. 170, non Prain in age 
Kurz. Rep. “Veg . Andam. Is. 1870, p. 43. 
Ss. Adtnasean.: Port Mouat, Kurz; Hobdaypore, King’s Col- 
lector; Prain’s Collector: Heinig 224, 410; Andamans, Herb. 
R.E.P. 12146. 
Nrcopak. Jelinek 159 (exped. Novara); Nicobar Island, 
King’s Collector 521; Batti Malve, Beiska: (March, 1891). 
This is a well marked species with its long ligulate naa 
lobes and glabrous anthers borne on long filaments. The lea 
are usually cuneate at the base. and the nerves on the Shaler: 
A species of “hie tere collected by Prain on — isolated 
island of Narcondam was referred by him to S. a nata, Wall. 
It consists of leaves only, which are vate Innaontaae gradually 
acuminate and trinerved. The young stems, petioles, and the 
