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fulvo-pubescentibus. Folia coiiacea, lanceolata, apice breviter 

 acuminata et mucronata, basi pTernmque inaequaliter acuta vel 

 rotundata, 6-13 cm. longa, 3-5 cm, lata, supra glabra, lucida, 

 olivacea, infra glaucescentia, minute puberula, margine integro 

 recurvo; costa gra^lis, supra paullo inipressa, infra prominens; 

 nervi utrinque 10-14, paralleli, ad marginem fere recti et ibi 

 subito curvati; nervuli transversi multi, paralleli, ramosi, 

 reticulationejn areolatam includentes; petiolus gracilis, 1-1*5 cm. 

 longus. Flores ignoti. Fructus oblongi vel globoso-oblongi, 

 3 cm. longi, 2-2-5 cm. diametro, in spicis gracilibus circa 10-12 

 cm. longis ; rliacliis vix 2 mm. diametro ; cupula Crustacea, 

 granulosa, 3 mm. crassa, glabra vel paullo fusco-puberiila, 

 spinarum gracilium fasciculis raris stipitatis 0-8-1 cm. longis in 

 annulis obliquis omnino tecta ; spinae rectae vel curvatae, cervi 

 cornus more ramosae, apice excepto strigose pubescentes; glans 1, 

 ovoideo-oblonga, 2-5 cm. longa, pericarpio umbone exserto 



pto cupulae adnato; semen oblongum, obtusum, testa 

 membranacea sericea, cotyledonibus irregularibus. 



Malay PEisriisrsuLA. Perak : on low ground, King^s Collector 

 6831- Malacca: Sungei TJdang, Goodenough 1479. 



XXXII.-DECADES KEWENSES 



Plantartjm ISTovabum in Hoeti Eegii Consekvataeijm. 



DECADES LXXVIII.— LXXIX. 



771. Clematis Bourdillonii, Dunn [Ranunculaceae] ; C. 



Gourlanae, Eoxb. et C. hedysarifoliae^ DC, affinis, a priore 

 floribus minoribus et connectivo producto, a secunda foliis planis 

 integris et planta tota minus pubescente distincta, 



Frutex alte scandens, praeter flores glaber. Folia ternata vel 

 biternata; foliola lanceolata vel ovata, 6-9 cm. longa, acuta, 

 apiculata, Integra, tandem reticulata; petioli foliis bis breviores. 

 Flores 2 cm. diametro in paniculas terminales axillaresque 

 dispositi. Sepala 4, lanceolato-oblonga, subantbesi reflexa, 

 extus pubescentia, intus glabra, margine tomentosa. Staminum 

 £lamenta linearia, glabra, antheris latiora, connectivo in 

 appeiidicem 1 mm. longam producto. Achaenia non visa. 



India . Travancore : Merchiston Estate, evergreen forests, 

 750 m., flowering in April and May, Bourdillonbb4:, 860. 



772. Clematis theobromina, Dunn [Ranunculaceae] ; a C. 



smilaci folia, Wall., foliis trifoliolatis, tomento interno sepalorum 

 persistente antherisque muticis distincta. 



Frutex alte scandens, praeter flores glaber. Folia ternata vel 

 superiora simplicia; foliola ovata, 6-12 cm. longa, basI obtusa vel 

 €ordata, apice acuta vel acuminata, Integra, palmatim 5-9- 

 nervia ; petioli foliis paulo breviores, basi semi-amplexicaules. 

 Flores 4-6 cm. diametro, solitarii, axillares et terminales; 

 pedunculi 7-11 cm. longi, bracteolis 2 foliaceis prope basin ornati. 

 Sepala 4-6, oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa, utrinque velutina, 

 extus cacaina, intus rubida, margine scariosa concolore, 



