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W/iyte collected a very similar plant in the sterile state near 

 Sino, and made sketches of two others which are either identical 

 with or very closely allied to C. membranacea, at Batombatovvn. 

 Of the latter two he states that the latex is used by the rubber- 

 collectors. 



C. spec, (i): a glabrous climber allied to Clitandra barteri, Stapf, 

 with long slender tendrils, leaves more or less oblong, abruptly 

 acuminate, 3 — 4^ in. by \\ — 2 in., coriaceous, dark above, 

 yellowish (in the dry state) beneath, with very numerous (8 — 9 

 to an inch) much-spreading side-nerves and short petioles ; 

 fruits, according to a drawing by Whyte, ovoid-oblong, narrowed 

 at the top, dull yellow with whitish stripes, 3 in. by i^ in. : Sino, 

 Whyte, 4 ! — This species is also tapped by the rubber-collectors. 



C. spec. (2) ; similar to the preceding species but the leaves more 

 rounded at the base, 4 — 6 in. by 2 — 3 in., with more distant 

 side-nerves and, according to a dra.wing by Sim, globose dark 

 yellow fruits, about 4 in. in diameter, and marked with very 

 irregular winding grooves ; Greenville, Sim, 14 ! 



•Carpodinus oocarpa, Stapf (Plate 253) : a climber with flagelliform 

 tendrils ; branches softly downy when young ; leaves elliptic or 

 oblong, acuminate, minutely cordate at the base, 2\ — 5 in. by 

 l^ — 2 in., coriaceous, hairy on the midrib below, with 4 — 6 side- 

 nerves connected by bold arches towards the margins and with 

 very short petioles ; flowers in small sessile axillary clusters, 

 slender (corolla tube over ^ in. long, lobes of the same length) ; 

 fruit, according to a drawing by Whyte, egg-shaped to almost 

 globose, with or without a distinct point, yellow, 2 — 2\ in. long ; 

 Murphytown and Kakatown, Wliyte ! ; Greenville, Sim, 7 ! 

 Stated by Whyte to yield good rubber. — It is very similar to 

 Carpodinus dtilcis, Sabine, the " Sweet Pishamin " of Sierra 

 Leone, a species with edible fruits and a sticky latex, which is 

 used as bird-lime according to Scott Elliot. 



C. hirsuta, Hua (?) : a tall, robust climber with scanty tendrils and 

 rather stout densely hirsute branches, the spreading hairs being 

 violet when fresh ; leaves oblong shortly acuminate, subtruncate 

 or almost cordate at the base, 3 — \\ in. by i i — 2 in., or in 

 barren shoots 7 in. by 3^ in., papery, hirsute on the nerves 

 below, with 6 — 8 oblique curved side-nerves and petioles not 

 quite J in. long ; flowers in compact sessile axillary clusters, 



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