12 ANNALS OF. THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Prare 87. Cyathostemma viridiflorum, Grif. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, branch bearing 
cymes ; 5, carpel—-of natural size; 8, flower; 4, section of flower—enlarged. [The lowers 
are copied from Grif, Ic. 650: the other parts are drawn from Maingay’s specimen No, 36 
(Kew Distrib.) | | : | 
9. Cyarnosremma Scorrecuini, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 9. 
A climber 50 to 70 feet long; branches of all ages, except the very youngest, dark- 
coloured, glabrous; the very youngest slender and rufous-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 
obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, shortly ‘apiculate, slightly narrowed to thé sub-cuneate, 
not cordate, base; upper surface rather dull, glabrous, except the minutely pubescent 
midrib ; lower glabrous, the midrib slightly muriculate, the reticulations fine, distinct ; 
main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath; length 6 to 10 im., breadth 2°5 to 4 in.; 
petiole *25 in. Cymes di- or tri-chotomous, on pedicels 2 to 12 in. long from the older 
branches, minutely rufous-tomentose, bracteate in the upper half; the bracts numerous, 
ovate to rotund, concave. lowers ‘5 im. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund, united into an 
obscurely 3-angled flattish cup. Petals equal, not much longer than the stamens, sub- 
rotund, puberulous, coriaceous. Connective of stamens produced at the apex,’ obliquely 
truncate. Ovaries numerous, cylindric, pubescent; stigma truncate; ovules numerous. 
Ripe carpels oblong, slightly oblique, apiculate, transversely furrowed, glabrous, shortly 
stalked, 1:25 to 1°5 in. long; pericarp thin. Seeds 8 to 10, flattened, ovoid, smooth. 
Perak,—Scortechini, King’s Collector No. 5857. Singapore,—Ridley, 
The specimens collected by the late Father .Scortechini were referred by him to 
Cyathostemma viridiflorum, Griff., from which species, however, this differs by its larger, 
more ‘obovate, more glabrous, leaves; flat -calyx-cup-formed by the entirely connate sepals; 
more rotund petals, not contracted at the base; and narrower, shorter-stalked fruit. 
_ Prats 38, Cyathostemma Scortechinii, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, flowering branch ; 
3, ripe carpels; 4, seed—of natural size ; 5, flower dissected; 6, ovaries; 7, anthers— 
enlarged, 
8. CyatHostemmMa Wray, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 9. A 
creeper 20 to 60 feet long; young branches rufous-puberulous, ultimately glabrous and 
darkly cinerous. Leaves membranous, broadly oblanceolate, shortly and rather obtusely 
acuminate, narrowed below the middle to the rounded base ; both surfaces finely reticu- 
late; the upper dull when dry, glabrous, the midrib minutely pubescent ; lower surface 
shining, glabrous, except the sparsely puberulous midrib; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, 
oblique, forming double arches inside the margin, impressed on the upper, prominent 
on the lower, surface; length 7 to 9 in., breadth 2°5 to 3 in.; petiole -2 in. Flowers in 
fascicles of 10 to 14 from tubercles on the older branches, or in pairs from the axils 
of the leaves, sub-globular, about *5 in. in diam.; pedicels -25 to ‘4 in. long, granular, 
sparsely pubescent and with a small ovate bracteole near the base. Sepals broadly ovate, 
spreading, rufous-puberulous and granular outside, ‘glabrous inside, 1 in. long. Petals 
concave, cartilagmous, slightly imbricate, minutely puberulous, especially towards the 
edges 5 the outer row ovate-orbicular, sub-acute, ‘35 in. long; the inner row smaller 
thicker, blunter and more imbricate than the outer, Stamens numerous ; the acnnesGies 
with a rather thick, truncate, 4- or 5-sided. process concealing the. apices of the 
linear dorsal anthers... Ovaries ‘numerous, obliquely oblong, curved, glabrous, pubescent 
