ANONACE.E OF BRITISH INDIA. 4] 
base. Flowers ‘6 to *8 in. long. Sepals very coriaceous, triangular, acuminate; the 
apices slightly reflexed, conjoined at the base only, rugulose and adpressed-pubescent 
externally, *25 im long. Petals coriaceous, broadly-lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose on 
both surfaces; the inner 3 smaller than the outer 3. Axthers with broad, apical, con- 
nectival appendages. TZorus rather flat, sericeous. Ovaries glabrous. Frui¢ unknown. 
Perak,—Scortechint, 
A species near A. polygynus, Miq., but with glabrous leaves and somewhat different 
flowers. 
Pirate 48. Artabotrys Scortechinu, Aing. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size ; 2, sepals 
and andro-gyncecium; 3, outer and inner petals; 4, stamens; 5, ovaries—enlarged. 
4, ARTABOTRYS PLEUROCARPUS, Maingay in Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 54. A large 
climber; all parts, except the flowers, glabrous; young branches lenticellate, striate, dark- 
coloured. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong; the apex rather abruptly and_ shortly 
acuminate, the base much narrowed; both surfaces shining and reticulate, the upper 
paler; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, slender; length of blade 4 to 65 in,, 
breadth 1°5 to 2°25 in.; petiole °25 in., thick. Peduncles flat, stout, much hooked, bearing 
several ebracteolate pedicels, *5 in. long, densely pubescent. Flowers about 1 in. long. 
Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals flat, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, pubescent on both 
surfaces; the outer 1 in. long, the inner smaller. Anthers with apiculate connectives. 
Ovaries many, slender. ipe carpels broadly ovoid, mammillate, obscurely grooved, 
narrowed into the short stout-stalk, 1 in. long. Seeds 2, with hard testa. King in Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 32. 
Malacca,—Muaingay (Kew Distrib.) No, 34. Perak,—Scortechini No. 331, 
Pirate 49. Artabotrys pleurocarpus, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit— 
of natural size; 3, outer petal; 4, inner petal; 5 & 6, stamens; 7, ovary; 8, section of 
ovary — enlarged. 
5. ARTABOTRYS VENUSTUS, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 32. A large 
climber 30 to 80 feet long; young branches at first puberulous, afterwards glabrous, 
dark-coloured, striate. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, abruptly and shortly 
acuminate; the base rounded or very slightly narrowed; both surfaces glabrous; the 
upper shining, the lower dull; adult leaves pale brown (when dry); main nerves 7 to 10 
pairs, spreading or sub-ascending, curved, inter-arching freely ‘1 to °2 in. from the edge, 
prominent on the lower, less so on the upper, surface; length of blade 3°5 to 6 in, 
breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole *2 to *25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, rather slender in flower 
(stout in fruit), minutely tomentose, bearing 3 or 4 flowers, 75 tu 1 in. long.; pedicels 
slender, pubescent or glabrescent, from °5 to 1 in. long, ebracteate. Sepals coriaceous, 
broadly triangular, sub-acute, slightly conjoined at the base, sub-reflexed, puberulous 
externally, glabrous within, °15 in. long. Petals coriaceous, minutely tomentose, sub- 
equal; the outer 3 with small claws, glabrous inside, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute; the inner 
3 shorter than the outer, lanceolate or linear. Anthers short, slightly compressed; the 
apex orbicular, flat. Ovaries about 10, oblong, granular. Ripe carpels about 6, sessile, 
narrowly obovoid, apiculate, slightly narrowed to the base, at first puberulous, ultimately 
Ayn. Boy. Bor. Garp. Cazcurra You. IV. 
