42 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
glabrous, 1°5 in. long and ‘8 in. in diam.; pericarp thin. Seeds 2, oblong, plano- 
convex, about 1 in. long and ‘6 in. broad, smooth. 
Perak, at elevations up to 1,000 feet,—Aing’s Collector Nos. 38725, 4392, 6499, 6968. 
Prars 50. Artabotrys venustus, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower, dissected ; 
3, linear inner petals (from another specimen); 4, ripe carpels; 5, section of carpel; 
6, seeds—of natural size; 7, flower with the petals removed; 8, anthers; 9, ovaries— 
enlarged. 
6. Arrasorrys orassirotius, H. fi & T. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 54. A large 
climber ; young branches minutely rusty-tomentose. JZzaves very coriaceous when adult, 
elliptic to oblong, obtuse or shortly and bluntly mucronate, the base acute or rounded ; 
upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower dull, paler in colour when young, sparsely 
adpressed-pilose, afterwards glabrous; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, oblique, when dry, 
faintly impressed on the upper, and slightly prominent on the lower, surface; length ot 
blade 6 to 6°5 im., breadth 1°75 to 2:75 in.; petiole °3 to ‘4 in., stout.  Peduncles flat, 
much hooked, stout: each with several stout rusty-tomentose pedicels °3 to *4 in. long; 
bracts few, ovate. Flowers 1°5 in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, softly rusty- 
pubescent outside, pubescent within. Petals coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, densely 
tomentose on both surfaces; the inner 8 smaller than the outer 3. Stamens with 
slightly convex apical connectives. Ovaries numerous, narrowly ovoid, pubescent; stigmas 
clavate or sub-cylmdric. Fruiting pedicel very stout. Torus sub-globose. Ripe carpels 
about 8, sessile, sub-obovoid to ovoid, glabrous, 1 in. to 1:65 in. long and ‘75 to 1°15 
in. in diam.; pericarp thick, pulpy. Seeds 2, collateral, oblong, compressed, grooved 
along the edge, -9 in. long and °6 in. broad. Kurz For. Flora Burm. i. 80; King in 
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 33. 
Burma,—Grifith No. 426. Martaban,—King, Brandis. Perak,—King’s Collector 
No. 8384, Singapore and Malacca,—Muingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 32. 
Prate 51, Artabotrys crassifolius, H. f. § Th. 1, Branch with nearly ripe carpels; 
2, flowering branch; 3, mner petals; 4, section of nearly ripe carpel; 5, seed—of natural 
size; 6 & 7, front and back views of an anther; 8, pistils in situ; 9, single pistil; 10, 
section of ovary—enlarged. : 
‘7, Arrasorrys ostoncus, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 33. A climber 
50 to 70 feet long, ultimately all parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous; young 
branches slender, rufous-pubescent; the bark dark-coloured when very young, very aed 
rather pale, striate. Leaves when adult coriaceous, oblong, shortly acuminate, the base 
acute; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull, but when young 
sparsely pubescent along the midrib; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inconspicuous on 
the upper, slightly prominent on the lower, surface, spreading, forming two or three 
series of arches within the margin; length of blade 6:5 to 9 in., breadth 2°5 to 3 in.; 
petiole 4 in. Peduncles stout, pubescent when. young, bearing 3 or 4 pedicels. Fiowers 
1°35 in. long; pedicels about 1 in., pubescent, slightly thickened upwards. Sepals 
coriaceous, triangular, acute, concave, spreading, rufous-pilose on both surfaces, slightly 
conjoined at the base, -25 in. long. Petals coriaceous; the portion above the saccate 
base lanceolate, sub-acute, strigosely tomentose on both surfaces; the claw_ partly. 
