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12. ArrTasotrys sprciosus, Aurz in Hook. jil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 55, A large climber ; 
young branches slender, dark-coloured, sparsely adpressed-pilose, afterwards glabrous. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, shining; main nerves 7 to 10 
pairs, spreading, inter-arching at some distance from the edge, slender; length of 
blade 6 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 2°5 in.; petiole -25 in. Peduneles extra-axillary, flattened, 
short and not much hooked, puberulous, each bearing several short, puberulous, 1-flowered, 
ebracteolate flower-pedicels. Flowers from 1:25 to nearly 2 in. long, yellow. Sepals 
*2 in. long, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pefals thickly 
coriaceous, adpressed-pubescent, linear above the concave base, rather blunt; the inner 
smaller than the outer. Zorus pilose. Fruif unknown.—Kwrz For, Flor. Burm, i. 32; 
King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 35. 
Andaman Islands, along the Middle Straits—Aurz. S. Andaman: at Caddellgunge,— 
King’s Collector. | 
PLATE 57. Artabotrys speciosus, Kurz. 1, Flowering branch (from Kurz’s specimen); 
2, flowering branch (from King’s Collector’s specimen); 3, flower of No. 1 dissected ; 
4, flower of No. 2 dissected—of natural size. | 
13. Artaporrys Maincayi, H. f. & PL. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 55. A power- 
ful creeper 40 to 80 feet long; all parts glabrous except the flowers; the young 
branches slender, dark-coloured, eaves thin, elliptic, acuminate at base and apex; both 
surfaces shining, finely reticulate; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, spreading, faint; length of 
blade 3°5 to 6 in., breadth 1:35 to 2 in.; petiole *25 to ‘5 in, Peduncles flat, much 
curved, glabrous. J%owers 1 in. in diam., fascicled, peduncle *5 to 15 in., hoary- 
pubescent. Sepals small, obtuse, *2 in. long. Pedals: the outer linear-oblong, obtuse, 
concave, the saccate base small and sub-orbicular, 1 to 1:25 in. long and :25 to °85 
broad; the inner smaller and narrower and much curved. Ovaries 3 or 4, ovoid, glabrous. 
Ripe carpels sessile, elliptic-globose, mammillate, yellow, glabrous, when ripe 2°5 im. long 
and 15 in. in diam. Seeds 2, plano-convex; testa stony. King in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 3d. . 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 34. 
Prats 68. Artabotrys Maingayi, H. f. & 7. 1, Flowering branch; 4, ripe carpel ; 
5, section of the same; 6, seed—of natural size; 2, flower with outer petals removed ; 
3, outer petal; 7, andro-gyneecium; 8 & 9, anthers; 10, pistils—enlarged. 
14, ArrapotTrys caupatus, Wall Cat. 6417. . A woody climber; young branches 
pubescent, the older glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtusely and shortly 
caudate-acuminate, the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, reticulate; main nerves 10 to 
12 pairs, spreading, faint; length of blade 3°5 to 5 in., breadth 1:25 to 1°75 in.; petiole 
2 to ‘3 in. Peduncles short, recurved, many-flowered. Sepals short, acute. Petals 
‘narrowly linear, not contracted above the square saccate base; the inner 3 smaller, all 
tomentose. Fruét unknown. A. ff. & T. Fl. Ind. 129; Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 55. 
Khasia Hills, — Wallich. 
This has not been collected since the time of Wallich, whose specimens were very 
incomplete. | 
