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to the rounded or minutely cordate base; “upper surface’ glabrous, shining, the ~midnib 
sometimes rufous-pubescent; under-surface pale, glaucous, pubescent especially on the 
midrib and nerves;. main nerves 7 to 14 pairs, prominent on the under, impressed on 
the upper, surface, spreading; the secondary nerves obliquely transverse, ‘prominent; 
length 6 to 12 in., breadth 2°65 to 75 in.; petiole *2 to ‘4 in., rufous-tomentose. 
Fiowers solitary, extra-axillary; pedicels *3 to 1 in., rufous-tomentose, bearing two bracts, 
one small, the other large, obovate, ribbed. Sepals free, nearly half as long as_ the 
outer petals, elliptic, sub-acute; the edges undulate, rufous-tomentose on both surfaces. 
Peta’s thick, lanceolate, ‘caudate-acuminate, the midrib prominent; the base concave, 
both rows glabrous inside; the outer. about 1 to 1:25 in. long, tomentose outside; the 
inner about °d in. shorter, connate into a narrow acute cone, puberulous outside. 
Ovaries l-ovuled. Ripe carpels elliptic, apiculate, pubescent, *35 m. long; stalks *2 in., 
pubescent. 
This closely resembles Oxymitra cuneiformis, Miq., of which Blume (gnder the name 
of Po'yaltha cuneiformis) gives an excellent description and three admirable figures (77/. 
Jave Anon. 75, t. 35, 36D and 37). But in Blume’s plant the flowers are much larger, 
the petals are falcate, while the sepals are much smaller and have caudate apices; the 
pedicels too are much longer and haye smaller bracteoles. 
Perak; Ulu Bubong at elevations of 500 Le lat feet ,—King’s Collector No. 10604. 
Singapore,—Lidley. Penang,—Curtis. / 
Prats 168. Oxymitra calycina, King. 1, Flowering aati 2, carpels nearly ripe; 
8, flower dissected—of naturat size; 5, torus with the pistils on its summit; 6, pistil— 
enlarged; 4, anthers—much enlarged, 
5. OXYMITRA LATIFOLIA, E f Sf Th. FL. Ind. 145. A Eyes climber 20 fe 60 feat 
long; young branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves large, thickly membranous, oblong-ovate, 
often slightly obovate, obtuse, truncate or retuse, often -unequal-sided, slightly narrowed 
to the rounded or slightly cordate, equal or unequal-sided base; upper surface shining, 
glabrous except the tomentose midrib; the lower sparsely but softly puberulous; the 
midrib and nerves pubescent, sub- glaucous; ; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, oblique, rather 
straight, inter-arching near -the edge; the secondary, nerves obliquely transverse, distinct ; 
length 7 to 11 in., breadth 3 to 6 in.; petiole 25 to 45 im., tomentose. Ronee 
solitary, ea eller about 1°3 in. long ; : pede ‘25 in. (twice as long i in fruit), rusty- 
tomentose, with an ovate or oblong’ bracteole. - Sepals. thick, sub- orbicular or broadly 
triangular, sub-acute, connate, minute. Petals very thick and concave in the lower 
half, yellow; the outer 1 to 1:25 im. long , ovate -lanceolate, with triquetrous tips, tomen- 
tose outside ; inner much shorter, broadly ovate, -acuminate, connivent. Carpels cylindric- 
ovoid, apiculate, slightly narrowed to. the stalk, puberulous, or sub-glabrous, yellow when 
ane slightly granular when dry, 40 So in. ‘long and 3 to °4 in. in diam.; stalk 
5 to ‘75 in, long, tomentose. Seed solitary, transversely ridged, pale, shining. Hook. 
= Fl, Br. Ind. i. 70; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i: pt. 2, 50. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 57. ee es ae Curtis. ca ey: 
common. Distrib.—Kedah,— Ridley. | 
Prats 166B. Oxymitra latifolia, H. f. & Th. i; Biowdane branch es ASS carpole 
of natural size; 3, flower dissected; 4, anthers; 5, Pauls -enlorgen 
