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length 3 to 4'5'in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2 - 5 in. petiole '2 to '3 in. slender ; 

 stipules shorter than the petioles, broadly triangular at the base, much 

 acuminate upwards. Cymes terminal or from the axils of fallen leaves, 

 on pedicels about '2 in. long ; the branches short and bearing persistent 

 ovate-acute bracteoles. Floivers few, about 2 in. long, on pedicels about 

 2 in. long. Calyx '4 in. long, tubular, tapering to the base, the mouth 

 with 5 triangular acute short teeth. Corolla salver-shaped ; the tube 

 1 in. long and about '1 in. in diam. ; the limb about 1 to 1*25 in. across, 

 deeply divided into 5 broadly elliptic subacute lobes. Anthers linear, 

 with a black apical process from the connective, included in the slightly 

 pubescent throat, sessile, dorsi fixed, about '2 in. long. Style filiform ■ 

 stigma somewhat exserted, thick, clavate, opening out into 2 thick spa- 

 thulate refiexed fleshy lobes. Fruit depressed-globular, glabrous, '5 to 

 '65 in. in diam. when dry. 



Penang : Ctirtis 927. Singapore : Hullett, 114. 



The following, of which we have seen no specimens in flower, also probably be- 

 long to this species; viz: Malacca: Berry 1056. Perak : Scortechini 1538; King's 

 Collector 10171. One of Mr. Cartis's specimens is described as a tree, another as a 

 climber. The leaves are thinner and broader than those of R.fioriounda, Lam., and 

 the flowers are (especially as regards the limb of the corolla) larger. The calyx al- 

 thongh of the same shape is also larger. This species still more nearly resembles 

 B. Clarkei, King & Gamble (of which the type is Wall. Cat. 8284 DJ bat it has 

 smaller, much less coriaceous leaves, which are broader in proportion to their width. 

 This has also smaller flowers with a very much smaller calyx. From both it differs 

 by its conspicnously apiculate anthers. 



15. Rahdia exaltata, Griff. Notul. IV. 262. A tree 30 to 50 feet 

 high, unarmed; young branches deciduously pubescent, ultimately gla- 

 brous, dark-coloured and striate when dry, thinner than a goose-quill. 

 Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at base and 

 apex ; upper surface dark-brown when dry, not reticulate, the nerves 

 and midrib depressed; lower surface paler, reticulate; main-nerves 

 8 to 10 pairs, curved, ascending, thin, dark in colour and distinct beneath 

 when dry ; length 3*5 to 4*5 in. ; breadth 1 to 1 35 in. ; petioles '2 in. ; 

 stipules triangular, acuminate, about as long as the petioles and like 

 them rusty-pubescent. Cymes in the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, 

 when in flower half as long as the leaves, adpressed rusty-pubescent ; 

 branches few, bearing small persistent acute bracts and 4 to 6 

 large shortly pedicellate flowers. Calyx '15 in. long, funnel-shaped; 

 densely adpressed-pubescent outside, the mouth truncate but minutely 

 5-toothed. Corolla white, somewhat purplish, 2 in. or more long, rather 

 sparsely adpressed-pubescent outside ; the tube narrowly cylindric, only 

 about "3 in. long, villous at the throat ; the limb widely funnel-shaped, 

 scurfily hairy inside ; the mouth with 5 broad subacute lobes *3 or *35 



