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leaflets similar hut rather smaller and usually somewhat unequally cor- 

 date at base ; petiole 1*5 to 2 in. long ; petiolule of end leaflet -5 to -75 

 in. long, of side leaflets -25 in. long, all pubescent. Cymes in axillary, 

 tawny-pubescent, 3- or 2-branching panicles up to 6 in. long, the upper- 

 most very short and few-flowered ; bracts leafy, nearly orbicular, -5 to 

 •75 in. in diam., pale ; pedicels short. Ca/?/a; deeply-cleft, tawny-pubes- 

 cent ; lobes 5 or 4, oblong or spathulate, -25 in. long ; fruiting calyx much 

 enlarged ; the tube "25 in. long, enclosing the fruit ; the 5 or 4 lobes 

 expanded into elliptic oblong shining scarious lobes '75 to 1 in. long, 

 having 3 to 5 longitudinal nerves and prominent netted reticulation. 

 Corolla very small (buds only available), 2-lipped; lobes spathulate, 

 concave, •! to -15 in. long. Stamens 4 exsert, 2 lower longer than the 

 2 upper ; filaments short ; anther-cells of upper pair parallel, of lower 

 slightly divaricate. Ovary cylindric, villous, obtuse at top, 2-celled ; 

 style short ; stigma 2-lobed, the lobes spreading. Fruit capsular, 

 oblong or wedge-shaped, obtuse and pubescent at tip, -2 to '25 in. long ; 

 exocarp chartaceous, striate. Seeds 2 (or 1 by suppression) ; cotyledons 

 obovate, obliquely obtuse, emarginate, '15 in. long, -1 in. broad. 



Perak: Scortechini'75B (or 1753?). 



2. Pete^ovitex bambusetoeum. King & Gamble in Kew Bull. 113 

 (1908). A creeper reaching 30 to 50 ft. long and 2 to 3 in. in diam. 

 (King's Collector) ; branches smooth, pale brown. Leaves opposite, 

 chartaceous, 1- or 3-foliolate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate at apex, rounded 

 or slightly cuneate at base ; 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad ; both 

 surfaces glabrous ; margins entire ; main nerves about 8 pairs, straight 

 to join a looped intramarginal nerve rather far from the edge ; reticu- 

 lations netted, raised, prominent beneath ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long ; petio- 

 lules '25 to -5 in. long, slender, the end one slightly the longest. Cymes 

 in sessile or peduncled, thyrsoid, axillary, glabrous or puberulous 

 panicles reaching 4 to 5 in. long and about 3 in. broad ; rachis angular, 

 very slender as are the branches and pedicels ; bracts leafy, lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate ; bracteoles minute, setaceous ; pedicels very short ; 

 buds ovoid. Calyx in bud very small, scarcely -05 in. long, with 

 triangular acute teeth ; gradually enlarging later until in fruit it has a 

 tube -25 to -35 in. long and strongly ribbed, with oblong-spathulate, 

 membranous, shining lobes 4 to '5 in. long and "1 to "15 in. broad ; 

 the lobes prominently 3-nerved and reticulate. Corolla very small 

 (buds only available), 2-lipped, the upper lip slightly 2-lobed, the lower 

 deeply 3-lobed, all very small and glabrous. Stamens 4, subequal ; fila- 

 ments stout ; anthers oblong with parallel cells. Ovary rounded ; style 

 short ; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit capsular, wedge-shaped, slightly convex 

 above, -3 in. long ; exocarp thin pubescent, not ribbed. Seeds 2 (or 1 



