1896.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 359 



4 H1PPOCRA.TRA Andamanica, n. sp. King. A climber; young 

 branches slender, glabrous, pale-brown when dry. Leaves thinly coria- 

 ceoas, oblong to elliptic, sub-acute or shortly and obtusely cuspidate, 

 entire, the base cuneate; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 5 to 7 

 pairs, ascending, curved, slightly prominent beneath ; length 4 to 5-5 in,, 

 breadth 18 to 2*75 in., petiole '4 to '6 in. Panicles often several 

 togetlier, axillary or terminal, as long as or slightly longer than the 

 leaves, many-flowered, much-branched. Flowers -15 in. in diam., on 

 pedicels longer than themselves, buds globular. Calyx of 5 broad 

 rotund spreading sepals, united at the base and irregularly dentate on the 

 edges. Petals 5, larger than the sepals, broadly oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, spreading. Disc broad, fleshy, hollowed out to accommodate 

 the small 3-partite ovary. Stamens 3, inserted on the inverted edge 

 of the disc ; filaments short, broad, recurved ; anthers broad, 1-celled by 

 abortion, dehiscing transversely. Style short, stigma sub-capitate. Fridt 

 unknown. . 



South Andaman Island ; King's Collectors. 



5. HippocRATEA NicoBARiCA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bang, for 

 1875, pt. 2, p. 203. Scandent ; young branches slender, dark-coloured^ 

 with sparse minute pale warts. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, shortly and 

 obtusely cuspidate, remotely and rather minutely serrate, the base 

 rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and 

 paler; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, spreading, faint; length 4*25 to 6'5- 

 in., breadth 2'25 to 3*25 in., petiole "35 in. Panicles dichotomously 

 cymose, axillary, shorter than the leaves, about 2 in. in diam., minutely 

 bracteolate, many-ftowered. Flowers nearly '15 in. in diam. Calyi& 

 cupular, glabrous ; the lobes short, broad, blunt. Petals larger than the 

 calyx, orbicular, glabrous. Disc convex, its edge up-turned, glabrous,, 

 obscurely 5-angled, almost concealing the ovary. Anthers small, sub- 

 sessile. Fruit unknown. 



Nicobar Islands ; Kurz. 



6. HippocRATEA iNDiCA, Willd. Sp. PI. I, 193. A small glabrous 

 shrub or tree usually with climbing branches ; yoang branches slender,, 

 dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 

 sub-acute or bluntly cuspidate, the edges finely serrate ; the base 

 more or less narrowed, rarely rounded ; main nerves about 5 pairs, 

 inconspicuous ; length 2-5 to SS in., breadth 1"4 to 1-8 in., petiole '3 in. 

 Panicles umbellately cymose, much -branched, peduncled, spreading,, 

 axillary or terminal, usually shorter than the leaves but sometimes much 

 longer, 1 to 3 in. in diam. Floivers "OS in. in diam. Galyx-lobes broadly 

 triangular, the edges hairy. Petals longer than the calyx, sub-erect,, 

 oblong, obtuse, concave. Anthers small, sub-orbicular. Ovary broadly 



