30 ANONACER. _ [ Artabotrys. 
. Martabanicus, H. f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 538.—An evergreen 
(30—40 + 8—20 + 2—3), all parts ese bark dark brown, 
rather smooth, 1 to 2 lin. thick; eut dry, white; leaves oblong, 
7-10 in, long, acute at base, abruptly and shortly acuminate, rather 
long-petioled, coniaceeyy glossy, conspicuously and laxly netveined ; 
owers about 2 in. in diameter, on very short, thick, tomentose 
pedicels arising by 2 or 3 from "the branches opposite ‘the leaves ; ; 
calyx and the lanceolate petals densely tomentose ; berries solitary, 
large, about 24-3 in. long, elliptically oblong , torose, glabrous. 
Has.—Rather frequent in the tropical forests ‘faint Martaban down to 
Tenasserim.—Fr. March—Apr.—s.—S8S. = Metam. 
Remazxs.—Wood white, fibrous, but rather close-grained, perishable. 
; ARTABOTRYS, R. Br. 
+ Sepals 3, valvate in bud. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows, concave 
at base, conniving round the genitals, the flat or terete limb more or 
less spreading. Stamens numerous, the connective truncate-dilated 
eyond the anther-cells.. Torus plano-convex. Ovaries numerous, 
with 2 erect ovules in each ; the style ovate or linear-oblong. Berries 
variously shap _—Scandent, rarely erect shrubs, the peduncles 
usually indurated and hooked ; flowers solitary or clustered, usually 
yellow or ogee 
§ Petal- aA Sflattene 
X Petals oblong, lanceolate, usually narrowed at base, the 
wers arising from hooked peduncles. 
Young parts a totneatons leaves Seite reser elabrous 
petals densely tavmny-tomentose 13 in. Jong . A. crassifolius. 
Quite glabrous ; leaves ses os 83 petals nearly” 2 i in. Jong, 
glabrous or pub g A. —— 
Tawny puberulous ; potas about i eaas fruits puberulous - 4. Stamens 
: Flowers arising directly from Da taoat branch- 
as no paitcle OF only a indication of i 
Adait parte a gabrow ; sna ere 
A. Kurzii. 
Petals narrow, ae: ear . A. speciosus, 
Le Petal limb sloaigese or triquetrous, fleshy, subulate or r Tinear. 
etals triquetro ranchlets and under-surface of leaves pubes- 
a neon = 3 . A. Burmanicus. 
: Petals terete; all parts glabrous : : = ‘ . A, suaveolens, 
. A, crassifolins, H. f. & Th. eo Fl. i. 54.—An evergreen 
= woody climber, the shoots and younger parts rusty-tomentose ; 
leaves oblong or elliptically oblong, about 4 ft. long, obtuse or acute 
oe en on a rather short, thick petiole, apiculate, firmly coriaceous, 
abrous, while young ‘appressedly pubescent along the midrib 
olan glossy above ; peduncles hooked, compressed, rusty velvety, 
= sisal shortly branched ; flowers about Hi in. long, on short, thick, 
_ rusty pubescent pedicels ; : sepals oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, de nsely 
2 — vebescent Sivlaidie _ oblong-lanceolate, somewhat nar- 
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