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



4. Hippocratea Andamanjca, n. sp. King. A climber ; young 

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

 ceous, 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 1*8 to 2*75 in., petiole '4 to '6 in. Panicles often several 

 together, 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. Fruit 

 unknown. 



South Andaman Island ; King's Collectors. 



5. Hippocratea Nicobarica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 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 225 to 325 in., petiole '35 in. Panicles dichotomously 

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

 bracteolate, many-flowered. Flowers nearly - 15 in. in diam. Calyx 

 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 ; young 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 35 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. Flowers "05 in. in diam. Calyx-lobes broadly 

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

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



