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the inner row, coriaceous, tomenfcose. Ovaries toraentose. Ripe carpels 

 stalked, 1 to 1*5 in. long", oblong-ovoid, blunt, glabrous ; stalk "75 in. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 57 ; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. I, 33. 



Eastern Peninsula; Griffith. Penan g ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 

 No 36. 



A species known by only a few imperfect specimens. According 

 to Griffith, the wood of this species resembles that of a Menisperm. 

 Kurz gives this as a native of the Andamans ; but I have seen no speci- 

 men from those islands. 



2. Cyathostemma Scortechinii, n. sp, King. A climber 50 to 70 

 feet long : branches of all ages, except the very youngest, dark- coloured, 

 glabrous ; the very youngest slender and rufous-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, shortly apiculate, slightly 

 narrowed to the sub-cuneate, not cordate, base ; upper surface rather 

 dull, glabrous except the minutely pubescent midrib; lower glabrous, 

 the midrib slightly muricuiate, the reticulations fine, distinct : main nerves 

 8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath : length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2'5 to 4 in., 

 petiole "25 in. Cymes di- or tri-chotomous, on pedicels 2 to 12 in. long 

 from the older branches ; minutely rnfous-tomentose, bracteate in the 

 upper half ; the bracts numerous, ovate to rotund, concave. Flowers "5 

 in. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund, united into an obscurely 3-angled 

 flattish cup. Petals equal, not much longer than, the stamens, sub- 

 rotund, puberulous, coriaceous. Connective of stamens produced at the 

 apex, obliquely truncate. Ovaries numerous, cylindric, pubescent : 

 stigmas truncate : ovules numerous. Ripe carpels oblong', slightly oblique, 

 apiculate, trans versly furrowed, glabrous, shortly stalked, 125 to L'5 in. 

 long ; pericarp thin. Seeds 8 to 10, flattened, ovoid, smooth. 



Perak ; Scortechini, King's Collector, No. 5857. Singapore : 

 Ridley. 



The specimens collected by the late Father Scortechini wei'e 

 referred by him to Cyathostemma viridiflorum, Griff., from which species 

 however, this differs by its larger, more obovate, more glabrous, leaves ; 

 flat calyx-cup formed by the entirely connate sepals ; more rotund petals, 

 not contracted at the base ; and narrower shorter-stalked fruit. 



3. Cyathostemma Wrayi, King n. sp. A creeper 20 to 60 feet 

 long : young branches rufous-puberulous, ultimately glabrous and 

 darkly cinerous. Leaves membi'anous, broadly oblanceolate, shortly and 

 rather obtusely acuminate, narrowed below the middle to the rounded 

 base ; both surfaces finely reticulate, the upper dull when dry, glabrous ; 

 the midrib minutely pubescent ; lower surface shining, glabrous except 

 the sparsely puberulous midrib ; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, obliqre, 

 forming double arches inside the margin, impressed on the upper, pro- 

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