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or sub-ascending, curved, inter-arching freely '1 to 2 in. from the edge, 

 prominent on the lower, less so on the upper, surface ; length of blade 35 

 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiole "2 to '25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, 

 rather slender in flower, (stout in fruit), minutely tomentose, bearing 3 or 

 4 flowers, "75 to 1 in. long. ; pedicels slender, pubescent or glabrescent., 

 from "5 to 1 in. long, ebracteate. Sepals coriaceous, broadly triangular, 

 sub-acute, slightly conjoined at the base, sub-i'eflexed, puberulous exter- 

 nally, glabrous within, *15 in. long. Petals coriaceous, minutely tomentose, 

 subequal ; the outer 3 with small claw, glabrous inside, ovate-lanceolate 

 sub-acute ; the inner 3 shorter than the outer, lanceolate or linear. 

 Anthers short, slightly compressed ; the apex orbicular, flat. Ovaries 

 about 10, oblong, granular. Garpels about 6, sessile, narrowly obovoid, 

 apiculate, slightly narrowed to the base, at first puberulous, ultimately 

 glabrous, 1*5 in long and "8 in. in diam. ; pericarp thin. Seeds 2, 

 oblong, plano-convex, about 1 in. long and "6 in. broad, smooth. 



Perak ; at elevations up to 1,000 feet, King's Collector, Nos. 3725, 

 4392, 6499, 696S, King's Collector. 



5. Artabotrys crassifolius, H. f. and T. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 54. A large climber ; young branches minutely rusty-tomentose. 

 Leaves very coriaceous when adult, elliptic to oblong, obtuse or shortly 

 and bluntly mucronate, the base acute or rounded : upper surface glabrous, 

 shining : the lower dull, paler in colour when young, sparsely adpressed- 

 pilose, afterwards glabrous ; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, oblique, when 

 dry faintly impressed on the upper and slightly prominent on the lower 

 surface; length of blade 6 to 65 in., breadth 1"75 to 2 - 75 in. ; petiole 

 '3 to '4 in., stout. Peduncles flat, much hooked, stout : each with several 

 stout rusty-tomentose pedicels *3 to '4 in. long ; bracts few, ovate. 

 Flowers T25 in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, sub-obtuse, softly rusty- 

 pubescent outside, pubescent within. Petals coriaceous, oblong- lanceo- 

 late, sub-ovate, densely tomentose on both surfaces ; the inner 3 smaller 

 than the outer 3. Fruiting pedicel very stout ; the torus sub-globose. 

 Ripe carpels about 8, sessile, sub-obovoid to ovoid, glabrous, slightly 

 rugose, 1*25 to 1*65 in. long and - 75 to 115 in. in diam. ; pericarp thick, 

 pulpy. Seeds 2, collateral, oblong, compressed, grooved along the edge, 

 "9 in. long and "6 in. broad. Kurz For. Flora Burma, 1, 30. 



Burmah ; Martaban, King, Brandis. Perak ; King's Collector, No. 

 8384. 



6. Artabotrys oblongus, n. sp., King. A climber 50 to 70 feet 

 long, ultimately all parts except the inflorescence glabrous ; young 

 branches slender, rufous-pubescent ; the bark dark-coloured when very 

 young, afterwards rather pale, striate. Leaves when adult coriaceous, 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, the base acute, when adult both surfaces 



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