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glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and when young sparsely 

 pubescent along the midrib ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inconspicuous 

 on the upper, slightly prominent in the lower surface, spreading, form- 

 ing 2 or 3 series of arches within the margin ; length of blade 6 - 5 to 

 9 in., breadth 2*5 to 3 in., petiole "A in. Peduncles stout, pubescent 

 when young, bearing 3 or 4 pedicels ; flowers 135 in. long ; pedicels 

 about 1 in., pubescent, slightly thickened upwards. Sepals coriaceous, 

 triangular, acute, concave, spreading rufous-pilose on both surfaces, 

 slightly conjoined at the base, "25 in. long. Petals coriaceous, the por- 

 tion above the saccate base lanceolate, subacute, strigosely tomentose on 

 both surfaces, the claw partly glabrous and partly covered with minute 

 white hair. Anthers conqn-essed, with oblong, obliquely truncate, flatten- 

 ed heads. Ovaries few, oblong, glabrous ; the stigma broad, oblique. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Perak ; King's Collector, No. 6524. 



7. Artabotrys Lowianus, n. sp., Scortechini MSS. A stout 

 climber ; all ftarts except the flowers glabrous ; young branches slender, 

 dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 caudate-aouniiuate, the base cuneate : both surfaces shining, minutely 

 reticulate ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, inter-arching "2 in. 

 from the margin, faint ; length of blade 35 to 6 in., breadth 1'25 to 

 175 in., petiole "25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, 2- to 3-flowered, glab- 

 l-ous ; pedicels thickened upwards, "5 to 75 in. long, glabrous. Sepals 

 triangular, acute, glabrous, '25 in. long, enlarging a little with the fruit. 

 Petals fleshy, adpressed-puberulous, elliptic-lanceolate above the concave 

 base, obtuse ; the outer three 175 in. long, the inner tln-ee smaller. 

 Anthers with a rounded apical process from the connective. Ovaries 

 many, glabrous. Carpels (quite young) sessile, ovoid, apiculate ; ripe 

 carpels unknown. 



Perak; Scortechini; No. 2012. 



This species is near A. pleurogynus, Miq , but is perfectly gla- 

 brous, not sub-strigose pubescent ; its ripe fruit is unknown. 



8. Artabotrys oxycarpus, n. sp., King. A stout climber, GO to 80 

 feet long ; all parts except the flower glabrous ; young branches slender, 

 black when dry. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base 

 cuneate, both surfaces shining, reticulate ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 spreading, slender ; length of blade 3 to 5 - 5 in., breadth 1*25 to 1"5 in. 

 Peduncles short (*75 in. long), glabrous, bearing about 2 minutely brac- 

 teolate pedicels "75 in. long. Flowers 1'5 to 175 in. long. Sepals 

 coriaceous, small, broadly ovate, acute, *2 in. long, conjoined at the base, 

 spreading. Petals coriaceous, very much longer than the sepals, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse ; the inner 3 smaller; all adpressed-pubescent, and the 



