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ovate. Corolla tube slender long, lobes 4, three obovate 

 one linear oblong. Stamens 4, filaments far extruded, 

 anthers rounded. Style as long. Stigma lanceolate. 

 Ovary four-lobed, 4 celled, with an ovule in each of the 

 two cells: Fruit one or two in each flower, fusiform 

 narrowed at both ends, apex acuminate 2| inches long, 

 pericarp leathery deep purple. Seed solitary elongate. 



H. Lobbiana, n. sp. Chrodendron Lobbiana, Clarke Fl. Brit, 

 Ind. Vol. 



A tall slender woody climber. Leaves elliptic ovate 

 2-3 inches long 1-J inch wide glabrous polished green. 

 Upper leaves on the shoot smaller pubescent, orange red, 

 petioles J to 1 inch long. Cymes in the leaf axils of the 

 upper leaves spreading on peduncles 4 inches long pubes- 

 cent, brandies of cyme dichotomous lax, pedicels | inch 

 long, all pubescent except the corolla. Calyx cam- 

 panulate bilobed half an inch long yellowish green lobes 

 . about {- the length of the whole calyx, ovate. Corolla 

 tube slender nearly an inch long, whitish, lobes four, 3 

 rounded obovate | inch long § inch wide, one linear 

 oblong smaller all light apricot-orange. Stamens 4 fili- 

 form projecting for 2 inches from the mouth of the 

 corolla tube, crimson, anthers smaller rounded black, pol- 

 len orange colour. Style filiform as long as the stamens 

 crimson. Stigmas very small, lanceolate green. Ovary 

 4 lobed, lobes rounded elevated. Fruit one or two elong- 

 ate fusiform deep purple three inches long and nearly 

 J inch through in the thickest part. 



Sarawak: in hot open swamps at Kuching abundant 

 (Hullett, Haviland b. y. s. d., Ridley 11726). 



This beautiful plant is known to the Malays as Tanga 

 bulan, (the moon ladder). It was first partially des- 

 cribed by C. B. Clarke as Chrodendron Lobbiana from a 

 specimen collected by Lobb and supposed to have come 

 from Penang, but doubtless Lobb collected it at the 

 locality in Borneo. It was cultivated for many years by 



R. A.ISoc, No. 50, 1908. 



