376 G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan TeninmU. [No. 4, 



climber, 30 to 40 feet long ; bark of young shoots dark, smooth ; that 

 of the main stem corky, fiirrowed, lenticellate. Leaves ovate-rotimd or 

 broadly ovate, slightly and rather abruptly acuminate, the base broad and 

 rounded ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, ascending ; length of blade 6 to.7 in., 

 breadth 3-4 to 4-5 in., petiole 1 to L-5 in. Flowers usually from the stem 

 below the leaves, solitary or fascicled, on bracteolate peduncles ; rarely 

 axillary. Sepals and petals as in the last, but larger and more ovate. 

 Carpels on pedicels -6 in. long. Miq. PI. ¥1. lud. Eat. Vol I pt 2 

 p. 19. ' i- ' 



Perak, Scortechini and King's Collector. 



This is vei-y near K. scandens, but has corky bark, larger leaves, 

 larger and loss orbicular petals, and the floweis are mostly on the old 

 wood and rarely axillary. 



3. K. RoxDUEGHiANA, Aru. in Jard. Mag. Zool. and Bot. II, 646. A 

 glabrous woody and stout climber, with rough bark. Leaves membranous, 

 ovate, obovate or oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, entire, the base 

 narrowed; main nerves 7 to'S pairs, not prominent; length 4 to 6 in., 

 breadth 1-75 to 2-5 in., petiole -5 in. Flotvers 5 in. in diam., axillary,' 

 solitary, on bracteolate pedicels -6 in. or more long. Sepals and petals 

 rotund, concave, fleshy. Filaments connate into a column, the upper 

 the smaller. Bipe fruit globose, 1 to 2 in. in diam. Oarpels caneate with 

 rounded tops. Hook. fil. & Thorns. PI. Ind. I, 83 ; Hook. fil. PI. Br. 

 Ind. I, 45. Kadsura japonica, Wall. Tent. PI. Nep. t. 12. Uvaria 

 heteroclita, Roxb. PI. Ind. ii, 603. 



Andamaus. Distrib. The base of the Eastern Himalaya and Khasia 

 Hills. ^ 



4. K. LANCEOLATA, King, n. sp. A slender woody climber, 20 to 

 30 feet long. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 slightly unequal-sided, acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded, edges 

 slightly recurved when dry ; nerves obscure, about 12 pairs ; length of 

 blade 3 to 4 in., breadth 1-5 in., petiole -35 in. Floivers solitary, axillary, 

 globular, 3-5 in. in diam., on minutely bracteolate peduncles ' shorter 

 than the petioles. Sepals about 3, triangular, much smaller than the 

 petals. Fetals about 9, rotund or broadly ovate, cream-coloured, fleshy, 

 slightly concave. Stamens as in K. scandens. Bipe fruit globular, • 75 in. 

 m diam. or less. Pistils numerous, the stigmas minute, subterminal. 

 Oarpels ovoid, the apices truncate, the minute, lateral stigmas persistent. 



Perak, at elevations of from 500 to 1,000 feet. 



A smaller plant than E. scandens, with smaller truncate carpels. 



Obder IV. ANONACE^. To be taken up subsequently. 



