1896.] G, King — Materials for a Fhra of ike Malayan Petikmla. 359 
4. HiPPOCRATEA AwoAMAsrcA, n. Bp. King. A climber; young 
branches slender,, glabrous, pale-brown when dry. Leaves fchinly coria- 
ceous, obking to elliptic, sub-acate or shortly and obtusely cuBpidate, 
entire, the base ciineato ; both surfaces glabrous * main nerves 5 to 7 
pairs, ascending, curved, slightly pi-ominent beneath ; length 4 to 5"5 in., 
breadth I S to 2 75 in., petiole *4 to "6 in. Panicles often several 
together, axillary or terminal, as long as or slightly longer than the 
leaves, many-flowered, ranch-branchod. Flowers '15 in. in diam., on 
pedicels longer than themselves, buds globular. Calyx of 5 broad 
rotund spreading sepal a, nnited at the base and iiTcgiilnrly dentate on the 
edges. Petals 5, lai^ger than the sepals, broadly oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
glabrous, spreading. Disc broad, fleshy, hollowed out to aecomraodato 
tho small 3-partite ovary. Stamens 3, inserted or» the inverted edge 
of the disc ; filaments short, broad, recttrved ; anthers broad, 1-celled l)y 
abortion, dehiscing transversely. Style short, stigma sab-capitate. FruU 
unknown. 
South Andaman Island ; King's Collectors. 
5. HtPFOCRATEA NrcOBAElCA, Kavz ill Joum. As. Soc. Beng. for 
1875, pt, 2, p. 203. Seandent ; yonng branches slender, dark-eoloni'ed, 
with sparse minute pale warts. Leaves .covi&QQonB, elliptic, shortly and 
obtusely cuspidate, remotely and rather minutely sciTate, the base 
roauded; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dnU and 
paler; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 4*2-5 to 6'5 
in., breadth 2 *25 to 3"25 in., petiole '35 in. Panicles dichotomously 
cymose, axillary, shorter than the leaves, about 2 in. in diam., minutely 
braeteolate, m a tiy- flowered. Flowers nearly "15 in, in diam. Gahjia 
cupalar, glabrous ; the lobes short, broad, blunt. Petals larger than the 
calyx, orbicular, glabrous. Disc convex,, its edge np-tumcd^ glabrous, 
obscurely 5-angled, almost concealing the ovary. AniheTS small, sub- 
sessile. Fruit unknown. 
Nrcobar Islands ; Knrz, 
6. HiPPOcriATEA iKDiCA, Willd. Hp. PI. I, 193. A small glabrous 
.slii'ub or tree usually with climbing bi-aochea ; yoang bi-anches slender, 
dark-eoloured. Leaves thinly coriaceousj elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 
R lib-acute or bluntly cuspidate, the edges finely serrate the base 
more or less narrowed, rarely roauded ; main nerves about 6 pairs, 
inconspieaona ; length 2'5 to 3'5 in., breadth 1'4 to 18 in., petiole "3 in. 
Puniclcs umbellately cymose, much -branched, pednncled, spreading, 
axillary or terminal, usually shorier than tlie leaves but sometimes mueh 
longer, 1 to 3 in. in diam. Flomrs '05 in. in diam, Oatyx-lobes broadly 
triangular, the edges hairy. Petals longer than the calyx, sab-erect, 
oblong, obtuse^ concave. Aniheu small, snb-orliicular, Omry broadly 
