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In hot dry places at low elevations, but not common in the Straits 
Settlements. Distrib. India, Ceylon, Philippines, Timor, Australia. 
3. C. ScORTECHjnii, King, n. sp. Scandont; young parts, and the 
inflorescence at all stages densely and minutely ferruginous- tomentose ; 
older branches with 1 or 2 stria?, glabrescent ; thorns stipular, in pairs, 
much shorter than the petioles, hooked. Leaves coriaceous, broadly 
lanceolate, acuminate, much narrowed at the base, smooth and shining 
above and tho nerves obsolete ; uuder surface ferruginous-tomcntoso 
when young, but becoming glabrescont, tho midrib and G pairs of nerves 
bold and prominent; length 5. to 8 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., petiole *5 in. 
Flowers 1'5 in. in diam., on short lateral, leafly, brneteate, woody racemes. 
Bracts pctiolato, ovate-acuminate, *75 in. long, deciduous. Sepals rotund, 
concave, tomentose externally. Petals pink, broadly elliptic, sub-obovate, 
blunt, notched, tho baso cunoato, glabrous. Stamens more than 20. 
Fruit globose, 3*5 to 4 in. in diam. ; the gynophore transversely wrinkled, 
2'5 in. long and 'G in. in diam. 
Batang Padang district in Perak. King's Collector No. 8083. 
Scortechini, 191. 
The fruit of this has been only once collected. The species is a 
fine creeper, 15 to 20 feet long. It closely resembles 0. trinervia t Hf. & 
Th. in many respects : but the leaves are not triple but pinnate-nerved. 
4. C. miciucantita, DC. Prod. i. 247. Shrubby, not scandent, glab- 
rous. Branches minutely striate ; the spines in pairs, Htipular, one-third 
the length of the petioles, divergent, polished, not hooked. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, shining, minutely reticulate, broadly lanceolate to oval ( 
acuto, mucronato ; the base narrowed or rounded ; midrib stout, nerves 
7 to 8 pairs ; length 3 to 4 in,, breadth 1'5 in., petiole '3 in. Flwvera 
on short pedicels, 2 or 3 in a line, supra-axillary, 1 to 1*5 in. in diam. 
Sepals and petals oblong ; tho former pnbcrulous, the latter white. 
Stamens 15 to 20, shorter than the gyuophore. Fruit sub-globose, 
smooth. Hook, fib Fl. Br. Ind. i. 170 : Miq. WL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 99 : 
Blume. Bijdr. 52. C, conspicua and C. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. C991 
and 0992 A (not B). 
Generally diffused at low elovations throughout the Malayan 
region. Distrib. Burmah. Sir Joseph Hooker gives the sizo of the ripe 
fruit (which I have not seen) as 2 to 3 in. in diam. 
5. C. pubifjloha, DC. Prod, i, 246 ; var. Perakcnsis, Scortechini,MSS. 
A straggling shrub 15 feet long, branched from the ground. Brnnchlets 
compressed, striate, glabrous ; thorns in pairs, minute. Leaves membra- 
nous, elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, the base narrowed or rounded, 
glabrous on both surfaces, nerves (9 to 10 pairs) and reticulations rather 
prominent ; length 0 to 7 ill., breadth 2 to 2'5 in. j petiole '25 in., stout, 
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