m 
channelled. Floivers 1 in. in diam. on long slendor pedicels, 2 'or 3 in 
a lino, supra-axillary. Sepals oblong, concave, the two inner recurved, 
the two outer pubescent externally. Petals white, oblong, the two 
posterior united at the base by a gland so as to form a short spur. 
Stamens numerous. Gynophore about 1 in. long, pubescent as is the 
ovary. 
Perak. Scortechini. 
Collected only once, and without fruit. In Father Scortcchini's 
field notes, he remarks that the petals are pubescent above and round 
the margin of the gland, and have a purple blotch. 
A straggling but non-scatideiit shrub, almost unarmed, the thorns 
being very small. This variety differs from the type as described by 
Do Caudolle, and by Deeaisne from Timor (Nouv. Ann. du Museum, ii, 
430) in having tho venation of its leaves more straight and erect; 
otherwise it agrees. 
6. 0. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1, 179. Scandent, 
glabrous ; the spines stipular, nearly straight, iu pairs, very short, with 
broad bases and blackish rather blunt tips. Leaves coriaceous, shortly 
petiolate, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly 
narrowed to the base ; the under surface pale (yellow when dry) the 
midrib and 6 pairs of nerves very bold ; re.ticulat.ions minute, distinct 
on the upper surface ; length 6 to 7*5 in., breadth 2"25 to 3 in., petiole 
under *5 in. Flowers (fide Hook, fil.) solitary or in pairs, supra-axillary, 
larger than in micrantha. Sepals lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Ripe 
fruit solitary, on a long stout stalk of which 1*5 in. is pedicel and tho 
remaining l'O in. carpophore, cylindric, tapering to the apex, 4 to 7 in. 
long, and 1 to 1*5 in. in diam., yellowish-red, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 
smooth, *4 in. long. 
Singapore, Wallich : Ulu Bubong in Perak. 
Sir Joseph Hooker, who describes this species in tho Flora of Brit. 
India from Wallich's Singapore specimens (which are accompanied by 
no field notes), is in doubt whether this is erect or scandent. Knnstler's 
field notes on the Perak specimens show it to be a creepor 20 to 30 feet 
long. It does not appear to be a common plant. 
Species of which the flowers are unknoitm. 
7. C. cucurbitina, King, n. sp. Scandent; branchlets finely 
striate, nearly glabrous ; the thorns stipular, in pairs, hooked, very 
sharp, much shorter than the petiole. Leaves glabrous, shining, more 
or less broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the 
base narrowed or rounded ; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs anastomosing in 
bold intramarginal arches, the secondary norves bold as is the midrib 
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