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climber, 30 to 40 feet long ; bark of young shoots dark, smooth ; that 
of the main stem corky, furrowed, lentieellate. Leaves ovate-rotund or 
broadly ovate, slightly and rather abruptly acuminate, the base broad ami 
rounded; nerves 5 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 a,s in the last, bnt larger and more ovate. 
Carpels on pedicels "5 in. long. Miq. Fl. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, 
p. 19. 
Perak, Scortechini and King's Collector. 
This is very near K> scandens, but has corky bark, larger leaves, 
larger and less orbicular petals, and the flowers are mostly on the old 
wood and rarely axillary. 
3. K. RoxnuROUiANA, Arn. in Jard. Mag- Zool. and Bot. II, 540. A 
glabrous woody and stout climber, with rough hark. Leaves membranous, 
ovate, obovate or oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, entire, the buno 
narrowed ; main nerves 7 to 8 pairs, not prominent ; length 4 to 6 in., 
breadth 175 to 2'5 in., petiole '5 in. Flowers 5 in. in diam., axillary, 
solitary, on bracteolate pedicels *5 in. or more long. Sepals and petals 
rotund, concave, fleshy. Filaments connate into a column, the upper 
the smaller. Ripe fruit globose, 1 to 2 in. in diam. Carpels cuncato with 
rounded tops. Hook. fil. & Thorns. Fl. Ind. I, 83 ; Hook. til. Fl. Or. 
Ind. I, 45. Kadsura japonica, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 12. Uvaria 
heteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 003. 
Audamaus. 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. Flowers 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. Petals about 9, rotund or broadly ovate, cream-coloured, fleshy, 
slightly concave. Stamens as in K. scandens. Ripe fruit globular, '75 in. 
in diam. or less. Pistils numerous, the stigmas minute, subterminal. 
Carpels ovoid, the apices truncate, the minute, lateral stigmas persistent. 
Perak, at olevatious of from 500 to 1,000 feet. 
A smaller plant than K. scandens, with smaller truncate carpels. 
Order IV. ANONACE./E. To be taken up subsequently. 
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