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Kurz gives this as a native of the Andamans ; but I have seen no speci- 
men from those islands. 
2. Otatho&temma Scortechini i, n. sp. King. A climber 50 fco 70 
feet long j branches of all ages, except the very youngest, dark-coloured, 
glabrous ; the very youngest slender and rufous-pubescent. Leaves 
coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to obovate-oblong, shortly apiculafce, slightly 
narrowed to the snb-cuneate, not cordate, base ; upper surface rather 
dull, glabrous except the minutely pubescent midrib; lower glabrous, 
the midrib slightly muriculate, the reticulations fine, distinct : main nerves 
8 to 11 pairs, prominent beneath : length G to 10 in., breadth 2'5 to 4 in., 
petiole "25 in, Cymes di- or tri-chotomous, ou pedicels 2 to 12 in. long 
from the older branches ; minutely rnfous-tomeutose, bracteate in the 
upper half ; the bracts numerous, ovate to rotund, concave. Flowers "5 
in. in diam. Sepal* sub- rotund, united into an obscurely 3-angled 
flattish cup. Petals equal, not much longer than the Btamens, sub- 
rotund, puberulous, coriaceous. Connective of stamens produced at the 
apex, obliquely truncate. Ovaries numerous, cylindric, pubescent t 
stigmas truncate : ovules numerous. Ripe carpels oblong, slightly oblique, 
apiculate, transversly furrowed, glabrous, shortly stalked, 1 25 to lo in. 
long ; pericarp thin. Seeds 8 to 10, flattened, ovoid, smooth. 
Perak ; Scortechini, King's Collector, No, 585/ . Singapore : 
Ridley. 
The specimens collected by the late Father Scortechini were 
referred by him to Oyathostemma viridiflorum, Griff., from which species 
however, this differs by its larger, more obovate, more glabrous, leaves ; 
flat calyx-cup formed by the entirely connate sepals ; moro rotund petals, 
not contracted at the base; and narrower shorter-stalked fruit. 
3. Cyathostkm.ua Wrayi, King n. sp. A creeper 20 to 60 feet 
long: young branches rufous-puberulous, ultimately glabrous and 
darkly cinerous. Leaves membranous, broadly oblaneeolate, shortly and 
rather obtusely acuminate, narrowed below the middle to the rounded 
base; both surfaces finely reticulate, the upper dull when dry, glabrous ; 
the midrib minutely pubescent ; lower surface shining, glabrous except 
the sparsely puberulous midrib ; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, oblique, 
forming double arches inside the margin, impressed on the upper, pro- 
minent on the lower surface ; length 7 to 9 in., breadth 2*5 to 3 in., 
petiole '2 in. Flowers in fascicles of 10 to 14 from tubercles on the 
older branches, or in pairs from tho axils of the leaves, sab-globular, 
about '5 in. in diam. ; pedicels "25 to 4t in. long, granular, sparsely 
pubescent and with a small ovate bracteole near the base. Sepals broad- 
ly ovate, spreading, rufous-puberulous and granular outside, glabrous 
inside, 'l in. long. Petals concave, cartilaginous, slightly imbricate, 
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