so 
This species is doubtfully referred to Cijathowlyx by its authors, and 
chiefly on the ground that the petals, although valvate at the base, are 
slightly imbricate above. An examination of the large number of 
spocimens sent from Perak by the Calcutta Botanic Garden Collector 
enables me to state that in bud the petals aro truly valvate, but that as 
they develope they undoubtedly overlap. The anthers, ovaries and 
and ripe fruit appear to mo to be those of Cyatkocalyx ; and in habit 
and general appearance of its leaves this plant agrees with the other 
species above described. In addition to the species above described, there 
are, in the Calcutta Herbarium, fruiting specimens from Perak of a small 
tree which is apparently a fourth specios of Oyathocalyx. The leaves 
of this are oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 8- to 10-nerved, glabrous 
above and puberulous beneath; and the ripe carpels are in pairs, ovoid » 
puberulous, about 15 in. long. None of the specimens has any trace of 
flower. 
7. Artabotrys, R. Brown. 
Sarmentose or scandenfc shrubs. Leaves shining. Flowers solitary 
or fascicled, generally on woody, usually hooked, recurved branches (pe- 
duncles). Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, bases concave connivent ; 
limb spreading, flat, sub-terete or clavate. Stamens oblong or cuneate ; 
connective truncate or produced; anther-cells dorsal. Torus flat or con- 
vex. Ovaries few or many ; style oblong or columnar ; ovules 2, erect, 
collateral. Ripe carpels berried.— Distrlb. Tropical Africa and Eastern 
Asia ; described species about 32. 
This genus is at once distinguished by the curious hooked flower- 
peduncles. The petals are thick and mostly narrow, concave and closely 
connivent at the base, while the limb is spreading. The habit of all is 
scaudent. Besides those described below, there aro in the Calcutta 
Herbarium imperfect materials of five undescribed species from Perak t 
and of one from the Andaman Islands. 
Petals lanceolate to elliptic. 
Flowers less than 1 in. long. 
Petals very fleshy, broadly elliptic, blunt 1. A. grandtfolins, 
,, coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, acu- 
minate ... ... ... 2. A. Scortechinii. 
„ slightly fleshy, elliptic-oblong, ob- 
tuse ... ... 3. A. pleurocarpus 
Flowers abont 1 in. long. 
Outer petals ovate-lanceolate ; the inner 
lanceolate or linear ... v ... 4. A. veniistus. 
Flowers more thuu 1 in, long. 
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