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saccate base small in all. Torus small, sericeous. Ovaries glabrous. 
Ripe carpel* numerous, sessile, glabrous, narrowly elliptic, tapering to 
each end, the apex caudate, 1 to 1*2 in. long and '4 in. in diam. ; pericarp 
thin. Seeds 2, plano-convex, compressed, blunt, '25 in. long. 
Perak ; King's Collector, Nos. 5150 and 5605 ; Wray No. 328G. 
This species comes near tho Horuenn A . polygynus, Miq. (Ann. Mus. 
Ltigd. Hat. 1 1, 4j. Hut this species lias more pointed and perfectly smooth 
ripe carpels ; while those of A. polygynus are more ovoid, with shorter 
terminal point and have many vertical ridges* A, polygyuus moreover 
is sub-strigosely pubescent, this is glabrous. 
9. Artabotuys spkciosus, Kurz in Hook. fi). FL Br. Ind. I, 55. 
A large climber : young brandies slender, dark-coloured, sparsely ad- 
pressed-pilose, afterwards glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblotig- 
laneeolate, rarely oblauceolate, shortly aud obtusely acuminate, tho base 
acute; both surfaces glabrous, shining: main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 
spreading, inter-arching at some distance from the edge, slender: length 
of blade 6" to S in., breadth 2 to 2*5 in., petiole "25 in. Peduncles extra- 
axillary, flattened, short and not much hooked, puberulous, each bearing 
several short puberulous 1-flowered ebracteolate flower-pedicels : flowers 
from 1'25 to nearly 2 in. long, yellow. Sepals 2 in. long, broadly ovate, 
acute, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals thickly coriaceous, 
adpressed-pubescent, linear above the concave base, rather blunt; the 
inner smaller than the outer; torus pilose: fruit unknown. Kurss For. 
Flora, Bnrm. I, 32. 
Andaman Islands ; along Middle Straits, Kurz. S. Andaman ; at 
Caddellgunge, King's Collector. 
10. Artauotrys Mainoayj, H. f. and T. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 
55. A powerful creeper, 40 to 80 feet long : all parts glabrous except 
the flowers; the young branches slender, dark-coloured, Leaves thin, 
elliptic, acuminate at base and apex : both surfaces shining, finely reti- 
culate: main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, spreading, faint : length of blade 3 d 
to 6 in., breadth 135 to 2 in., petiole -25 to *5 in. Peduncles flat, much 
curved, glabrous. Flowers 1 in. in diam., fascicled, peduncle "5 to 
1'5 in, hoary-pubescent. Sepals small, obtuse, "2 in. long. Petals : the 
outer linear-oblong, obtuse, concave tho saccate base small and sub- 
orbicular, 1 to 125 in. long and "25 to *35 broad ; the inner smaller aud 
narrower and much curved. Ovaries 3 or 4 ovoid, glabrous. Ripe 
carpels sessile, elliptic-globose, maramillate, yellow, glabrous, when ripe 
2*5 in., long and 1*5 in. in diam. Seeds 2, plano-convex, testa stony. 
Malacca; Main gay. 
11. Artabotrys gracilis, n sp. King. A slender woody climber, 
60 to 80 feet long: young branches dark-coloured: all parts quito 
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