38" 
bracteoles at tlie base. Flowers 1 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate at the 
bfise, tapering rapidly upwards, acuminate, about '5 in. long, densely 
scriceous-tomentosc outside, sub-L*lobtous inside especially at the base. 
Petals thick, sub-equal, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, slightly contracted 
above the claw, softly adpressed-sericeous except on the glabrous con- 
cavity of the claw inside. Ovaries numerous. Ripe carpels obovoid, 
taperiDg much to the base, the apex mucronate, densely tawny-fcoinentose, 
sessile ; nearly 1 iu long. 
Perak \ Wray, King's Collector. 
Next to A. grandifalins, this has the largest leaves of any of the 
Asiatic species of the genus, but from that species it differs in having 
them pubescent beneath. Only a single flower has hitherto been col- 
lected. 
8. Drepaxantiius, Muingny MSS. 
Trees. Leaves large, pnbescont beneath. Racemes very short, 
fascicled on woody truncal tubercles. Sepals 3, nearly free. Petals 0, 
valvate, 2-seriate, subequal j bases concave, connivent ; limb erect or 
spreading, broad or narrow. Stamens muny, cuneate, truncate ; anthers 
linear, cells lateral ; connective very slightly produced. Ovaries 4-12 ; 
stigma sub-seesile ; ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate. Ri}->e carpels globose, 
several-seeded. Two species. 
This genus differs from Artabotrys in its members being trees, not 
climbers; and in having 4 or more ovules in its ovaries. Dr. Scheffor (Ann. 
Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, G) proposed to make it a section of Cyathocalyx. 
Petals of both rows with more or less ovate limb 1. D. frunifems, 
,, „ with narrowly cvlindric limb 2. D. ram nli flams, 
h Drepananthcs pruniperus, Maing. in Hook, fib Fl. Br. Ind. I, 56. 
A tree 40 to 50 feet high ; branches stout, rufous-pubescent at first, 
finally glabrescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute 
or obtuse, the base rounded or sub-cordate, often unequal ; upper sur- 
face glabrous, except the depressed tomentose midrib and main nerves ; 
lower surface shortly rufous-pubescent when young, glabrescenfc when 
adult; muin nerves 14 to 16 pairs, prominent beneath ; intermediate 
nerves stout, parallel, oblique ; length 7*5 to 14 in., breadth 3 to 6*5 
in. ; petiole "5 to 1*5 in. stout, channelled. Racemes 6- to 8-flowered, 
crowded ; flowers "75 in. long, their pedicels rufous- tomentose, *5 to "75 
in. long, each with a largo oblanceolato bract. Sepals and petals subequal, 
very coriaceous, densely covered (except the inside of the claws of the 
petals) with a layer of minuto whitish (omentum j sepals united by 
their base, ovatc-obloug, spreading; petals of outer row broadly ovate, 
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