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rufous-tomentose, bearing two bracts, one small, the other large, cbo- 
vate, ribbed. Sepals free, nearly half as long as the outer petals, ellip- 
tic, sub-acute ; the edges undulate, rufous- torn en tose on both surfaces. 
Petals thick, lanceolate, caudate -acuminate, the midrib prominent, the 
base concave, both rows glabrous inside, the outer about 1 to 1*25 in, 
long, tomentose outside j the inner about "5 in* shorter, connate into a 
narrow, acute cone, puberulous outside. Ovaries l-ovuled. Ripe carpels 
elliptic, apiculate, pubescent, '35 in. long: stalks '2 in., pubescent. 
This closely resembles OxyTrvitta mneiformiSi Miq. of which Blumo 
(under tbe name of Polyaltkia cunciformis) gives an excellent description 
and three admirable figures (Fl. Javae Anon. 75 t. 35, 3*6D. and 37. But 
in Blume'e plant the flowers are much larger, the petals are falcate, 
while the sepals are much smaller and have caudate apices : the pedi- 
cels too aro much longer and have smaller bracteoies. 
Perak : Ulu Bubong at elevations of 500 to 1,000 feet, King's Col- 
lector, Wo. 10604. Singapore : -Ridley. Penang; Curtis. 
4, Oxymitra BJGLANDCLOSA, Scheffer in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned, Ind. 
XXXI, 841. A creeper 50 to 100 feet long ; young branches minutely 
rufous -sericeous, afterwards dark-coloured and glabrous. Leaves coria- 
ceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, the edges 
slightly recurved when dry, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; 
upper surface glabrous, the midrib puberulous; the lower paler, sub- 
glaucous, puberulous or glabreBcent ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, ascend- 
ing, prominent beneath ; length 3*5 to 7*5 in., breadth 2 to 35 in., 
petiole 2 to '4 in. Flowers shortly pedtcelled, solitary, extra-axillary, 
1 to 1*15 in. long : pedicels *4 in. long (elongating in fruit) angled, 
Blender, with 1 subulate bracteole. Sepals fleshy, ovate, much acumi- 
nate, spreading or reflexed, ad pressed, rusty-puberulous. Petals fleshy, 
yellow, very unequal : the outer lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, expanded 
and concave in the lower third, rust)' adpresscd-pubescont ; the midrib 
prominent, sub-glubrous inside ; the inner only as large as the sepals, 
with broad bases (cleft in the middle) and long acuminate points. Ripe 
carpels obloug-ovoid, blunt at each end or slightly apiculate at the apex, 
yellow when ripe, puberulous or glabrous, 75 in. long: stalks '5 in. 
Polyaltkia biglanduhsa, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. ind. I, 65, Guatteria big- 
landulosa, Blume Fl. Javae Anon. 102, t 51 j Miq. PL Ind. Bat. I, 
Pt. 2, p. 48; Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 143. 
Malacca; Griffith, Haingay, (Kew Distrib.) No. 49. Selangor ; 
Ridley. Perak, King's Collector. DiBtrib. : Malayan Archipelago. 
The structure of the flowers of this species appears to me to be 
that of an Oxymitra rather than of a Polyaltkia or Quatteria, and there- 
fore I have transferred it to this genus. 
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