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for tufts of tawny hairs in the axils of the main-nerves beneath ; 3 to 
7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib very slender, raised beneath ; main- 
nerves about 7 pairs, curving upwards to and along the margin where 
they are obscurely connected in an intramarginal looped nerve, usually 
slightly impressed above and raised beneath ; secondary nerves and 
reticulations obscure; petiole -3 to -5 in., slender, twisted. Flowers 
cream-coloured, in terminal, about 15-20-flowered corymbose cymes 
2 to 3 in. long ; peduncle 1 to 1-5 in. long, branches at right angles to 
rachis in fruit, -7 to 1 in. long ; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, -5 in. long ; 
bracteoles linear- subulate, -2 to -3 in. long ; pedicels slender in flower, 
clavately-thickened in fruit and then -3 to -5 in. long. Calyx-tube very 
short ; lobes 5, linear-subulate, spreading, curved, -25 in. long, glabrous 
or slightly pilose. Corolla-tube slender, -75 in. long, slightly enlarged 
above ; lobes 8 to 9, narrow, -3 to -4 in. long. Stamens included in the 
corolla-tube ; filaments short ; anthers oblong, long-mucronate. Ovary 
cylindric, depressed; style slender; stigma slightly clavate. Fruit didy- 
mous ; carpels ovoid-globose, greenish-white, -25 to '5 in. long, exocarp 
thin shining, endocarp fibrous. Seed 1, testa very thin, membranous ; 
cotyledons plano-convex, thick. 
Perak : Wray 2297, 2905, 3147 ; King’s Collector 1838, 2484. 
Var. hispida, King & Gamble. Upper branchlets and inflorescence 
including calyx sparsely hispid, also midrib and main-nerves of leaves 
beneath ; under-surface of leaves often pubescent ; main-nerves up to 
10 pairs. 
Perak : King’s Collector 5893, on limestone hills. Selangor : 
Curtis 3774. 
Var. axillaris, King & Gamble. Leaves rather small, sparsely 
pubescent, especially on the midrib and main-nerves ; inflorescence 
axillary, few-flowered (5 to 7), calyx hispid ; fruit large, up to '5 in. in 
diam. 
Perak: on Maxwell’s Hill, 3,000 feet — a slender climber, Scorte- 
chini 273. 
5. Jasminum Curtisii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A climbing shrub (?) ; 
branchlets slender, terete, minutely rusty -pubescent. Leaves mem- 
branous ; ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate at apex, rounded at base ; 
glabrous on both surfaces except for pubescence on the nerves above 
and tufts of hair in the axils of the main-nerves beneath ; 3 to 5 m. 
long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves 5 to 6 pairs, distant, 
curving upwards and joining in a looped nerve '1 to '2 in. from the 
margin, raised and prominent on both surfaces ; secondary nerves and 
reticulations few, irregular ; petiole "4 in. long, pubescent, twisted, 
articulate in the middle, the bases of each pair connected by a faint 
