3 8 vi. anonace^. [■ Drepananthus . 
(2) D. ramuliflorus Maing. in F.B.I. l.c. 56; King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 39; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 49, pi 66. 
A tree resembling D. pruniferus , but bigger. Flowers -4 to -5 in. 
long, white crowded in very short fascicles on tubercles on the 
branches below the leaves; pedicels *3 in. long. Sepals triangular 
acuminate tomentose. Petals, both rows similar, claw concave 
connivent tomentose, limbs fleshy, narrow sub-cylindric curved, 
connivent or spreading, pubescent. Pistils 5, oblong. Carpels 
globose tomentose or oblong, *75 in. through. Seeds about 7, 
ovoid, plano-convex, flattened, chestnut colour, -50 in. long, *3 in. 
wide. Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca, not rare here, 
about Ayer Panas and Sungei Hudang. Native name: Antoi 
putih. 
(3) D. carinatus Ridl. 
Tree, softly hairy. Leaves sub-coriaceous ovate or oblong acute, 
base round, above smooth, beneath glaucescent and glabrous, shortly 
thickly hairy; nerves 10 pairs, 6 in. long, 275 in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long. Flowers solitary on branches; peduncle short thick 
hairy -25 in. long with a large round convolute bract. Sepals 
broad, almost reniform, *12 in. long, *25 in. wide, hairy. Petals 
oblong-linear blunt, keeled on back, pubescent constricted above 
the silky claw; 75 in. long, -12 in. wide. Stamens short oblong; 
appendages small. Ovaries 5, hairy ; stigmas longer than stamens. 
Fruit very young, small, silky. Hab. Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Fox- 
worthy). Native name : Malak. 
10 . ARTABOTRYS, R.Br. 
Sarmentose or climbing shrubs, seldom very stout. Leaves 
coriaceous usually small, dark green shining. Flowers solitary or 
more often fascicled on flattened, woody, recurved peduncles by 
which the plant climbs. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6 in 2 senes, 
white or yellowish rarely green or pink, bases concave, connivent; 
limb lanceolate or sub-terete, generally narrow. Stamens oblong 
or euneate, appendages short or long; anther-cells dorsal. Pistils 
few or many; style oblong or columnar. Ovules 2, erect. Carpels 
baccate. Species 40, tropical Africa and East Asia. Easily 
recognized by the peculiar flattened hooked branches by which 
the plants climb. 
i. Platypetala. Petals broad, flat, lanceolate. 
Flower under 1 in. long. 
Petals very fleshy, elliptic, blunt; leaves thin, 
8 to 14 in. long . 
Petals coriaceous lanceolate-acuminate; leaves 
thick, 2 in. long . 
Petals elliptic, blunt; leaves thin, lanceolate, 
caudate 
Flowers 1 in. long. 
Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, 3 to 6 in. long 
(1) A. grandifolius 
(2) A. Scortecbinii 
(3) A. pleurocarpus 
(4) A. venustus 
