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[Artaboirys. 
blunt. Petals sub-equal flat elliptic-oblong blunt pubescent, outer 
row i to i -35 in. long; inner smaller. Pistils many. Carpels 
broadly elliptic, mammillate narrowed to a short, stout stalk, 
■75 in. long. Seeds 2. Hab. Forests. Rare. Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak (Scortechini). 
(4) A. venustus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 32; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 41, pi. 50. 
A big liane 30 to 80 ft. long; young parts at first puberulous. 
Leaves coriaceous glabrous shining elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 
shortly acuminate, base rounded; nerves 7 to 10 pairs inarching 
•1 to -2 in. from edge; 3-5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
*2 to -25 in. long. Peduncles extra-axillary, rather slender in 
flower, thicker in fruit, tomentose, with 3 or 4 flowers; 75 in. to 
1 in. long; pedicels slender, -5 to -i in. long. Sepals broadly 
triangular sub-acute green with red hair outside, glabrous inside, 
•15 in. long. Petals tomentose outside, outer 3 ovate-lanceolate, 
sub-acute, inner 3 shorter, narrower, all pale yellow. Anthers 
short, appendages orbicular flat green. Pistils 10, oblong green. 
Carpels about 6, obovoid narrow at the base sessile, 2 in. long, 
green ribbed. Seeds 2, plano-convex, flesh colour, about 1 in. long 
and -6 in. wide. Hab. In hill forests. Perak; Thaiping Hills at 
1000 ft. to 1500 ft. altitude; Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Siam. 
(5) A. Wrayi King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 37; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 48, pi. 64. 
A big climber; young branches rufous-tomentose. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous large oblong-elliptic or elliptic shortly acuminate, base 
rounded, boldly reticulate, sub-bullate beneath, softly pubescent; 
nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inarching within the edges; 8 to 12 in., 
275 to 5 in. wide; petioles *35 in. long, stout tomentose to glabres- 
cent. Peduncles short, sometimes straight when young and curving 
in fruit, glabrous, pedicels 1 in. long, tomentose. Flowers 1 in. 
long. Sepals broadly ovate acuminate, *5 in. long, silky% tomentose 
outside, glabrous within. Petals sub-equal, ovate-oblong sub¬ 
acute contracted above the claw, silk}' except inside of the claw. 
Pistils numerous. Carpels obovoid tapering to base, tip mucronate, 
sessile densely tomentose, nearly 1 in. long. Hab. Low country; 
Singapore, Garden Jungle and roadsides near Tanglin. Perak, 
Waterfall, Thaiping. 
Remarkable for its large leaves. 
(6) A. crassifolius Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 54; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 33; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 42, pi. 51. 
A big climber; young branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves very 
coriaceous elliptic to oblong blunt or shortly mucronate, base 
acute or rounded, above glabrous, beneath pubescent, becoming 
glabrous; nerves 9 to 10 pairs, 6 to 6-5 in. long, 1*75 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles -3 to -4 in. long, stout. Peduncles stout flat much 
