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midrib and nerves 12 to 14 pairs, above pubescent, beneath tomen¬ 
tose, secondary nerves prominent also; 4-5 to 7*5 in. long, 1*4 to 
2-5 in. wide; petioles *2 to -25 in. long, tomentose. Flowers very 
long and narrow yellow, 175 to 2‘5 in. long, solitary on extra- 
axillary peduncles, 3 to 4 in. long, pubescent. Sepals '25 in. long, 
ovate acute pubescent. Petals, outer ones fleshy narrow trique¬ 
trous, base concave; inner ones glabrous, one-fifth length of the 
outer ones, lanceolate caudate-acuminate. Stamens numerous. 
Ovaries i-ovuled. Carpels numerous, brownish green, ovate- 
cylindric, pubescent, *5 in. long, ‘25 in. wide; stalks *3 in. long. 
Hab. Forests. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping and Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler). 
(4) O. calycina King , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 99; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 125, pi. 168. 
Branchlets tomentose. Leaves large, much resembling those of 
O. latifolia Hook, fil., but more pubescent beneath and more 
distinctly obovate retuse. Flowers solitary, short pedicelled, very 
tomentose. Sepals green, ovate-elliptic acute, *6 in. long, -5 in. 
wide at the base. Petals, outer ones thick lanceolate caudate- 
acuminate, concave at base, 1 to i'25 in. long, tomentose outside; 
inner ones about 5 in. shorter, connate into an acute cone, puberulous 
outside. Stamens with smaller appendages than in 0 . latifolia. 
Carpels elliptic pubescent, *35 in. long; stalks '2 in. long, pubescent. 
Hab. Forests in mountains. Perak, Thaiping Hills and Ulu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Penang, near the Experimental Nursery, at 2000 ft. 
altitude (Curtis). 
(5) O. latifolia Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. 145, Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 70; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 126, pi, i66b. 
Climber 20 to 60 ft. long. Leaves thickly membranous oblong 
ovate, often slightly obovate obtuse, truncate or retuse, base retuse 
or cordate, above glabrous except tomentose midrib, beneath glaucous 
(young leaves plum-colour) softly puberulous; midrib and nerves 
pubescent, nerves 10 to 12 pairs, elevate beneath; 7 to 12 in. long, 
3 to 6 in. wide; petioles ‘25 to '45 in. long, red tomentose. Flowers 
solitary, on pedicels *25 in. long. Sepals rounded gibbous small, 
green with short red hairs. Petals outer ones creamy white, fleshy 
triangular blunt, red-hairy at base, 1 in. long, -5 in. wide at base; 
inner ones shorter, ‘9 in. long, cream colour, excavate at base, 
tip fleshy. Stamens white in 5 rows, anthers oblong, appendages 
recurved. Ovaries 5 rows, brown hairy; stigma thick, recurved. 
Carpels cylindric-ovoid, narrowed at base, puberulous or not, 
yellow orange, *5 to 75 in. long, *3 to ‘4 in. through; stalk as 
long. Seed 1. Hab. Borders of forests. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Selitar, etc. Malacca, Selangor, Perak, Goping (Kunstler); 
Tapah; Relau Tujor (Wray). Penang (Phillips). Kedah, Yan. 
Lankawi (Curtis). 
(6) O. biglandulosa Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. I?id. xxxi. 
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