38 AN'NALS OF THE ROYAL BOT-OIO GARDEN, CALClirrA.
Pr-ATE 44. Cyathocalys virgatus, Kinrj. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ilowor; 3, uni-ipe
carpels; 4, ripe carpel; 5, sectiou of tlio same; 6, flower dissected; 7 & S, seeds;
9, the same iu sectiou—£>/ natural size; 10, anther; 11, section of ov&ij—enlctrffod.
4. CYATUOCALYS LIAINGAYI, liook. fil. ^ Thonts. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 53. A tree 50
or 60 feet high; young branches rather stout, puberulous, si>eedily glabrous and darkcoloui
ed. Leaves elliptic to oblong, thinly coriaceous, slightly obovate, shortly caudateacuminate,
the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; upper surface shining, quite glabrous;
the lower puberulous when young, ultimately glabrous ; the main nerves 13 to 15 paii-s,
bold and prominent, spreading, inter-arching near the edge; length 5-8 to 8-8 in., breadth
2-75 to 3-75 iu.; petiole -3 in. Flowers 2 to 3 in. in diam., solitary or in short 2- to 3-
flowered racemes, axillary or extra-asillary; pedicels '5 to •75 in. long with a large
stem-clasping bracteole neftr the apes. Sepals spreading or sub-reflexed, ovate, sub-acute,
slightly connate at the base, puberulous on both surfaces, '4 in. long. Petals thinly
coriaceous, sub-equal, puberulous, obovate or broadly obovate-lanceolate, blunt, the base
with a short claw, pale greenish with a blotch of reddish-yellow at the base, all (but
especially the kmer row) more or less convex; the inner row slightly concave and
glabrous at the base mside. Stamens numerous, cuneate, short; the connective produced
into a broad, flat, orbicular, oblique expansion which overhangs the dorsal linear anthers.
Ovaries 3 to 5, narrowly ovoid, pubescent; ovules about 10, in two rows; style short,
lateral; stigma large, lobed, villous. liipe carpels 1 or 2, globular, 1-5 to 1-75 in. in
diam., slightly tubercular when diy and minutely pubescent. Seeds 10, in two rows,
elongated, compressed. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 29.
Malacca,—IL/ai«<7B?/ (-Kew Distrib.) No. 94. Singapore,-~i2¿T?&¿/. Perak, —ÍTÍH^'Í
Collector. Pcnang,—Curtis.
This specics is doubtfally referred to Oi/athocahjz by its authors, and chiefly on the
groiuid that the petals, although valvate at the base, are slightly hnbricate above. An
examination of the large number of spechnens sent from Pemk by the Calcutta Botanic
Garden Collector enables me to state that in bud the petals are truly valvate, but that as
they develope they imdoubtedly overlap. The anthers, ovaries and ripe ñ'uit appear to
me to be those of Cyathocalyx ; and, in habit, as well as in the genei-al appeai-anco of its
leaves, this plant agrees with the other specií» of this genus. In addition to the specics
above' described there are, in the Calcutta Herbarium, fruiting specmiens from Perak of
a small tree which is apparently a fom-th species of Ctjathocalyx. The leaves of tliis
are oblong-lauceolate to oblong-ovate, 8- to 10-nerved, glabrous above and puberalous
beneath; and the ripe carpels are in jmirs, ovoid, puberalous, about 1-5 m. long. None
of the speciniens has any tmce of flower.
PLATE 45. Cyathocalyx Maingayi, H. f . ^ Tk 1, Flowering bmnch; 2, flower,
dissected; 3, ripe carpels; 4, section of ripe carpel showmg one of the rows of seeds
—of natural size; 5, antliers; 6, oYaxias—enlarged.
8. Artabotrys, E.
Sannentose or scandent shmbs. Leaves shining. Flowers solitary or fascicled,
generally on woody, visually hooked, recurved branches (peduncles). Sepals 3, valvate.
Pela's 6, 2-seriate, bases concave and connivent; limb spreading, flat, sub-terete or clavate.
A N O K A C E I E OF B R I T I S H INDIA.
tern obloBg or cuneate; connective tmncate or prodncei; anther-eelk dorsal T»™
flat or convex. Omrm lew or many; style oblong or columnar; ovules 2, erect
collateml. Mye ealfeb berried. Distrib.-Tropical Airiea and Eastern Asm ; descnbcd
species about 32. , ^ ^ i i rn
This genus is at once distinguished by the curiously hooked flower-pcduncles. i.iie
petals are thick and mostly narrow, concave and closely connivent at the base, while
the Ihnb is spreading. The habit of most of the species is scandent. Besides those
described below, there are, in the Calcutta Herbarium, imperfect materials of five
undescribed species from Perak, and of one from the Andaman Islands.
Petals lancooJate to ©lliptio.
Flowers less than 1 in- long.
Petals very fleshy, broadly eUiptic, blunt I- grandifoiiti.
Petals eoria«eouB, oblong-oblanceolate, blunt 2. A. Kursit.
Petals eoiiaceous, broadly lanceolate, acuminato . . . . Z. A. Scortechinii.
Plo-wers about 1 in. long.
Petals slightly fleshy, all elliptic-oblong, obtus« . . • . 4. pletirocarpus.
Petals wriaeeous, the outer ovate-lanceolato, the inner lanceolate
or linear
Flowers more than 1 in. long.
Leaves elliptic to oblong, obtuse, or shortly and bluntly mucronate,
coriaceous
Leaves oblong, acuminate, coriaceous
Leaves broadly lanceolate or oblauceolate, sub-acute or obtusely
acuminate; carpels harshly tomentose, rugulose
6. A. crassifoltus.
8. A. Zeylaniciis.
ig-lanceolate.
Leaves shortly caudate-acurainate; flower nearly 2 in. long
Leaves shortly acuminate; flower 1-25 to l'ñ in. long ; carp«ls
obovcid
Leaves shortly acuminate; flower 1'5 to 1-75 in. long; ripe
carpels narrowly elliptic, tapering to both ends, glabrous
Limb of petals linear, sub-triquetrous, cyUndric or sub-clavate.
Petals thickly coriaceous, lineaa-, blunt, adpressed-pubeseent .
Petals linear-oblong, obtuse (glabrous?) . . . .
Petals narrowly linear, tomentose
Petals fleshy, the outer 3 flattened, the inner 3 obtusely triquetrous
Petals fleshy, the limb cylindric to clávate . . . .
Petals fleshy, the limb subulate, sub-triquetrous .
9. A. Loicimus.
10. A. odoratmimus.
11. A. oxijcarpus.
Imperfectly known species
12. A. spcciostcs.
13. A. Maingayi.
14. A. caiidahis.
15. A. gracilis.
16. A., smteolens.
17. A. burtnanictis.
Í18. A. coiiatus.
\ 19. A. fFra¡/í.
1. AETABOTEYS GRANDIFOLIUS, Kivg in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 61, pt. 2, 31. A
powerful creeper 60 to SO feet long; young branches stout, pale, striate, glabrous.
Leaves thinly coriaccous, large, minutely pellucid-punctate, pale yellowish-green when
dry, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-obovate; the apes broad, obtuse or abruptly sulj-acute;
the'base cuneate; both surfaces glabrous, distinctly reticulate; the upper shinnig, the