46 A^-NALS OP THE BOYAL BOTANIC GAUDEil. CALCUTTA.
Pi-ATE 59. Artabotrys caudatus, Wall. 1, Flowering branch—o/ natural size; 2,
calyx and andro-gyncecium; 3, petal; 4 & 5, stamens, front and back view; 6, pistil;
7, section of Qyi\.ry—enlarged. {The drawings of the flotver and its parts were made hj
Miss Smith from WallicKs specimen—Cat. No. 6417.)
15. AKTABOTKYS GKACILIS, King in Journ. .¡4s. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 35. A slender
-woody climber, 60 to 80 feet long; young branches dark-coloured; all parts except the
petals quite glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaccous, ovate-laucookto, shortly acuminate, the
base cuneate; both surfaces glabrous and shining, the upper when dry tinged with green;
main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, inter-arching inside the edge, very faint on both
surfaces, reticulations rather d i s t i n c t ; length of blade 2'5 to 3 in., breadth 1 to l"7o in.;
petiole '15 to '2 in. Pedunelns extra-axillary, short, much hooked, glabrous, usually
4- to 6-flowered; pedicels '35 in. long, thickened upwards, ebracteolate, glabrous; flower
•3 to '4 in. long. Sepals veiy coriaceous, semi-orbicular, slightly pointed at the apex,
veay little conjoined at the base, concave, spreading. Petals fleshy, sub-equal, curved,
spreading, densely tomentose, the outer 3 flattened; the inner obtusely 3-angled, tumid at
t h e base, smaller than the 3 outer. Anthers with broad apical connectival processes.
Ovaries 3 or 4, oblong, "with large discoid lobed stigmas. Tonts villous. Ripe carpels 3
or 4, sessile, obovoid, with several vertical ridges; the base contracted, glabrous, '8 in.
long and -7 in. in diam. Seeds 2, compressed-ovoid, obtuse at each end, sliining.
T e r a k : at low e l e v a t i o n s , — J T ^ ' s Collector Nos. 3746, 4987 and 7543.
Allied to A. suaueolens^ BL; but with differently shaped petals, pistils, and carpels.
PLATE 60. Artabotiys gracilis, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, unripe f n i i t ; 3, ripe
carpel; 4, seed^; flower, dissected—o/" natural size; 6, flower without the petals;
7, anthers; 8, ovaries and toms—enlarged.
16. AUTABOTKYS SUAVEOLEHS, Blume Fl. Javce Anon. 62, t. 30, 31/). A climber 20
to 30 feet long; the petals always tomentose, the other parts mostly glabrous, but sometimes
the young branches, peduncles, and xinder-surfacos of the midribs of the leaves
adpressed-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute
or shortly acuminate, the base acute; both sm-faces shining, the reticulations rather
distinct; the upper often deeply tinged with green when dry. Peduncles extra-axillary,
t h in at first, but becoming stout and flat with age, glabrous or puberulous, beaiing from
5 to 15 flowers; pedicels -3 to 4-5 in. long, thickened upwards, sparsely adpressed-pubescent,
with a small narrowly ovate bmct at the base. Flowers about -4 in. long. Sepals
bi'oadly ovate; the apex pointed, thinly coriaceous, sparsely adpressed-pubescent extei-nolly,
very slightly conjoined at the base, spreading, -1 in. long. Petals fleshy, adpressedtomentose,
dilated and thin at the base; the limb cylindiic to clavate, sub-erect, slightly
spreading, sometimes with the apex incurved. Anthers short, with a very broad,
oblique, flattened, apical appendage from the connective. Torus slightly pubescent.
Ovaries broadly ovoid, sub-compressed; the stigma small. Ripe carpels few, ellipsoid; the
apex blunt; the base slightly contracted, smooth, glabrous, -4 to '5 in. long and -25 in. in
d i a m . ; pericarp thin, fleshy. single, ellipsoid, blunt at each end; the testa granular.
Wall Cat. 6416; K. f 8r T. Fl. Ind. 129; Hook, fil FL Br. Ind. i. 5 5 ; Miq. Fl.
Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 39 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 43 ; Eurz For. Fl. Barm. i. 33; King in
ANOiJACEiE OF BUITISH I^'DIA.
S « . 61, 3, pavvlflo,., Mi,. Fl. M . But. Su„.
.educed to a variety o£ this species (Ann. M„. hat. u 38)
61 Artabotrys suaveolen,, Blu,n,. 1, Flcvormg branch • 2, r,pe f i u . t,
4 ! flower; 5, the same dissectod; 6, a n t h e r s - » / » , - , . ..
17 AETABOIBVS BUMAmens, A. DO. 36. A large climber; young parts
17. AETABOT , ^T, slender, glabrous except in the youngest stage,
densely ™ abruptly and shortly aouonnate, the base sub-acute
X « » « (when young) the pubescent midrib;
u n d e i - s u r t a c e s o i t i y 1 , „¡¡.brescont ; main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, sproadmg,
reticmatLns minute, distmct on both surfaces; len,Hh
S blad 3-f to 6-5 in., breadth 1-35 to 2 i n . ; petiole -2 in. almost opposite the
L a v t rather short, flattened, hooked and often 2.cleft at the ape., usually l.fiowered,
nubescont l l m u , about 1 in, long. Prf»& n a n w l y Hnoar, shghtly expanded concave
L T n i v e n t at the base. AntUr, with broad, flat, ^ P - '
pubcscont, with conical glabrous stigma. M t unknown, f ; / • / / • "
l l . Ft. isr. lud. i. 55; Mn. Fl. Ind. Bat. I f t . 2, 39; Wall. Cat. 6428; Kur, For. FL
Bum. i. 32.—Ropalopetalum uniflorum, Grif. Not. iv. 717. , . „ .
Burmah; f r om Ava to Tenasserim and M e r g a i , - » i i f f d , GriJTdh, Froudhct. Mampur,
Oalcutta Bat. Gard. Collector.
PLATE 62. Ar-tabotrys bui-manicus, DC. 1, Flowering b r a n c h - . / natural ;
2, flower, dissected; 3 & 4, anthers; 5, pistil - «/«lyeA
18 AETABOrsYS OOSTAins, Ki,g in Journ. jU. Soo. Bengal 61, f t . 2, 37. A climber
f r om 15 to 80 icet long; young branches slender, daa-k-coloured, scantily tawny-puberulous
when young, afterwards glabrous. Leave, thinly coriaceous, eUiptio-oblong, slightly
oblanceolato, abruptly and shortly acuminate, the base cuncafe; upper surface shining,
Clabroas, except the lower part of the midiib which is tomentose; lower surlacc paler,
l u l l spai-sely puberulous towai-ds the base when young, afterwards glabrous; mam
nci-vos 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, forming one scries of very bold arches -3 m. from
t h e margin, with a series of smaller archcs outside it, very stout and promment on
t h e lower, slightly so on the upper, surfaco, reticulations distinct on both; length of
blade 7 to 9 in., breadth 2-0 to 3-25 in.; petiole -2 in. Fednnclei rather small, much
hooked. Flcmers unknown. Car-peh 2 to 5, sessile, ellipsoid, blunt at each end, about
1 in. long and "6 in. in diam. (unripe), glabrous; pericarp thin. Seeds 2, elliptic.
P e r a k ; on Ulu Bubong at elevations of from 500 to 800 feet, Kmj's Collector
Nos, 4291 and 10184.
I have ventured to describe this, although its flowers are unknown, and the only
f r u i t collected is unripe. By its oblong eostate leaves it differs from every other
described Artaboti-ys, except A. macrophjlliis, mihi.
PLATE 63. Artabotrys costatus. King. 1, Branch with f r u i t — . / natural size.