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8. m. nllaglrlca, Z^^. Plant Ind. t. 20; leaves oblong elliptic- or 



obovate-lar.ceolate acute at both ends or tip mucronate glabrous or pn- 



Higher mountains, alt. 5-6000 ft., of the Western Peninsula (var. 1) and of 



Ceylon (var. 2). ^ 



A tall tree, or shnil) at high elevations, young parts silky. Leaves 2-4 in. Flojcen 



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3-4 in. diara. ; buds 4-14 in., ovoid, pubescent. Perianth- segments obovate, inner 

 acute. Fruit 2-3 in. ; carpels sessile. — There is some coufusiun in the descriptions ot 

 the Ceylon and Nilghiri plants. Zenker describes J/, nuaairica as 1-ovnled; vVipw 

 (Ilhist.) repeats this, but (Icones) figures 2 ovules and describes 4. Wight further 

 describes (lllustr.) Jf. Walkeri as 2-ovuled, and ovalifolia as 3-ovuled, whilst under 

 g^auca he makes no mention of the ovules. His M, Pulneyensis is figured with yelioff 

 tiowers, and 4 ovules, and may be if. Cham^aca^ — The following varieties are possiblj 

 species : — f 



Var. 1, WiGHTii; a tree, leaves 3-5 by 14-2 in, elliptic green below, segments ot 

 perianth usually 12, ovules 4-5. — M. ovalifolia, Wight 111. i. 13. , 



Var. 2. Walkeri; leaves 2-3 by I-I4 in. oblong or obovate-oblong glaucous below, 

 Bognients of perianth usually 9, ovules 2, superposed. — Jf. Walkeri and 3L glaucOj 

 Wi-ht HI. i, 13, 14. 



7/ SCBXZANDXIA, Michaux. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers unisexual, ^^bite^ 



Jrellow or reddish, axillary, or in the axils of scales near the base of short 

 ateral leafy branches. Sepals and f^tals 9-12, imbricate in about 3 sene?. 

 $ StameTis 5-15 or more, in a spiral series, filaments very short, free or suD- 

 connate. often fleshv ; anthers free or subimmersed in a fleshv head of con- 

 fluent filaments, cells small, remote. ^ Ovaries many, densely imt^ricatea 

 stigma sessile ; ovides 2. Fruit a slender spike of globose indehiscent n^sby 

 1-seeded carpels. Seeds 1-2, suspended, albumen fleshy, testa crustaceousj 

 embryo minute.— Distkib. U. States, mountains of temperate and tropical 

 India and Java ; species about 6. 



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Filaments monadelphous helow^free c^ove. 



1. S. grrandlflora, H. / & T. ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolat< 

 minate distantly toothed, flowers 1 in. diam., fruit 6-9 in., carpels s 



Sphserostema erandiflorum, //./• 



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lusiiorm on a cyimanc nesny axis. 

 FL Ind, 84. Kadsura grandiflora, 

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Temperate Himalaya, fi 6m Simla to Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft, . 



A woody glabrous climber. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., rather fleshv, base acute, P^'^ 

 beneath; petiole 1-jA in, Flouers solitary, pinky-white, odorous; pedicel 1-2 i»- 

 Filaments cylindric above ; anthers ovoid, connective thickened, cells lateral or suo- 

 extrorbe, 



2. S. elongratdy //./ d: T. ; leaves ovate acute or acuminate minutely 

 cartilaginous-toothed, flowers i inV diam., fruit 2-3 in., carpels on a slender 

 axis. Sphajrostema elungatum, j5;?6?nfi Fl.Jav. Schiz. t. 5; //./. <0 T. £^' 

 Ind. 85. S. grandiflorum, Wall Cat 4983, ji inpart^ k G. ■ ' '''- '^"^ :^ 



Tempekate Himalaya, from Nipal to feikt:iin? aft. 5-6000 ft.: Khasia mii^"" 

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t A woody climber; branches slender. Leares^-Ahj Ij-g in., pale or gTaucotiS y.' 

 neath ; petiole J-1 in. Flowers fascicled or solitary, 4-^ in. diam,, "yellowish ; P^^ 







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