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BiRMA, at Genangtuen and Selainmew, Wallieh, 



tJiRMA, at uenangauen ana oeiammew, vruuicfi, i v 3 i • Iiosa 



Shrubby, branches spreading, tonientum appressed. Leaves IJ-U ^y.fr/ ^"*' ^rr 

 Lxnded or subcordate; midrib with 2 oblique veins from about the middle; petioie 



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rounded ur duu\.uiu«ic, hjivahu ".m * ^.^^w.^^.. ,v-...^ - — - - 



^ in., pubescent. -Fruii 1 in., subglobose, tomentose, many-seeded ; stalk as long. 



31. C. g^lauca, Wall Gat 7005 ; branches hoary-pubescent, thorns re- 

 carved, leaves glabrous narrow obovate-oblong obtuse or retuse penni- 

 nerved. 



BiRMA, common near Pagodas at Pegamew, Wallich, 



A shrub; branches rigid, spreading. Leaves IJ-lf ~j iy o -- . „. ^ 



to the acute base, pale and glaucous beneath ; petiole \ in., pubescent, ^^'^^''^t/ 

 bably umbelled, on stout axillary peduncles about \ in. long. Fruit pisiform, glaDrous, 

 1-2-seeded ; stalk \ in. ; gynophore very short. 



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C. VARIABILIS, Wall. Cat. 7004, without flower or fruit, is indeterminable and not s 



CajYparis, 

 C. MOLLiuscuLA, Wall. Cat. 7006, is a Cansjera. '--"'' .l 



An undescribed Sikkim species allied to C. floribuvda, is figured amongst lu 

 fcathcart drawings (in Kew Library), with flowers 14 in. diam., many stamens, ana 

 longer gynophore. * . .^ 



8. 



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Large unarmed woody climbers, branches spotted white. Leaves si^P ' 

 Flowers yellow, racemed or panicled. Cali/x 6-partite, segments 2-sena , 

 tips a little imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens indefinite, inserted ^^J®^": 

 base of the short cylindric gynophore, Ovarv ovoid, 3-celled from t"^.P ,. 

 longation of the placentas; styles 3, subulate, stigmas ^^ . ^ ^^"'^l^dv 

 ovules many, 2-seriate in the angles of the cells. Fruit fleshy, with ^"^^^ 

 3-valved 1-celled endocarp, 1-seeded. iieed erect, cotyledons ^^^^'^^ 

 equal, longitudinally folded, the larger embracing the smaller - 

 Species 3, tropical Asiatic. 



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1. a. suaveolens, Boxb. Cor. PL iil t. 289 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 6^3; lea^J 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or abruptly acuminate, endocarp ql J. 

 smooth. Wall Cat. 4200 ; Grif. Notid. iv. 578, 



Tropical forests of Sikktm, H.f., and Bhotan Griffith; Khasia mLLS, I^^^^^\^^. 



Branches glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves ^-12 by 2-5 in., S'^ i"^' Hq^f, 

 ceous, bright green above, pale below ; petiole |-1 in. Floioers % in. diam., pale J ^^i 

 sweet-scented, in long simple axillary or panicled terminal racemes ; buds ^??^®"^^^#^ 

 bracts small, subulate, eaualling the short pedicels. Drupe H i^-' ^ ' 

 orange-coloured ; pulp yellow ; stalk short stout. j ;■ 



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carp of fruit triquetrous muricate with long soft prickles. 



Rangoon, McClelland. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by 1\-2l in., thickly coriaceous; petiole i'/^^jjort, 

 cenhs in terminal panicles; flowers unknown. Drupe 2 in., oblong, scurfy; ^^^^^ ,- 

 stout. -^ 



K. PARviFLORA, Griff. Notul. iv. 578 ; Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 606 f. 6, belongs to fiZja 



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Herbs, rarely shrubs, 

 minute and glanduj 



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