y. 



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free Hnear-oblong, thick, imbricate. Stamens 8 or 10, inserted around a 

 cupular annular or elevated disk ; filaments equal or not, linear-subulate, 

 ^^/*^ <=H"^^*6 J anther linear or linear-oblong. Ovar^ 2-4-celled ; style 

 sout, deciduous, stigma capitate ; ovules 2 superposed in each cell. Jierrv 

 2l "f'^'^^^' with a thick rind, 2-3-seeded. Seeds large, ovoid, testa 

 uemoranous,^ nerved; cotyledons equal, oblong, fleshy.— Distkib. About 



species tropical Asiatic. 



ell nf" ?f *"<*e*is» ^am. in Wall. Cat. 6382 ; leaflets 5-12 in. oblong 

 Dii f- CI °^ or lanceolate or oblanceolate tip rounded acute or acu- 

 J""at;e tilaments more or less cuneate. Wig Ju III. i. 108; Oliv. in Joicm. 



hi\%' '^' ^^^P^'- "• ^3 i ^'^^- ^^' ^- ^522. Limonia scandens, Koxh. Fl. 



k%i^ ^^^'<^AL, Assam, the Khasia Mts., Birma, and Malacca, 



curveil^*^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ annual glabrous shrub, with woodj flexuous branches, and re- 

 'iric- 1^^^^®* Leaves very variable, thickly coriaceous ; petiole 2-5 in., stout, cvlin- 

 ^8ab '^'^^ smooth, Rliortly petioled, nerves very faint, spreading. Cymes panicled 

 ^^arra'^^^^T-^^' ^bort, shortly peduncled, few-flowered. Flowers about fin. diam., very 

 flSiv^ * ^^^te. Calyx with the margin truncate and lobed more or less. PttaU 4, 

 Op J' J^^'^'ed. Stamens with the filaments sometimes united almost to the top. 

 ^'qj ^ "^celled. Berry oblong, size of a pigeon's ^gg, yellowish, obscurely 3-lobed, 

 tliefruV^ f ^'^ resinous-odoriferous. Seeds 1-3, ovoid, pointed. — The description of 

 ^veath ^ 1?"^ ^^oxburgh. Malacca specimens have much broader and more obtuse 

 ^TB th t k* '^^^^^^ ^»d Assam ones. Beddome {Flor, Sylv. Anal, Gen. xlvii. in note) 

 Pj^id^ u ' ^® ^^'^ ^^ ^^^ following, is abundant in the Western side of the Madras 



*^^V„"?^*' 1 have seen no specimens from thence. 



U ;?■ .^?.«^tlierandra, Dalz. in Hook 



Olip ' ^yiptic or obovate abruptly obtusely acuminate, tilaments free. 

 L. Talf- *^^^^^'»- Linn. Soc. v. SnppL ii. 44 • Dalz. d: Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 30. 

 ihaJP^v^' L^^dL in Wall. Cat. 6383. L. scandens and eleutherandra, 

 ^ ^^ -fiwm. 47, 48, 406. ? Triphasia sarmentosa, Blume Btjd. i. 132, 



2^^^^^ Peninsula, in forests from the Concan southwards; Ceylon, alt. 3-5000 ft., 

 PerlioJ^ V ^1'avoy, Gomez. — Distrib. Java. 



:rhap8 



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sai'mentosa 



*gertlian 





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trect 



^"foliolat*^^+u^^°^^^"o shrubs, unarmed or with axillary spines. Leaves 

 ^&jft>r. !'., ® j'"nt often obscure, quite entire, subcoriaceous, persistent. 



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cui)ular or 



solitary or 2 obliquely super- 



*Hate H M ^^^^q^ii^l ; anther linear-oblong. Ovary 3-5-celled ; style 

 Kksed V^^^^duous; ovules in each cell soliti 



rind thioW^^ o^^^*^ ^^ subglobose, often contracted at tne oase, i-i>-seeaea, 

 cotyle^Jf fl T"^^^ ^^^S% oblong, much compressed, testa membranous ; 



us neshy, equal— Distrib. Species 4, tropical Indian. 



^ % oW^^^\*^ J*'^"^ this genus with -i^aZan^m (Journ. As. Soc. Beug. 1870, 

 r * column ^^^^- - the shape of the anthers cannot he'important, tbat A. misswnis 

 ^K^n^ ^®^' ^"^ tliat the habit is the same in both genera. All the species of 



^aut a careful study and re vision with better materials than I have. 





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