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sepals, linear-oblong, cano-tomentose. Pollen-grains large, 5-6-gonous, compresBed. 

 Ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, angular, 2-celled, dissepiment perforate; style short, gla- 

 brous above. Fruit not seen, „ ■ ;!;\, 



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5. BRVTHROPALTTM, Blume. 



Climbing cirhose shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, palnu-; 

 nerved. Tendrils axillary. Peduncles axillary, dicliotomous, ultimate 

 pedicels umbellate, ebracteate. Flowers hermaphrodite (monoecious Blurm). 

 Cahjx adherent, limb 4-5-parted. Corolla rotate-campanulate, d^^P^y 

 5-lobed, lobes valvate. Stamens 5, opposite the petals, filaments very short; 

 anthers incurved, adnate, introrse, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise at the sides ; 

 connective thick. Siaminodes 5, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, ana 

 springing with the stamens from the throat of the corolla. Ovary semi- 

 adherent, obconic, tapering at the apex into a short style, 1"^^^^^!^'/^°!?" 

 times (always ?) provided with an epigynous disk ; stigma minute 3-lobea ; 

 ovules 1-3, pendulous from the apex of the ovarian cavity, naked, fruit 

 fleshy, indehiscent, ovoid-oblong or clavate, surmounted by the remains or 

 the calyx, 1-celled ; epicarp (calyx ?) ultimately separating from the fruit in 

 3-5 fleshy, reflexed valves. Seed 1, pendulous, albumen fleshy; embryo 

 minute.— DisTBiB. The following are the only known species : 





1. E. scandens, Blivme Bijdr, 921 ; leaves glabrous membranous ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base subpeltate rounded or acute, n^wers 

 less than ^ in, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I pt. I 704; Wall. Cat. 9033, . witjiout 

 Dame. Cocculus calophyllus, Wall. Atss. in herb. . . ^ ; h,<>< 



SihUET^ Wallich ; Kn^^^^^^ Mts., alt. 2-2400 ft., J3./.c6 T.; F&qv, Kurz ; UalaccX, 

 Maingay. — Distrib. Java. ; , 'v;^U' • 



Branches striated, glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2| in., 3-7-nerved, g^'^"^^^^ ^^i^^*^ 

 Tendrils (abortive peduncles) simple or bifid, thickened towards the ^pex. ^.2^. 

 axillary, lax, much branched, many-flowered, peduncles 3--4 in.; branches divan^, 

 nltimate pedicels umbellate, longer than the flower. Bracteoks minute. ^'^^^^^1^ 

 shaped, obscurely 4- 5 toothed. Corolla deeply 5-parted, lobes ovate. V/'^^.V„lti' 

 style short. Fruit %~\ in. by \ in., 1-celled, epicarp, (persistent calyx), yellowiso, ui ^ 

 mately separating from above downwards into 3-4 valves. 



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^GlaWouR. Leaves 5 by 4a 'in., 3-7-nerved, glaucous beneath ; petiole ^i'^ 

 Feduncks aNillarj-, 1 or more togetlior, or on a short thick spur, slender, aw'^w 

 lew-ftowered, pedicels longer than the flowers. Cah/.r: cup-shaped, obscurely ^^"'^^y 

 CoroUa rotate, deeply 5 parted, lobes oblong, much longer than the fM'^' ,,.„cror 

 ovoid, semi -adherent, 1-celled ; style short, subulate ; ovules 3. Fruit i m., ow = . 

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vagrum, Mast 



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base subpeltate cordate.'ovary with an epigynous disk. Modeccopsis S 



G'nf. Notul. iv. 633 ; 7c. PL Ind. Or. 628. ' • ♦ *^' 



Tropical Himalaya, from Nipal to Mishmi and Assam • Malacca, <7ri^J«-.pjjc^ 

 ■ Leaves 6i by 4^ in , 5-7-uervcd ; petiole 2 in. Ftduiicte 7-8 «• <^«'^-^' , , .n^-ovate, 

 mnrgm obscurely 6-toothed. CoroUa deeply 5lobed ; lobes herbaceous, 7*" f i,ohs 



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