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the j)etiole. Calyx deeply toothed. Corolla-lobes lanceolate. Ovary obovoid, base 

 tapering ; style very short, dilated into a cup-shaped stigma; ovules 2. 



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ovate acuminate entire, base rounded 5-nerved. • ' , - .v^ 



^ Western Bengal, Griffith. 

 ^ Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 8 by 4 in., membranous, glabrous, nerves pro- 

 minent beneath. Drvpe 1 J-1 4 in., ellipsoid, glabrescent, brownish, convex on one side, 

 furrowed on the other, gibbous towards the base ; stone hard, granular. Cotyledons 



thin. — An imperfectly known species. I have seen no specimens. -''-■"; 



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Climbing shrubs. Wood without zones. Leaves alternate, simple, shortly 

 petioled. Flowers dinecions, minute, arranged in tufts along a long pendu- 

 lous rachis. Male fl. : Cahjx minute, 4-5-lobed. Petals 5, free, or nearly 

 so, valvate, oblong, ultimately reflexed. Stamens 5, alternate with tlie 

 petals, free, or aduate to the base of the petals, filaments glabrous ; anthers 

 erect, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, PistU rudimentary. Female fl-; 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male. Siaminodes 4-5, hypogynous, alternate 

 with the petals. Ovary superior, sessile, 1-celled ; stigma subsessile, glooost 

 or umbonate; ovules' 2, collateral, penduhms, funicle expanded into an 

 "obturator." Drvpe surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx ana 

 corolla, epicarp coriaceous, endocarp woody lined with a thin white meni- 

 brane. /Sec<7 (according to Baillon) pendulous, exalbuminous ; cotyleclons 

 fleshy, wrapping round the short superior radicle.— Distrib. Species 3 or % 

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; 1. S. Klelnll, W. <fe A. in Edin. New Pkil Journ. xiv, m] leaver 

 glabrous oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate. Miersin -^^w.^^f-^^; 

 «er. 2, IIG ; Coatrib. i. 103, t. 18 ; Wight Ic. t. 1854 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bmb. ^h 

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Eastern and Western Peninsulas; Malacca, Maivgay, Cochin and Travancor, 

 Wight; the Concan, Stocks. , ' . ' -^ 



A climbing, branched shrub. Branches terete. Leaves 4-10 by 2-4 in., *'.^y^*'^^^^jjg! 

 pale on both surfaces, base rounded, nerves prominent beneath; petiole f Wm ,^ 

 TO-sely wrinkled. Rachis extra-axillary, angular, covered with brownish stngose n • 

 Fhwtrsl in. diam. MaleA.: Cahjx minute, pilosulous, cup shaped, ob^*^"!?^ ^^ 

 lobed. Petals ^V in., glabrous, oblong, acute. Stamens as long as the petals, tiian^ 

 glabrous, flat, strap-shaped ; anthers 2-celled. End'nnent of pist'd conical /^'^'^^^^yg 

 Calyx^xii, corolla asin the male. Orar^obovoid, pilosulous, surrounded by5hyP<^gy .^» 

 abortive etamcns ; stigma subsessile, conical ; ovules 2, collateral. Fruit 1 13 

 ohvo-shaped, somewhat compressed, bright oran;re-red, rugose and strlgose extern / 

 smooth within. 



in Adansonvi, x. 282 ; leaves downy ^eneaj 

 ;e or acuminate, fruiting peduncles <^^.J^^ 



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 villous. Wali. Cat. 9030 (" indeterm.") 



Birma; Phanoe Hill on tlie Saltien, WaWch. , , : ;,,„„J^ 



Branches terete, rugose. Leaves 6 by 3 in., nerves depressed above, P'," . j 



beneath ; petiole l in., thick. Fruithg peduncles from the old wood, ^faii/^i". 



villous, 4-fia. Fruit 3i in., ovoid-oblong, compressed, densely hairy.— The speciw 



are very imperfect. ,,'■>;>. 



_ 3. S. edule, JCurz in Journl As. Sod. Beng. 1872, n.J^'l ^ff'T^ 

 leaves dvate-oblong apiculate, spikes rusty-toinentose.j Chailletia eu 

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