Sareostiffma.\r xxxix. olacineje. (Maxwell T. Masters.) '»'595 



Andaman Isles, Kurz. , ' .' ^ 



.x^l^^^^^^^^^^7' Leaves 7 by 3^ in., coriaceous, glabrous, base obtuse; petiole 

 snort, ^ruit l m., obliquely oblong, obtuse, densely covered with orange- coloured 

 J^^'J^.^lV^ifig ^liite within, pulp sweet, edible (jfwr^:).— Probably only a form of 



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A climbing shrub. Wood porous, with inconspicuous medullary rays. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, 7-9-nerved. Flowers dioecious, in supra- 



Hilary racemes. Male fl. : Calyx deeply 5-parted, persistent, not 

 accrescent. Petals 5, free, or united at the base. Stamiriodes 5, opposite the 

 petals, outside the stamens. Fertile stamens alternate with the petals ; 

 a^hers erect, apiculate, bilocular, dehiscing longitudinally. Pistil vxuW- 

 ffl^ntary. Female fl. : Sepals and petals as in the male. Staminodes 

 ^0, hypogynous, alternating with an equal number of compressed glands. 

 ^mry sessile, villous; style short, apex 2-3-lobed, stigmas capitate; 

 ovules 2, collateral, pendulous, raplie dorsal. Drupe obliquely ovoid, com- 

 pressed; stone crustaceous, 1-celled. Seed solitary, albumen fleshy; 

 .^^dicle superior, cotyledons leafy, orbicular, 3-5-nerved. 



' 1. M. herpeticum, Ham. in Wall Cat 4252; Am. in Edin. Neio Phil. 



omi. xvi. 314; N. sp. Grif. NotuL iv. 330; Ic. PL As. t. 496, f. 1. 

 •^atsiatum herpeticum, Ham, ex Ji. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 245 ; Miq. 

 /«. Ind. J^at, I pt. i. 797. Sicyos pentandrus, Wall Cat. 6682, c?. - ' 



Eastern Bkxgal and the Himalava, from Nipal, Sikkim, Silhet, and the Khasia 

 ^K alt. 3000 ft., to CiiiTTAGosG and Pegu. ^ . , 



uerbaceous portions stngose. Branches as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves distant, 

 J, ^^-^ "membranous, ronghish, cordate-ovate, acute, repand, 7-9-nerved; petiole longer 

 ^n the blade. liacemes supra-axillary, long, slender, pendulous, many-flowered. 

 - '•aci^ Bmall, linear,' pedicels about the length of the flower. Flowers minute, 

 g^eenish-jellow. Male. fl. : Calyx lobes valvate, lanceolate, scabrid. Petals 5, alter- 

 ^te ^ith the calyx-lobes and one-third longer, lanceolate. Glands (staminodes ?) 5, 

 'sa V ^■'*^'^e^- Fertile stamens opposite Uie sepals, filaments very short; anthers 

 " ^i^^;^'» connective glandular. Female fl.; staminodes ^uhxAaiQ. Drupe \\n, \_ 



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JBTFUL SPECIES. 



tvl, 11 ^^**^SEPALu*f, Griff. Notul iv. 330. Menispermea, Itin. Notes 114, is Lopho- 

 P^yllum bicristatum, Gn/. (See p. 105.) 



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gjp^Jnibing shrubs, rarely erect. Leaves opposite, or subaltcrnate, petiolate, 



°|Ple, l-nerved. Inflorescence cymose, cyniesaxillary or extra-axillary ; lower 



)!r/"clesoften sterile, cirrose. Flowers dichlamydeow?,, dioecious. MaleA.: 



)!f^yx miiuite, cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla 3-5-inerous, lobes valvate. 



hArf' J ^ ^^^ rudimentary. Female U. : (Jaii/x as ni tue maie. oorw a -i-o- 

 fT^fA tubular below and often dilated. Ulaminodes 0. Orary subsessile, 

 ■ceUed, with 2 collateral pendulous ovules ; funicle dilated uito an ' ob- 

 wator/' stigma sessile, discoid, 5-lobed. Drupe surrounded at the base 

 / the persistent, but not accrescent calyx, stone 1-seeded. *See£? pen- 

 hS!^' testa thin, albumen flesliy ; cotyledons flat, leafy; radicle superior. — 

 Afri ^; Species about 6, natives of India, the Archipelago, and of tropical 



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