52 XLix. cONNARACEiE, (J. D. Hooker.) [Gonnams. 



5, C- Grlffithli, Hook, f, ; branches, petioles, and leaves beneath pubes- 

 cent, leaflets ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves very indistinct. 



Tknasserim, at Mergui, Griffith, 



Branches slender. Leaflets 3-5 by |-1^ in., thinly coriaceous, finely pubescent 

 with rusty hairs beneath, midrib distinct ; nerves very faint, oblique. Panicles rusty- 

 pubescent. Flowers \ in. long. Sepals linear-oblong. Petals more than twice as 

 loug, glabrous, ligulate. Fiiaynents almost glabrous. Capsule unknown. 



6. C. semidecandrus, Jack in Mai, Misc. 2, vii. 39; branches, petioles, 

 and midrib beneath finely pubescent, leaflets elliptic-oblong acute, thinly cori- 

 aceous, not reticulated, nerves 5 pairs very slender. 0. floribundus. Wall, in 

 Serb, Linn. Soe. sub 8543.] 



Tenasserim at Mergui, Griffith ; Penang, Wallich, Phillips, ^c. 

 Leaflets pale on both surfaces. Panicle much branched, thinly pubescent. Flowers 

 ^ in. long, white (Wallich). Sepals linear-oblong. Petals more than twice as long, 

 narrow, linear-spathxdate, glabrous. Filaments nearly glabrous. Capsule not seen. 



ft Leaflets perfectly glabrous beneath. 



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7. C. panlculatus, Eoxb. Fl, Ind. iii. 139; leaflets 3-7 elliptic- 

 oblong, -ovate or -lanceolate with a short or long obtuse point, petals glabrous, 

 filaments puberulous, capsules 1^-1^ by §-| in. contracted into the stalk 

 compressed, seed oblong compressed. ?U. pentandrus, Roxb. I, c. 140. — 

 Connaracea, Wall, Cat, 8540 (excl. E.). 



Su-HET and the KhasiaMts., ascending to 2000 ft., Boxburgh^ &c. ; Chittagong, 



Boxhurgh, H. f. ^ T. - ^ 



A large climber ; branches and leaves perfectly glabrous. Leaflets 3-8 by 1-2 in., 



, glossy above ; nerves 5-6 pairs, slender, faint, reticulations obscure; petiole 

 stout. Panicle hoary, much branched and spreading. Flowers ^ in. long. Sepals 

 linear-oblong, pube«ent. Petals more than twice as long, nearly glabrous, linear. 

 Longer filaments three times as long as the short ones. Capsule shining, 'pale, 

 deeply striate, finely pubescent within. — I do not see how C. pentandrus, Roxburgh, 

 differs except in being described as truly pentandrous, 



8. C. g'ibbosus, Wall, in Herb. Linn. Soc'. sub 8541 ; leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong or -ovate obtusely acuminate nerves 5-6 pairs, capsules 1 by |^ in» 

 hatchet-shaped compressed with a horizontal beak on the outer edge. Conna- 

 racea, Wall. Cat. 8538, B (in part) ? 8540 E, 8641,8541 B. Sapind. dub. Wall. 

 Orf. 8098. 



Birma, at Rangoon, McLelland; Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith, &c. ; Penano, 

 Porter; Malacca, Griffith, Maing ay; Singapore, Wallich, — Distrib. Borneo. 



Leaflets 3-5 by li-2^ in., quite glabrous; transverse venules distinct beneath. 

 Panicles branclied, rather slender. Flowers ^ in. Sepals ovate-oblong. Petals about 

 twice as long. Filaments puberulous. Capsules compressed, broad, veined, with the 

 beak, usually very pronounced at the outer edge of the broad top ; valves finely 

 pubescent within.— Wallich suggests that this may be Jack's C. Ivcidus or C. grandis. 



9. C. Cbampioz&il, Thioaites Enum. 80; leaflets 5-7 elliptic acuminate, 

 nerves 5-6 pairs very strong beneath, capsules l| by J in. semilunar compressed 

 narrowed at the base but not distinctlv stalked striata jrlohroiifl. 



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l;kyix)n ; Central province, ascenoing 

 A climbing shrub ; young parts clot 

 1|-2A in., thinly coriaceous, polish^nion ^ 



petiolules slender^ Panicies axillary and terminal, 4-6 in., minutely rusty ^pubescent. 

 Flowers \ in. long; ' ^ds oblong, hairy. Petals twice as long, linear-qbovate, white 

 dotted with r^, sparsely hairv, Filaments includ^, glabrous, the longer twice ad 

 long as the snorter^- Capsule apiculate, sutures not keeled ^ valves thin with 



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