458 LYiii. COMBKETACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) IComlretum. 



botli surfaces ; petiole ^-| in, Baceme often sutterminal and solitary, 6-7 in. with a 

 peduncle 1-2 in. ; braeteoles ^ in., linear-spathulate. Cal^x-teeth triangular, erect 

 Petals narrow-obovate, far exceeding the sepals. Disc and base of calyx within 

 covered by long fulvous hairs. ,. . . ;> 



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16. C. ovalifolium, J^o.r&. HorL Sen^: 28, FL Ind. ii. 256; leav^ 

 opposite ovate to lanceolate glabrous or nearly so, racemes lateral much divided 

 and terminal, yomig ovary and calyx without very glandular and slightly pubes- 

 cent, calyx-tube shortly constricted above the ovary then widely campanulate. 

 W, Sf A. Jh'odr. 317; Wiffht in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. p. 86 with a mre] 

 Dak. ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 90. 0. Heyneanum, Wall Cat. 4001. 0. Kox- 

 burghii and 0. albidum, G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 429. 0. laxmn, Jloxtt. 

 FL Ind. ii. 230. C. Wightianum, Thw. Enum. 103 in part. 0. Thwaitea- 



ianiun, Heurck 8f MillL Arff. Obs. Bot. 238. 



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Throughout the Deccan Peninsula, common ; and in Ceylon. ^ i- fteii 



A large scandent shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves typically 4J by 3 in., but o 

 shorter and much narro-wer, shining, quite glabrous or more rarely with some oro 

 hair about the base of the midrib beneath: petiole i in. Braeteoles minute; du(^ 



subglobose, obtuse. CaZyor-teeth triangular, acute, reflexed. Petals narrowly *^^^ J^ ' 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx. Disc and base of the calyx within with "^'^fl ^ 

 hair. Fruit f in. long and nearly the same in breadth, dark brown, nearly ^^^^^"T 

 — Mr. Thwaites has sent to Kew (under number 1601, named C. 'f^~^Het^k 

 plants, viz., C. ovalifolium Roxh. and C. extensum Roxb. ; upon which van lie 



and Miill. Arg. have founded two new species. 



QuiBqualoides 



wings. Cff 

 il tube H "^' 



terminated 





leaves 



17. C. extensum, Eoxb. ITort. Bmg. 28, Fl. Ind. n-//^' '^j. 

 opposite ovate or elliptic acute glabrous or nearly so, racemes lateral ^^ 

 divided often elongate and terminal subpaniculate, youn^ ovary (an« ^^^ 

 ■without) puberulo-pubescent, calyx-teeth triangular acuminate rellexea, 

 ovate very acute. WalL Cat. 3996 ; G. Don m Trans. Linn. Soc. ^'^ 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 608 : Kurz For. FL Brit. Burma i. 463. ^- ^ 

 difolium, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 226 ; WalL Cat. 3995. 0. Wightianum, ^ ' 

 Cat. 4007 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 317 ; Wight Ic. t. 227 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. -»f^^^^ 

 90. 0. Horsfieldii, Miq. I.e. 609; Kurz in Flora 1871, p. 289. U pij^.^^ 



Lin, Heurck ^ MuelL Arg. Obs. Bot. 242 ; Kurz in Journ. ^!; /^^; da^. 

 188. 0. macrostachyum, WalL Cat. 3997. 0. latifolium, -S/^^"^^ 2^ 



Miq. 1. c. 609. 0. leucanthum, Heurch 8c Mull Arg. Obs.Moi- 



SitHET 



C. formosum, Grif. NotuL iv. QS2,Jide Kurz.—Rheede H 



Deccan Peninsula. Ceylon. Transoangetic Peninsula 

 Singapore.— DisTRiB. Malaya. . jq in.) 



A large scandent shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4-8 (so""^*'^?^^ 1 iiu 

 punctate on both surfaces when y( .. , . ^ i. -«^o i 



.Racemes very thickly covered with 

 4-6 in. Calyx with a ring of hairs 



hair. Petals narrow-obovate, slight.^ ^^ ^ 



as broad, puberulo-glandular or nearly glabrous. 



etimes 



.ngftW 



learij 





18. C . sundalcum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 327 ; leaves opposi^ J^^^ 



or oblong suddenly acuminate mature nearly glabrous, spikes ^u og^^ r , ^^ulaf 

 ,n orr,^!^ tcrmiiial panicles, young ovary and calyx without punctete-g 



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