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Modecca.l i-uv. passiflorej). (M. T. Masters.) 603 



into a membranous cup, Gynophore short. Ovary elongate, OToid; style short, 



stigma large capitate 3-lobecl. Fruit scarlet, oblong, 2^ by 1^ in. 



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: 6. m. palmata, Lam. Encycl. iv. 209 ; leaves membranous glabrous 

 ^andular palmately lobed or entire, anthers obtuse muticous, fruit globose. 

 Wall. Cat. 6762 A and B ; Wight Ic. t. 201 ; W. 8r A. Trodr. 353 ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 128 j Dalz. 6^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 104 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 703. M. tu- 

 berosa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 134. M. integrifolia, Lam. I. c. {not 

 ^iQo).~Rheede HoH. Mai. viii. t. 20-23. 



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^.Glabrous. Branches sulcate. Leaves remote, broader than long, 4-5 by 6-7 in., 

 toandish, cordate, usually 3-5-Iobed nearly to the base with a single circular flat 

 gland beneath the sinus, sometimes entire, cordate, ovate, acuminate ; lobes oblong- 

 lanceolatej acuminate, tapering to the base ; petiole 2 in., with a gland on either side 

 W the apex, Male flower: Calyx about ^ in., campanulate, 5-lobed, dilated at the 

 ^ase, lobes ovate-acute. Petals linear -oblong, 3-nerved, ciliate, springing from ^the 

 ^^e of the calyx-tube. Corona a ring of threads from the tube of the calyx, just 

 w>ve the dilated portion. Filaments subulate, united at the base; anthers linear- 

 oblong. Female flower '. CaZ^x ^ in,, campanulate; lobes ovate acute. Fetah linear, 

 ^cute, ciliated, springing from the base of the tube. Corona a membranous fold 

 winged with white hairs, arising from near the base of the flower tube. Glands of 

 ^c oblong, opposite the sepals. Staminodes 5, forming a membranous cup surround- 

 ing the base of the ovary and above divided into flat strap-shaped filaments nearly as 

 fong as the glabrous subglobose ovary. Style nearly as long as the ovary, dividing 

 .*f *^3 branches ; stigmas large capitate. Fruit the size of a small apple, subglobose. 

 ^ds large, pitted, ribbed at the edges.— Root said to be poisonous, used as medicine 

 7 the Cingalese (Thwaites 1. c). M, integrifolia, Wall. Cat. 6765, is a garden spo- 

 '^.^^i*^ ^^certain identity not referable to the present species. 





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^^. ALiENA, Wall. Cat, 6766, from Silhet, is an Asclepiad, the flowers of which are 

 ^inperfect for determination, — There is no specimen in Wallich's herbarium. . 



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M. ApicuLATA, Mast, ; leaves membranous cordate roundish deeply 5-sect, seg- 

 - ^™ lanceolate narrow at the base with a gland beneath the sinus on the under 

 p^^' anthers apiculate, fruit ovoid.— Burma, Pegu, McCldland. 

 ^^labrous. Branches sulcate. Petiole 2 in. Tendrils very long. AyitMrs linear 

 Jithalong slender apiculus. Fruit l\ in., ovoid, acute. &erfs subglobose slightly 

 Jtteiied.— Imperfect specimens only exist in the Kew herbaria, Sir Joseph Hooker 

 /!°^^%sed the flower states in a note that it differs from M, trilobata by the api- 

 ^^ate anther. Possibly it may be the M.furfuracea of Wallich (see below). 



,.M. PtTHFURACEA, Wall Cat. 1235. Prome, ^FaZ/fc-A.— There is no specimen of 

 tbis m Wallich's herbarium. 



ii m ^^^^^^iCA, Kurz in Tritnen Joum. Bot, 1875, 327; Joum. As, Sac. 1876, 

 p ^32; leaves subcoriacoous oblong-acuminate rounded at the base and subpeltate. 



^^f ^J*a penangiana, fFall. Cat. 12.33.— Penang, Wallwh. Malacca, Griffith. 

 Ian 1 ^^^* 5^m5 very slender, sulcate. Leaves 4t by 1-2 .in., oblong or oblong- 

 tap^ * l-uf^rved, secondary nerves remote, arched; petiole eglandular, f in. at- 

 at fl, ^ ^^® blade just within the base. Tendrils al)out 2 in. branched, thickened 

 j^^e ends. Fruit U-2 in. long, glabrous, oblong, acute, 3-valved. Seeds discoid.— 

 ^ specimens of Wallich and of Maingay are imperfect, but evidently belong to the 

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 about q^* cordate ovate-acute leaves, petioles with two large apical glands, fruits 

 \% in. long tapering to both ends. 



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