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^}^^. fc™©. the racemed one is in blossom. The corolla is slightly oblique; in 

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Gymnopetalum Hors^eldirand pipe'rifo]ium,"j^^ 



Plain of East Bengal common, ascending to 8000 ft* in the hills. The female 

 plant 18 rare and has never been collected in the plains. Pegu ; Kurz, — Distbib. 

 Ma/aya, China. 



.» ^ ^^^® climber. Leaves 4 by 2^ in,, denticulate, not at all angular, usually 

 "Villous beneath sometimes nearly glabrous ; petiole 1 J in. Zfenrfrifo simple in all the 

 Jild examples, but in Naudin's stroner cultivated Dlants bifid. Male racemes 2-3 in;. 

 nowers approximated, bw 

 alaments minutely hairy. 



ovary densely wooUv* Fruit 

 scarcely 



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serrate or incise-serrate ; calvx-teeth verv narrow 



Female peduncle 2-3 in., more or less haiiy; young 

 it 1^ by ^ in., glabrous, obtuse at both enos. Seeds 

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-^. T. Kookerl, C B, Clarke ; leaves deeply cordate-ovate scvlU 



^d tripartite vv^ith lanceolate segments, male racemes without bracts 

 less than ^ in. ^ 



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Ehasia 



- Assam; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 769, 2553). 

 ^ynmg and Nunklow ; H./.^T. 



A large climber; tendrils simple. Leaves polymorphous, acute, resembling alto* 



<ether those of T. dubta^ but generally less hairy and thinner, or tripartite, with seg- 



ittenta 4 by 1 J in., the two lateral lobes very cordate and auricled on the outer base ; 



petiolules harfly ^ in. ; petiole 2 in. The female fiower in Griffith's example resembles 



j^t of r. duina but is smaller though the petals are slightly more tlian J in ; 



Peduncle about 1 in. Male raccTnes IJ in., slender; flowers pedicelled, scattered, 



yellow; petals scarcely ^ in. ; these small Bowers probably correspond to the small 



^perfect males often found in T. dubia ; if so the large perfect males of 71 Hooketi 



^ as yet unknown. Fruit (and seeds) altogether like those of 71 dvMa, but rather 



«niaJlep, l^ in. -The ebricteate male raceme of this with pedicels J in. is exceedingly 



J^ike that of 71 dttbia : but in all other points they appear congeneric, and the 



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A large scandeut herb ; tendrils 2-fid. Leaves petioled, entire, ovate, acute, 

 <ieeply cordate, more or less pubescent. Flowers large, dioecious, yellow, Male 

 P^uneles paired, one 1-flowered caducous, the other racemed ; bracts or in* 

 ^conspicuous ; female peduncle elongate, l-flowered. Male : calyx-tube elon- 

 8»te, funnel-shaped, teeth 5, subulate ; corolla deeply 6-partite, with obovate 

 *^ute segments ; stamens 3, included in the calyx-tube ; filaments exceedingly 

 *^rt; anthers connate into a cylindric tube, one 1-celled, two 2-celled; cells 

 ^oWht, linear-oblong, connective not ap^ndaged. Female: caljfrx and 

 WPolla as in the male ; ovary narrow-obovoid, 3-celled j style long, stigmas 3, 

 oblong, 2'M ; ovules 1-3 superimposed in each cell, horizontal or subpendu- 

 wuB, Cdptrule large, broadly fusiform, trigonous, 3-celled, fibrous, dry, 3 

 ^ved, valves dehxscing downwards and leaving the trigonous central axis. 

 ^^ 1-3 in each cell, pendulous, compressed, sutxmadrate, large, corrugate or 

 somewhat 3-lobed at the lower end and faces when dry. 



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