regular corolla and five equal stamens attributed to the 

 Javanese plant are characters which we should like to see 

 confirmed. 



Descr. A tall, glabrous climber ; branches slender, terete 

 Leaflets four to six inches long, petiolulate, ovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, membranous, flowers erect, in 

 short, four- to five-flowered cymes, which are borne on 

 slender, terminal, pendulous peduncles as long as the flowers 

 themselves. Pedicels short, thick, with minute acute 

 bracteoles. Calyx green, with five red-brown teeth on the 

 outside below the margin. Corolla seven inches long, pure 

 white, expanding at night and dropping next morning ; lobes 

 five, very broad and obtuse or retuse, two upper smaller, 

 approximate, lower largest and two-lobed. Anthers yellow. 

 Pod six inches long and two inches broad, quite flat.— =-*7i D. II 



Fig. 1. Portion of corolla and stamens. 2. Calyx, cut open and showing 

 the ovary. 3. Transverse section of ovary. 4. Pod : — all but Fi'j. 4 

 magnified. 



