HIRJj:A HIRSUTA. Tab. 13. 



FoLiis obovatis, breve acumlnatis, basi retuso-subcordatis, utrinque, ramis panicullsque vestitis pilis \ong\s, paten- 

 tibus ; samaris oblongis, dorso nudis, apice emarginatls. 



Habitat in Imperii Burmanici montibus Prome vicinis, et ad basin mentis Taong Dong dict^, florens et fructiirera 

 a mense Augusti usque ad finem anni. 



Frutex altfe volubilis, ramosissima, summis partibus laxfe nutantibus. Rami cylindrici, longissimi, graciles, ad insertionem petiolomm 

 hnea obsoleta annulati, uti folia utrinque pedunculique obsiti pilis copiosissimis, longis, erectis, patentibus, dilute ferrugineis,' basi simplici 

 punctulo elevato msertis. Folia opposita, patentia, distantia, ovata vel obovata, acumine brevi, lanceolate, angusto terminata, integerrima 

 basi retusa vel subcordata, lobis rotundatis, brevibus ; palmaria, coriacea, ciliata, utraque pagina pilosa, subtiis glaucescentia, costa elevata' 

 nems suboppositis, versus marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, venis transversis, reticulatis ; foralla ovalia, minora et approximatiora 

 Petioli breves, unguiculares, supr^ leviter sulcati, basi vix incrassati. Stipule oppositse, minut<3e, subcarnosse, ciliataj, lineares, ab axillis 

 pariim remotse, deciduse. Panicui^ axiUares terminalesque, oppositae, solitariee, pedunculatae, erecto-patulee, folia subeequantes, fructi- 

 gerse nutantes iisdem longiores, bis terve opposite ramosse, paniculam amplam terminalem formantes. Pedunculi graciles, filiformes, 

 valdfe pilosi, pilis curvis, subdecumbentibus, medio insertis. Bracte^ oppositse, lineares, pilosse, semiunguiculares. Flores parvi, ex albo 

 flavicaiites, inodori, fasciculati, vel subumbellati, elongatione pedunculi partialis demiim subracemosi, suffulti pedicellis unguicularibus, 

 subcapiUaceis, basi munitis bracteold lineari, decidua. Calyx eglandulosus, glaber, ovatus, 5-partitus ; laciniw lanceolatse, acutie, ciliataei 

 post florescentiam reflexge. Petala 5, subrotunda, obtusa, concaviuscula, calyce dupl6 longiora, sestivatione imbricata. StaLina loi 

 erecta, coroUam subsequantia, alterna breviora ; Jilammta alba, capillaeea, basi ferfe libera ; anthercB oblongse, erectse, utrinque dehiscentes! 

 Ovarium glabrum, 3-lobum, 3-loculare ; lobi ad dorsum depresso-plani ; ovula solitaria, medio axis appensa. Styli 3, leviter divaricati, 

 glabri, stamina suboequantes, persistentes. Stigmata carnosa, clavata, glabra. Samara 3, oblongae, laeves, 2-pollicares, utrinque obtuse,' 

 apice emarginatse, lateribus pariim recurvatis, marginibus subrepandis, dorso concaviusculo nuda;, ventris medio insertae sinubus 

 • receptaculi 3-dentati, parvuli, e fundo calycino orti ; unitae in samaram compositam, triangularem, pedunculatam. Loculamentum cen- 

 trale, lineare, coriaceum, intfis carinatum styloque brevi, persistente auctum, extils circumdatum aia membranacea, scariosa, fusca, radiatim 

 nervosa, reticulato-venosa. Semen loculo conforme, lineas 4 longum, integumento tenuissimo, ferrugineo obtectum. Perispermum 

 nullum. Embryo rectus, albus. Cotyledones planae, longae, lineares. Radicula oblonga, brevis, leviter complanata, supera. 



This extensive climber may be easily distinguished by the long and rust-coloured hairs, which cover all its parts, and 

 which are nowhere, except on the partial peduncles, mixed with those decumbent, centrally adfixed bristles, so 

 remarkable in the genus Hircea. 



The following are the other East Indian species, which have come under my observation. 



H. indica Roxb. Decand. Prodr. 1. 585. I have had specimens of this very variable shrub from Chittagong in 

 the eastern part of Bengal ; I have likewise found it in the province of Martaban. 



H. nutans Roxb. Decand. loc. cit. Wild specimens were gathered by one of my plant-collectors on the lower* 

 range of hills at Kamoon ; but as they are without fruit, I am not quite certain whether they belong to this or the* 

 following species. 



ff. lanuginosa Nobis: foliis ovato-cordatis, attenuatis, acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus lanugine densa, adnata 

 vestitis ; samaris ovatis, retusis, dorso nudis. 



A native of the mountains surrounding the great valley of Nepal, where I found it in flower in June, and in fruit 

 in the month of October. 



H. cordata Heyn.: foUis cordatis, in acumen latissimum, valde elongatum productis, subtus lanuginosis. 



Specimens of this are preserved in the collection of the late Dr. B. Heyne, now in the Museum of the Honourable 

 East India Company. It is remarkable, chiefly, on account of the long and broad point, which terminates its 

 leaves. It aj)pears to be intermediate between Hircea nutans and H. lanuginosa, of either of which species it may 

 perhaps only be a variety. I have not seen the fruit. The peninsula of India is probably its native country. 



H. concam Nobis : foliis oblongis, attenuato-obtusis, basi rotundatis, utrinque glaberrimis ; samara suborbiculata, 

 dorso cristata. 



I found this shrub very sparingly near the sea-shore at Amherst in the provhice of Martaban, in fruit in February. 



H. orbiculata Roxb. Hort. Beng. Append, p. 90 : foliis orbiculatis, subtus paniculisque villosis, samara orbiculata, 

 dorso cristata. 



I know this species only from the Manuscript Flora Indica of the late Dr. Roxburgh, who says it is a native of 

 Chittagong. 



Plate XIII. Fig. 1.2. Flower. 3. The same dissected. 4. Fruit, consisting of three samaras united together in the centre. 

 5. The same cut across in the middle. 6. The same, one of the samaras being removed to show the insertion of the other two. 7- A 

 detached samara cut across in the middle. 8. Cell of the samara opened, showing the position of the embryo and the funicular chord 

 detached from the wing. 9. Embryo. 



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