Tetracera. polyandria tetragynia. 645 



POLYANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



TETRACERA. Schreb. gen. n. 930. 

 Gen. Char. CaUjx from four to six-leaved. Carol 

 from three to six-petalled. Filaments dilated at top. 

 Anthers twin. Follicles from one to four. Seeds arilled, 

 one or more in each follicle. 



1. T. sarmeniosa. Willd. 2. 1240. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves oval, ribbed, scabrous, ser- 

 rate. Panicles terminal. Flowers monogynous. Follicles 

 one-seeded. 



Piripii. Rheed. Mai. Delima sarmentosa. Burnt. Ind. 37. 



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A native of Pulo Penang, Ceylon, &c. Dr. William 

 Hunter who found it on Pulo Penang, thinks this may 

 be Marsden's Pulass, see his History of Sumatra, p. 76. 



2. T. trigijna. R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves broad-lanceolar, acute, ser- 

 rulate. Panicles terminal, scanty ; flowers trigynous. Co- 

 re/ four-petalled. Follicles with several seeds in each. 



Mamplas of the Malays on Pulo Penang, where it is 

 indigenous in the forests, running up and down trees, 

 &c. to a great extent. Flowering time uncertain. The 

 seed ripens in July and August. Leaves alternate, sh )rt- 

 petioled, short, broad-lanceolate, slightly serrate, having 

 a few scattered hairs on both sides, from two to three in- 

 ches long. Stipules none. Panicles termhvdl smull, a little 

 hairy. Flowers pretty large. Bractes ovate Lincei»Lite, 

 hairy, one or two at each of the divisions of tho panicle. 

 Calyx generally four-leaved ; /eff/?efs unequal, round, con- 

 cave, ciliate, permanent. Petals genera ly four, much 

 longer than the calyx, deciduous. Filaments nimcrous, 

 clavate. Anthers twin. Germ superior. Style recur- 



