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and from the figure of Anc. Heyneamis, Wall., given in the last 

 volume of Dr. "Wight's ' Icones Plautarum Indise Orientalis' : — 



Ge«z« Symplockis ff^ne Ancistrocladus, Wall.; Wormia, Vahl; 

 Bigamea, Kan. 



Char. Gen. — Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx tubo cum ovaiio connato ; 

 limbo 5-paitito ; laciniis oblongis, irregularibus, imbricatis, tribus ma- 

 joribus, omnibus incvescentibus, persistentibus. Corollce petala 5, 

 oequalia, concava, basi connexa. Stamina 5, imae corollse inserta, 

 petalis alterna (in Anc. Heyneano stamina 10 in seriebus duabus) ; 

 filamenta basi incrassata, monadelpha, apice cuspidata ; antherae ad- 

 natse, biloculaves, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, loculis basi divergenti- 

 bus. Ovarium inferum, 1-loculare. Ovulum unicum, erectum, ana- 

 tropum. ;5'<j//«s subglobosus, persistens; stigmata 3, erecta, linearia, 

 compressa, truncata, decidua. Nux coriacea, calycis laciniis coronata. 

 Semen cerebriforme, erectum, testa plicato-intricata albumen carno- 

 sum plicis suis involventi. Enibr y o ovihotro-piis, clavatiis; cotyledones 

 subfoliacei, divergentes ; radicula projie hilum posita. 



Frutices Indici et Zeylanici, soboUferi, scandentes ; ramis elongatis, tere- 

 tibtes; ramulis brevibus, patentibus; uncis circinatis, sub n^dis rantu- 

 lorum positis, internodia terminantibus ; foliis lanceolatis, uttinque an- 

 gustatis, sessilibus, integerrimis, Icevibus, penniveniis, dense reticuj'atis, 

 in ramis distantibus, ad ramulorum apices aggregatis, vernatione con- ■■ ^ 

 volutis ; inflorescenti& axillari, racemosd ; Vdcemh plus minus ramosis \^,,;~^J^ iSi, 

 pedunculis angularibus, paucijloris ; floribus alternis ; pedicellis bre- 

 vissimis, racki articulatis ; bracteis minutissimis. 



Ancistrocladus Vahlii, Mr. Thwaites observes, is very abundant 

 in some of the warmer districts of Ceylon, and is a very troublesome 

 weed to the cultivators. The Cinghalese name is Gonaivel or Gona- 

 pittanwel. 



The paper was accompanied by magnified drawings of the parts 

 of fructification. 



Read also " Notes on some Ferns in the Wallichian Herbarium." 

 By Thomas Moore, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 



These notes are the result of an examination of the Ferns of the 

 Wallichian herbarium, with the view in the first instance of deter- 

 mining the genus Prionopteris of Wallich, cited by both Presl and Fee, 

 but evidently without any knowledge on the part of either of those 

 botanists of the plant on which it was founded. Prionopteris Far- 

 quhariana, Wall. Cat. No. 184, was thus ascertained to be Matonia 

 pectinata, R. Br. in Wall. PI. Asiat. i. p. 16. t. 16, a name adopted 

 by Dr. Wallich in his Catalogue at the bottom of page 23, where he 



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