134 
largest of the genus, and the form of the — at once 
— it from the other four Peninsular 
H. Grahamii, (R. W.) Shrubby, twining, gato 
leaves corincsous entire, from broadly ovate to Tok 
bicular, acum $ numerous, large, many 
flowered, con ted townie the summits of the bra 
petals linear enthialiite, obtuse, carpels obovate, abtibes 
slightly emarginate, 
H1. obtusifolia, Graham’s MSS. 
Hab.—-Bombay. 
I am indebted to Mr. J. Graham, of Bombay, for my 
specimens of ue very distinct species, which is at once 
distinguished from H. a by its obtus 
thulate, not uae and more baits by its 
long — ‘ontrated many flowered, not aifuscly. : 
spreading pan 
SALACIA. 
A. Peduneles one flowered, few. 
S. reticulata, (R.W.) Shrubby, twining, leaves oval 
or somewhat obovate, sea at the base e, ending in 
unt acumen, coriaceous, serrulate, reticulated 
with. n iideteos prominent veins: peduncles 
an the er: petals ovate, broad at the base, 
#, exunguiculate, fruit sai globose 
ore and Malabar ? partly communicated by Colonel 
a 
The Malabar ape vig alluded to may belong to 
this sith but is n The leav are similar 
in form but less distinctly te a eek per- 
ps be ateribatable to a , the fruit is as 
large as a small apple, eek and w: wane the surface, 
from it I have added, with a doubt, the ae of 
the fruit. This species is very n early allied to S. pri- 
» but is certainly distinct if the fruit I have des- 
sribed belong | 
Ss é . 
t ee rm of th . ich i 
broad at tapering to the point and without 
claw, in ‘Gas. from broad ovate very obtuse, to subor- 
bicular aa with a claw. 
an | Peduncles one fowerd very numerous. 
EXPLAN ATION OF 
ey Hippocratea Arnotti tiana, R. W. natural size. 
. 2. An expanded flower of the sam 
re anther, Piarwien it -celled. 
ri ovary cut transversely 3-celled, with two 
ovules in each cell. 
A mature capsule burst, showing the contained 
a 6A seed removed, showing the downward direction 
of i wing. 
Be A ated vad transvers 
moved seh divided longitudinally, t 
show ag tiaras radicle and embryo—a a nhs tle ie 
nches, - 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
peduncles 1- flowered, very numerous, arising 
rominent axillary tubercles, shorter than the petiols : 
petals broad at the base, exunguiculate, oblong, obtuse: 
ovules two, superposed, in eac eit’ fruit ? 
Hab.—Mergui. Communicated by Wm. Griffith, Esq. 
The bark of the pe oa branches in this spe- 
cies are quite rough from umerous small warty ex- 
crescences, the leaves which are very firm and coriaceous 
are from 6 inches lon barely 2 broad at the 
broadest part; and the Aeciutis the clusters of which are 
nearly opposite are so numerous as to form complete 
verticels 
S. ses tiflora, (R. W.) Shrubby, glabrous, leaves 
broadly —o ‘lanceolate, rounded at the base, slightly 
and obtuse at the apex, van i ous, quite en- 
od numerous, from axillary tubercles, 
I-flowered, longer than the pass : calyx deeply 
5-cleft: peta 
tals orbicalar, Estas about 8 in each cell of 
the ovary in two collateral : fruit ? 
Hab.— Mergui. Ssnnsisanesise by Wm. Griffith, Esq. 
The leaves of this v 
m § to 10 inches long by 
foe ante. wien in the dried plant, 
slightly rch on the margin. It appears a very dis 
tinct sat ial remarkable for having a double row se 
ovules a sitet with the cells of the ss 
placed festa Gatealy across the apex of the ment a 
opening outwardly, Seely a the fruit is passa it 
may form the type of a new gen 
Peduncles forked, divisions ia y, many flowered. 
ribunda, (R.W.) Shrubby, sees LSpreietare 
leaves sence, _ at both ends, sometimes ending 
in men, very slightly spent On the 
as long as- 
ense idater of small lon ngish pedi- 
f x entire, 5-toothed: petals small, 
orbicular, reflexed: ovules 2 in each cell, collateral 
fruit ? 
west ocpPptereeeo ates by Wm. Griffith, Esq. 
pound inflorescence of this species gives rise 
a suspicion that it might be a Hippocratea, but the 
decidedly 2-celled anthers forbids me entertaining such 
an ee: unless supported PG ihe ‘Presence of fruit in 
which my specimens are deficien 
PLATES 46 AND 47, 
—47—B. 1. Salacia a oblonga—an expanded flow: 
2. The same, the sepals forcibly opened and Me etal. 
removed to show the —— r ovary and the disk-like 
expansion of the fil 
: tamens sae ot the aa anthers 2-celled. 
siz 
7. The same cut transversely, natural stxe, 
8. A sages ve adhering pulp rem 
cut transve ely—ith the exceptions 
eatsked Bs Ane or less magnified. 
