1 6 Anonacecd. [Kadsura, 



2. KADSURA,^ Kaeinpf. 



Climbing shrubs, 1. exstipulatc ; fl. unisexual ; perianth- 

 leaves 9-12, in 3 series, imbricate; stam. numerous, with 

 dilated filaments ; carp, numerous ; fruit a globose head of 

 fleshy, indehiscent, 1-4 seeded carpels. — Sp. 7 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



K. Wig-htiana, Am. in Jard. Ma^. Zool. and Bot. ii. 546 (1838). 

 Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 84. Thw. Eniim. 5. C. P. 1028. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 45. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. t. 74 B. (poor). 



A climbing shrub, bark reddish ; 1. alternate, closely placed,. 

 2-4 in. long, shortly stalked, oval, acute or acuminate, taper- 

 ing into petiole, entire or nearly so, glabrous, purple when 

 young ; fl. unisexual, monoecious, peduncles axillary or fas- 

 ciculate at base of short lateral branchlets ; perianth-leaves 

 about 12 in three series, strongly imbricate, broadly oval, 

 narrower in $ fl. ; stam. 30 or more, forming a globose 

 or ovoid head, filaments free, much thickened and fleshy, 

 anther-cells distant ; carp, numerous, densely imbricated 

 in an ovoid head, ovules 3-5 usually 4, stigma large, white ; 

 fruit a globose head, 2 in. or more wide, composed of 

 about 20 distinct, fleshy, pear-shaped carp, varying in size, 

 quite smooth, strongly marked along one side with the linear 

 scar of the stigma, pale yellow tinged with orange ; seeds 1-4, 

 kidney-shaped, compressed, albumen equable, white. 



Montane zone, and descending to 2000ft., in forests; rather rare. 

 Hakgala ; Pusselawa ; Hantane ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. Aug. ; yellowish 

 green. 



Also in Malabar. 



The old stems often develop thick prominent wings of soft cork. 



IV.— ANONACE/E. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. L. alternate, simple, 

 entire, without stip. ; fl. regular, bisexual ; sep. 3, distinct or 

 more or less connate, generally valvate ; pet. 6, in 2 rows, 

 distinct, or the inner row connate ; stam. usually indef , rarely 

 def , crowded on recept., fil. very short or none, anth. adnate, 



* Kadsura is the Japanese name for K. japonica, L. 



