Titiospora.} MeiiisperinacecB . 39 



long, young shoots pubescent or subtomentose ; 1. 4-5 in. 

 broadly cordate-ovate, acute, pubescent above, finely tomen- 

 tose and whitish beneath, petioles very long, pubescent, 

 twisted at base, leaving a prominent scar after falling ; fl. on 

 slender pedicels, in small clusters, arranged in slender droop- 

 ing spicate panicles 4-5 in. long, and solitary from the axils of 

 fallen leaves ; male fl. : — stam. adnate to base of pet. ; fem. 

 fl. : — stigmas capitate ; ripe carp. 1-3, usually 2, on very short 

 thick stalks, ovoid, smooth, \ in., endocarp tubercled. 



Var. /3. toxnentosa, Miers, I. c. 39 (sp.). Thw. Enum. 12. C. P, 

 2804 (part). 



L. larger, 5-7 in., with 3-5 acute palmate lobes. 



Low country ; rather common. Heneratgoda, abundant. Var. 

 /8. Kurunegala ; Gonagama. Fl. July ; pale green-yellow ; fr. crimson- 

 red. 



Also in India and Burma. 



T. tonieiitosa is kept up a species in Fl. B. Ind. (not given for Ceylon), 

 but I fail to find good characters to distinguish it. 



*2. T. crispa, Miers, I. c. 40 (1851). Titta-kinda, S. 



Trim, in Journ. Bot. 1885, 141. 



Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 96. Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. t. 44, fig. i (good). 



Stems widely climbing and twining, similar to the last, but 

 much more strongly worted ; 1. 4-5 in., broadly orbicular- 

 cordate, suddenly acuminate, 7-veined, glabrous on both sides, 

 thin, petioles 3-4 in., thickened and twisted at base, smooth ; 

 fl. 1-3 together, on very slender pedicels, in the axils of small, 

 persistent bracts, rather distantly arranged in slender pendent 

 spicate racemes or panicles 4-6 in. long from axils of old 

 leaves ; male fl. as in the last ; female fl. and ripe carp, not 

 seen. 



Moist low country ; doubtfully native. Kaduwella, 10 miles from 

 Colombo, abundant ; Asgiriya Temple near Heneratgoda. Fl. May ; 

 greenish-white. 



Not found in Peninsular India, but extends from East Bengal to 

 Malacca, and is common in the Malay Archipelago. 



All the plants I have seen are male. The fruit is said to be larger 

 than in T. malabarica, and pale yellow. 



Considered to be a valuable tonic medicine and bitter febrifuge, and 

 not improbably an introduction to Ceylon by the Malays. Moon includes 

 it in his list of Sinhalese names (Cat. pt. 2, p. 8), and it is cultivated in 

 native gardens. The stems drop down very long slender aerial roots 

 from great heights (as in T. cofdifolia). 



3. T. cordifolia, Miers, I. c. 37 (1851). Rasa-kinda, S. 

 Chintil^ T. 



