140 ApOCynaceCE. [Aaodendron. 



with 5 bifid scales within; cor.-tube cyHndrical, lobes 5, short, 

 overlapping to right; stam. 5, inserted at base of cor.-tube, 

 anth. connivent and adherent to stigma ; disk large, fleshy, 

 surrounding carp.; follicles distinct, linear, coma long, endo- 

 sperm scanty. — Sp. 7 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind., but neither from 

 Peninsular India. 



B. acuminata, Hk.f. in Fl. B. hid. iii. 662 (1882). 

 CU'g/iflrnia* acuininafa, Wight, Ic. iv. pt. 2, 5; Thw. Enum. 194. C. 

 cyviosa, Wight, 1. c. C. P. 1861. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 662. Wight, Ic. tt, 13 10 and 1312 (C cymosd). 



A dififuse semi-scandent shrub, branches slender, cylindrical, 

 young parts glabrous, pink ; 1. 3^-5 in., lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute at base, suddenly contracted into a narrow obtuse tail 

 at apex, glabrous, thin, venation reticulate, lat. veins rather 

 numerous, horizontal, looped within margin, petiole \ in., 

 slender; fl. very small, numerous, on short, slender, glabrous 

 ped., cymes peduncled, usually lax, at first terminal, but 

 becoming apparently axillary by growth of lateral branch; 

 cal.-segm. oblong, obtuse; cor.-tube hairy within, lobes much 

 shorter than tube, ovate, acute; anth. hairy on back, apiculate; 

 disk half concealing carp., follicles 10-12 in., slender, attenuate, 

 glabrous; seeds large, i^-i^ in., oblong, tapering to both ends, 

 coma 2 in. 



Moist region, 2000-5000 ft., rather common. Fl. Feb.; orange-yellow. 

 Endemic. 



18. ANODENDROIf, A. DC. 



Woody twiners, 1. opp., subcoriaceous, fl. very small, in 

 copious axillary and terminal paniculate cymes; cal.-segm. 5, 

 very small; cor.-tube short, cylindrical, lobes 5, very narrow, 

 strongly overlapping to right ; stam. 5, inserted near base of 

 cor.-tube, anth. connivent, adherent to stigma; disk cupular, 

 lobed; carp, distinct, ovules few, style very short, stigma thick, 

 pointed; follicles stout, tapering, woody; seeds few, oval, com- 

 pressed, strongly beaked, coma long. — Sp. 7; 4 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Beak of seed i in., stout i. A. paniculatum. 



Beak of seed |-i in., very slender . . . 2. A. rhinosporum. 



* Dedicated to Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., of the Madras Medical Esta- 

 blishment; the first Conservator of Forests, Madras, 1857-63. 



