Ichnocarpus.\ ApOCyiiaCCCB. I4f 



1. A. paniculatum, A. DC. Prod. viii. 444 (1844). Dul, As- 

 wel, S. 



Ichnocarpiis paniculata, Moon Cat. 20. Thw. Enum. 194. C. P. i84'5, 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 668. Wight, Ic. t. 396. 



A very large woody twiner, stems reaching 3 or more in. 

 diam., much dichotomously branched, bark greyish-brown, 

 young parts glabrous ; 1. 4-6 in., oval-oblong, rounded at 

 base, shortly and suddenly acuminate, obtuse, glabrous and 

 shining on both sides, subcoriaceous, lat. veins numerous, 

 prominent beneath, petiole \ in., stout ; fl. very small, on 

 slender glabrous ped., numerous, cymes large, lax, tricho> 

 tomous, bracts small, deciduous ; cal.-segm. ovate, acute, 

 slightly ciliate ; cor. \ in. diam., tube cylindrical, hairy in 

 throat, lobes spreading, linear, obtuse, slightly falcate, with 

 scattered white hairs on upper surface ; stam. with very short 

 broad fil; stigmas sessile, pointed; follicles 4-6 in., divaricate, 

 ovate-oblong, cylindrical, blunt, glabrous, hard and woody, 

 black; seeds few, 8-12, all attached to basal placenta, oval, 

 much compressed, broad, flat, about i in. of which \ is beak, 

 reddish-brown, coma over 3 in,, copious. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft., very common. Fl. March ; pale 

 dull orange. 



Also in E. Bengal, Burma, W. India, Java, Philippines. 



It is remarkable that this conspicuous plant seems to be unrecorded 

 until Moon. The stems afford a very strong fibre. 



2. A. rhinosporum, Thw. Enum. 194 (i860). 

 C. P. 2579. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 669. 



A twining shrub, branchlets slender, glabrous; 1. 3-5 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, subcoriaceous, lat. veins inconspicuous, petiole \ in., 

 fl. on rather long, slender, glabrous ped., in large, long-stalked, 

 very slender and lax, glabrous, divaricate cymes; cal.-segm. 

 triangular, acute, cor.-lobes linear-filiform, acute, very falcate; 

 anth. blunt, apiculate; disk cup-shaped, lobed; stigma nearly 

 sessile ; follicles 3-5 in., linear-oblong, tapering from base, 

 bluntly pointed, glabrous; seeds few, i|-2 in., half of which 

 is composed of a very long slender beak, coma over 2 in. 



Moist region, rare. Maturata and Ambagamuwa Districts (Thwaites). 

 Fl. Nov., March ; dull orange. 

 Endemic. 



19. ZCHNOCARFUS, Br. 



Woody twiner, 1. opp., rather small, fl. small, in elongated 

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



