168 LXXXIII. ASCI.KP1ADACE.T:. 



pollen-carriers by very long slender flexuous caudicles. Style-apex 

 broad, 5-gonous, with a distinct rim, slightly umbonate in the centre, 

 rollicles 3-7 by 1^ in., ovoid-oblong, bluntly pointed, smooth. Seeds 

 1^ in. long, ovate, margined; coma 1 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 46; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 119 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 151 ; Wight, Icon. t. 591 ; 

 K. Sebum, in Engl. & Pranfl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 2, p. 294, fig. 90, F ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 160 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 237 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 167.— Flowers : June- Aug. Veen. 

 Jati. 



KoNKAN : Talhot ; Parel bill (Bombay), Graham. Kanara : Talbot.— DiiTniB. 

 India (Silhet, Cbittagong, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Java. 



19. HETEROSTEMMA, A\^. & A. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves opposite, glandular at the base on the upper 

 surface. Flowers small, in lateral umbellate or racemose sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla divided ^-way 

 down or more ; lobes triangular, valvate or slightly overlapping to the 

 right ; corona o£ 5 large tleshy lobes spreading horizontally from the 

 staminal-column, usually with a large erect appendage on the upper side. 

 Staminal-column small, depressed ; anthers minute, terminated by a small 

 membranous appendage ; pollen-masses 1 in each anther-cell, ovoid, 

 attached by very short caudicles to the pollen-carriers. Style-apex 

 5-gonous, truncate, not exserted beyond the anthers. Follicles slender, 

 straight, pointed, glabrous. Seeds comose.— Distrib. India and Malaya; 

 species about 10. 



1. Heterostemma Dalzellii, Hooh. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 48. 

 A perennial twiner ; stems long, glabrous, terete, slender. Leaves thin, 

 3-6 by l:i-3| in., ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, glabrous, base 

 rounded or cordate, rarely subacute ; main nerves 3-5 from the base ; 

 petioles |-] | in. long, with glands above them on the upper surface of 

 the leaf. Flowers in lateral subsessile cymes ; peduncles when present 

 aiusing from between the petioles ; pedicels short, stout, glabrous. Calyx 

 small, glabrous, divided almost to the base ; segments scarcely -^ in. 

 long, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Corolla fuscous within (Dahell), ^ in. long, 

 divided to a little below the middle; lobes ^ in. long, ovate, acute; 

 corona very conspicuous, of 5 large subspathulate lobes projecting 

 horizontally from the staminal-column and lying flat on it when ex- 

 panded, without appendages on the upper side. Staminal-column very 

 sliort; pollen-masses with a pellucid apical margin, waxy, attached to 

 the pollen-carriers by very short caudicles. Style-apex depressed. 

 Follicles 3-4 in. long, straight, tapering to a point at the apex, not or 

 scarcely tapered at the base, striate, glabrous. Seeds few, | in. long, 

 oblong, narrowly margined ; coma 1 in. long. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 238. Heterostemma WalUcMi, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 152 («o< of Wight). 

 — Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; Vingorla, Dahell ! ; Mai wan, BahcU ^- Gibson. Deccan : near 

 Poona, Talbot.— D^^TRi-a. India (W. Peuiusula). 



