Luvimga.] xxxi. rutace^. 355 



or panicled racemes, white, fragrant. Calyx cupular, entire or 

 3- to 5-lobed. Stamens 8 to 10 inserted round a disc. Ovary 

 2- to 5-celled; ovules 2 in a cell; style stout. Stigma capitate. 

 Berry large, ellipsoid, rind thick. Seeds large, ovoid, 2 or 3. 

 Species 4, Indo-Malayan. 



Leaves narrower ; nerves conspicuous ; stamens 



glabrous, connate . . . . . (i) L. scandens 



Leaves broader more elliptic ; nerves incon- 

 spicuous; stamens woolly, free . . • (-) L. eleutheranthera 



(i) L. scandens Ham. Wall. Cat. 6382 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 509 ; Bot. Mag. i. 4522 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 188 ; King, 

 I.e. 222. 



Big liane. Leaves elliptic narrowed to base or obovate obtuse; 

 nerves fine but conspicuous, 4 to 12 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; 

 petiolules 'lo in. long; petioles 2 to 5 in. long. Cymes panicled, 

 many-flowered, i to 3 in. long. Calyx bluntly 5-lobed. Petals 

 ■2 in. long, recurved. Stamens glabrous, united. Berry eUipsoid 

 narrowed slightly at base, dotted. Hah. Forests on river-banks 

 and hills. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca (Griffith, 

 Maingay). Pahang, Pekan. Bindings, Telok Sera. Penang Hill; 

 Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. India, Cambodia, Sumatra. 

 Native name : Akar Keping. 



(2) L. eleutheranthera Dalz. Hook. Keiv Journ. Bot. ii. 258; 

 F.B.I, i. 511 ; King, I.e. 222. 



Big liane with hooks. Leaflets 4"5 to 8 in. long, 1-2 to 4*5 in. 

 wide, elliptic ; nerves fine, inconspicuous, 8 to 12 pairs ; petioles 

 1*25 to 4"5 in. long. Racemes in fascicles 1*25 in. long. Flowers 

 several, white, "5 in. long. Calyx very shortly toothed. Petals 

 not recurved. Stamens free, woolly above. Fruit oblong ellipsoid 

 an inch long, strongly gland-dotted. Hab. Dense forest. Singa- 

 pore, Changi. Pahang. Perak (Wray). Distrib. India, Sumatra. 



12. PARAMIGNYA, Wight. 



Shrub, usually spiny. Leaves i-foliolate, sub-coriaceous. 

 Flowers rather large, white, fragrant, axillary, solitary or fascicled. 

 Calyx cupular. Petals oblong, 4 or 5. Stamens 8 to 10 inserted 

 round a columnar disc; filaments free, linear; anthers linear- 

 oblong. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; ovules i or 2 in each cell. Style 

 elongate. Berry ovoid or pear-shaped, triquetrous, resinous 

 glandular. Seeds large, oblong compressed. Species 6, Indo- 

 Malayan. 



P. grandifiora Wall. Oliver, Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Sapp. ii. 42, 

 " Singapore Lobb," is a plant with flowers 75 in. long. It is 

 otherwise only known from Tenasserim. The locality Singapore 

 is probably wrong. 



Spines very small . . . . . . . (i) P. Griflithii 



Spines straight 2 in. long; fruit angled . . • (-) P. longispina 



