842 LXiv. PASSIFLORACE^ [Adenta. 



Jungle ; Chan Chu Kang ; Pulau Tekong. Johor, Bukit Soga ; 

 Jaffaria (King). 



(5) A. grandifolia Ridl. Joiirn. F.M.S. Mus. x. 136. 



Glabrous climber. Leaves membranous to thinly coriaceous, 

 broad ovate-elliptic, shortly, abruptly acuminate, base decurrent 

 on petiole with 2 glands, 4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 4-5 in. wide ; petioles 

 I to 1-5 in. long. Panicles short, thick, 1-5 in. long, many-flowered. 

 Bracts lanceolate acuminate, -15 in. long. Male flowers flask- 

 shaped, coriaceous -45 in. long. Calyx-lobes recurved, linear 

 acuminate. Petals from mouth of the tube linear acuminate as 

 long. No corona. Stamens much shorter than tube. Anthers 

 apiculate. Fruit globose 1-5 in. through. Seeds oblong oblique 

 ovoid pitted. Hab. Pahang, Kwala Tekam and Kota Tongkat 

 (Evans). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass (Ridley). Disirih. 

 Sumatra. 



3. PAROPSIA, Noronha. 



Erect shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers in dense axillary cymes. 

 Calyx-tube short, 5-lobed. Petals 5, from base of calyx-tube. 

 Corona of fine threads from calyx-tube, in 5 phalanges. Gynophore 

 very short. Ovary sub-globose; style of 3 branches. Stigmas 

 reniform, capitate. Fruit capsular. Species 4 or 5, Africa, Malaya. 



(i) P. vareciformis Masters, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 639; 

 King, I.e. 49. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate, base cuneate, edges entire or serrate, 

 glabrous except midrib and 6 to 7 pairs of nerves, 2-5 to 5-25 in. 

 long, I to 1-75 in. wide ; petioles -i to -2 in. long. Flowers -5 in. 

 across; pedicels -15 in. long, tomentose. Calyx campanulate, 

 villous, lobes oblong acute. Petals smaller oblanceolate. Corona 

 single woolly. Stamens 5. Ovary villous. Fruit ovoid -5 to 

 •7 in. long. Seed flat scrobiculate. Hah. Forests. Malacca (Main- 

 gay, etc.). Bukit Bruang. Selangor; Ulu Gombak (Burn- 

 Murdoch) ; Weld's Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak 

 (Kunstler and Scortechini). 



Order LXV. CUCURBITACEiE. 



Climbing herbs, with tendrils. Leaves alternate often cordate, 

 lobed. Flowers unisexual (rarely bisexual) yellow or white, racemed 

 or solitary. Calyx-tube quite adnate to ovary; limb rotate or 

 campanulate; lobes 5. Petals 5, insert on calyx-limb, often 

 fimbriate at edge. Stamens usually 3, insert on mouth or lower 

 down ; anthers free or united ; cells straight or flexuous. Ovary 

 inferior; carpels 3; style i. Stigmas 3 (rarely with 2, 3 or 4 

 styles). Fruit a large or small berry, occasionally a capsule. Seeds 



