Mil. <.i(Li{nn.\<'K.?;. ,541 



SiH'ils olxivoid or subulohosc, scaiTply compressed, smooth, •w•}1itl^ 

 Jiuksoii, in Index Kew. v. .'4, p. 20Ji, lin/onia ymlK-l/ain, K.UAu,\n Willd. 

 8p. IM. V. 4, p. (J18; Grab. Cat p. 78 ; balz. & Gibs. p. lol. Zehiurm 

 hostdtn, Miq. Fl, Ind. Bat. v. 1, part 1, p. 6o6 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 2nf). Zehneria nmhellatn, Thwaites, Enum. p. 125 ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 ITook. f. Fl. B, 1. V. 2, p. H25 ; Woodr. in .loiirn. Bomb. Nat. v. II 

 ( 18J)8) p. (i40 ; AVatt, Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 0, part 4, p. 355.— Flowers : 

 June. Vkkn. (rometi. 



The leaves are of very variable shape. Cogiiiaux (L r.) distinguishes 

 no less than 12 different forms. 



Konkan: S/orfcs], Low'.; Ncral, Bhiva\\ Ainboli Gliat, Kanitkar\ (all of 

 Cogniaiix's form 1). Dbocan: Miihableshwnr, Vonkel, Woodrom ] (i'orm 1); Karli, 

 lihira'. (form 2); Kadkala, U'ooi/row\ (form 8). 8. M. Country: Ritchie, 308! 

 (form 1). — DiSTKin. Tlirouglioiil India ; Ceylon, Cliina, Cocliincliina, JaTa, 



9. BLAST ANIA, Kotschy & Peyr. PI. Tinn. (1865-66) p. 15, t. 7. 

 Ctenolepis, Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. v. 1 (1867) p. 832. 



Prostrate or scandent annual herbs. Tendrils simple. Leaves 

 digitately 5-7-lobed or -])artite. Bracts stipuliform, in the axils of the 

 leaves, toothed or pec-tiiiately eiliate. Flowers minute, monoecious. 

 Male flowers racemose, on slender pedicels. Calyx-tube short, cam- 

 panulate ; lobes 5, subulate, very small. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-partite. 

 iStamens 3, inserted on the calyx-tube, free ; filaments remote, very 

 short ; anthers small, one 1-celled, the others 2-celled, the cells short, 

 stniiglit. the connective not produced. Eudimentary ovary 0. Femxle 

 TLOWKiJS solitary, in the same axils as the males ; peduncle short. 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male. Staminodes 0. Ovary ovoid, 2-3- 

 placeutiferous ; ovules few, horizontal ; style colunmar, without a basal 

 disk ; stigmas 2 (rarely 3), Fruit fleshy, globose or obliquely sub- 

 quadrate. Seeds few, ovoid, much compressed or boat-shaped, the 

 margins obtu.se or acute; testa smooth. — Histrib. Tropical and sub- 

 tropical Asia, Tropical Africa; species 2, 



Fruit gli )bose 1 ■ B. fimhristipuli. 



Fruit inversely reniform or haniiiipr-sliaped 2. B. Garcini. 



1. Blastania fimbristipula, Kots^clvj S,- Pe>/r. PI. rinn. (1865-66) 

 p. 15, t. 7. An extensive, climber; stems subfiliform, elongate, much- 

 branched, grooved and angled, glabrous, smooth or slightly scabrid. 

 Tendrils slender, elongate, striate, simple. Leaves membranous, lg-4in. 

 long and broad, scabrid on both surfaces with white spots, usually 

 3-partite (rarely 5-lobed), the segments ovate-obloug or lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed at the base, denticulate or crenulate, the lateral 

 segments more or less 2-lobed, the intermediate segment entire or 

 3-lobed, often with a long mucro ; petioles f-lg in. long, slender, 

 grooved, hirsute, at length scabrid with white spots. Stipular bracts 

 ^-k in. long, orbicular, reniform or dimitliate, scabrid with minute 

 white spots, eiliate with hairs as long as the breadth of the bract. 

 Male flowers 5-10 at the apex of a glabrous filiform peduncle 

 l-lg in. long; pedicels ebracteate, y^-- « in. long. Calyx-teeth minute. 

 Corolla minute ; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, spreading. Female 

 FLOWERS solitary ; peduncles short. Fruit subsessile, globose, scarlet, 

 glabrous. ^ in. in diam. Seeds 2, ovoid, j in. long, j^-{ in. broad> 



