i.xii. ere rinuiACK.fi. 5-4o 



l()biil:it(* (tlie terminal lolu; the longest ), irrcguhii-ly denticulate ; petioles 

 stout, l.J-2 ill. long, densely hairy. Malh floweeh in 15-20-tlo\vere{l 

 riKH'iiu'S at. the top of a hairy slender pi'duncle '2-4 in. long ; pedicels 

 iiliforin, j^y-^ in. long. C alyx shortly hairy ; tube suhheinispheric, 

 y\j in. long ; teeth narrowly triangular, less than J-,y in. long. Corolla 

 greenish-yellow ; segments ovate-oblong, subacute, Jj^ in. long. Anthers 

 subsessile ; connective scarcely produced, bifid. Fk.malk fi.owkrs 

 fascicled, subsessile. Fruit | in. long (including the beak), sessile, 

 ellijisoid, suddenly narrowed into a beak about |- in. long, red when ripe, 

 finely velvety. Seeds /j in. in diam., globose, margiiuHl. Fl. B. T. v. 2, 

 p. ()'2S ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G41. yEchmandra 

 velntina, Dalz. it (Jibs. p. 100. 



Rftrc, appari'iillv coiifineil to Siiid. Sind : Ihdzell, 41 ! ; Karachi, Cooke I — DieTitiB. 

 Tropical Africa. 



1 2. DICCELOSPERMUM, C. B. C larke. 



A scabrid scandciit slender herb. Tendrils simple. I^eaves petiolate, 

 ovate-cordate or sid)liastiite. Flowers white, minute, shortly pedicelled, 

 monoecious, ihe males and females in the same axils. Mam-: flowers 

 solitary or fascicled. Calyx-tube short, campanulate ; teeth 5, minute. 

 Coi'oUa deeply o-partite; segments entire, triangidar-ovate. Stamens 3, 

 free, inserted on the calyx-tube ; fikimeiits very short ; anthers oblong, 

 one 1-celled, the otliei-s 2-celled, the cells straight, connective narrow, 

 scarcely produced at the apex. Eudimentary o\ary glanduliform. 

 Fkmale flowehs unknown. Fruit dry, depressed-globose, 1-celled. 

 Seeds 3, erect, inserted at the bottom of the cell. — Distbib. India 

 (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



1 . Dicoelospermum Ritchiei, C. B. Clarice, in Hool-. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 630. Si ems elongate, not much branched, grooved, scabrid. 

 Tendrils slender, elongate, striate, sparingly hairy. Leaves l|-3 in. 

 long and about as broad as long, deep-green and sparingly hirsute abo\ e, 

 paler, hirsute and at length scabrid beneath, denticulate, usually cn-ate- 

 subtriangular and slightly 3-lobed, the lateral lobes very short, acute, 

 divergent, the terminal triangular, acute or acuminate; petioles \-\h in. 

 long, very scabrid (almost ecliinulate). Male flowehs fascicled ; 

 peduncles filiform, y^-i in. long, hairy. Calyx-tube -^^ in. long; teeth 

 erect, subulate, ^Ij in. long. Corolla pubescent; segments subacute, 

 -jlg^ in. long. Female flowers not seen. Fruit sessile, glabrous, smooth, 

 uinbilicate at the apex, about \ in. long and somewhat broader than long, 

 red when ripe. Seeds whitish-brown, \ by i by jL in., broadly ovoid, 

 compressed, slightly beaked, longitudinally ridged and slightly rugulose 

 in the middle, containing 3 cavities, the central one enclosing the embryo, 

 the 2 lateral empty. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (189S) p. 641. 

 — Flowers : July-Sept. Veen. Gogara. 



Rare. Stocks (without locality) in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : W. Ghats near Matheran, 

 Wuodrow. Deccan : Atnboj-iie, 12 miles Croiti Lanoli, Woodroivl S. M. Country: 

 Belgaiim, R/fchir, 310 1 — Distiub. Apparently endemic. 



None of tbe specimens have female flowers, all baving been collfcted iu the fruiting 

 stage. 



