M uteri ah for a Flora of the Malaijan Peninmla. 333. 



■vvlien in fruit, rusty-pubescent. Flotvers 15 in. in diam., those in the 

 upper part of the spike male, those in the lower hermaphrodite. Calyx 

 minutely rusty-pubescent outside ; the tube narrow, sub-cj^lindvic in tlie 

 female, tapering much upwards ; the mouth wide, cupular and with; 

 5 broadly triangular shallow refiexed teeth, shortly hmate at the 

 base. Stamens exserted. Fruit narrowly elliptic, cylindric at the ends, 

 •75-r25 in. long; the edges produced into 2 coriaceous, horizontally 

 striate, glabrous wings each '6-1 in. wide. 



Singapore; Eidlei/ 6733. Malacca; Derry 1037., Perak ; Kings 

 Collector 4529. 



2. Calycopteris, Lamk. 



A diffuse sub-scandent shrub with drooping branches. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petioled, elliptic or ovate, acuminate, entire. RaceDies 

 dense, axillary, and crowded towards the ends of the branches so as to 

 form large panicles. Flowers small, greenish, each with a lanceolnte 

 bract. Calyx-tube 5-striate, produced above the ovary ; limb 5-fid, 

 persistent and much enlarged in fruit. Petals 0. Stamens 10, the five 

 upper ones between the calyx-teeth, the five others alternate with them 

 and lower down on the calyx-tube. Ovary 1-celled, inferior ; style 

 subulate, simple ; ovules 3, pendulous from the top of the cell. Fniit 

 narrowly ovoid, 5-ribbed, villous, 1-seeded, surmounted by the enlarged 

 calyx. Colyledons convolute. The only species. 



Calycopteris flortbunda, Lamk. Diet., Suppl. II, 41, and 111. t. 357. 

 A diffuse scrambling shrub, sub-scandent ; young branches slender, 

 puberulous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 

 sometimes shortly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly nnn-owed ; 

 both surfaces minutely tomentose, the upper tawny, the lower rusty and 

 pitted ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, ascending, curved, rather prominent 

 beneath ; length 2*5-4 in., breadth 1-2 in., petiole •2--3 in. Liflorescence 

 rusty-tomentose. Floivers '35 in. in diam., sessile, yellow^ish-grecn, 

 each with a short lanceolate pubescent bracteole. Stamens unequal, but 

 all much shorter than the linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes. Fruit about 

 •35 in. long, nari-owly oblong, 5-angled, crowned by the enlarged 

 veined calyx-lobes which often attain from '75-1 in. in length. Bran- 

 dis For. Flora 220 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 449. Caly- 

 copteris nutans, Kurz Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Vol. XLYI, pt. II, p. 59 ; 

 For. Flora Burma, I, 468. GetoniaJIoribunda, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 87 and 

 Fl. Ind. II, 428; Roth Nov. Sp. 216; DC. Prodr. Ill, 15 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 91 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bnt. I, pt. I, 605 ; W. & A. Prodr. 315 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 4013. Getcnia nutans, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 33; Fl. Ind. II, 

 428; Wall. Cat. 4012 ; Miq. 1. c. ; DC. Prodr. Ill, 15. Gefojna nifida, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 217. Comhretum sericenm. Wall, in Herb. Calc. 



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