202 flora in Die a. [Menispermacea. 



Cat. 4978 ! Clypea Burmanni, W. et A. Prod. i. 14 (ex parte), non DC. 

 Cyclea Burmanni, A molt in Wight III. i. 22. — Rheed. Mai. vii. t. 49. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Walker! etc.; Malabaria et Carnatica australiori, 

 Wight! Concan, Law! Assam, Jenkins! Khasia ! Chittagong ! Ava et 

 Pegu, Wall.! Malacca, Griff.! Singapur, Wall.! — (v. v.) 



Distrib. Java, Spanoghe ! (in Herb. Hook.) 



Frutex scandens. Caules sulcati, pilis laxis stramineis subreflexis sparsis hispiduli, 

 rarius glabrescentes. Folia late deltoidea, margine subrcpanda, acuta vel obtusius- 

 cula, mucronata, tenuiter coriacea, 3-6 poll, longa, 2-4 lata, petiolo l-2ipollieari, 

 supra glabra vel pilis paucissimis sparsis tecta, et margine ciliata, subtus pubescentia, 

 tenuiter tomentosa vel rarius glabra. Faniculce paullo supra -axillares, folia cequantes 

 vel superantes, puberulse ; masc. plerumque longiores, graciles, interdum pedales, ra- 

 mulis elongatis vel subcontracts multitioris ; fcem. strictiores, folia vix sequantes, 

 3-6-pollicares, raniis rigidis 1-2-pollicaribus. Bractea oblongeevel subulatae. Flores 

 masculi hispiduli vel glabresceutes. Driipce reniformes, lateraliter compressse, pilosse. 



We are not quite satisfied that all the synonyms above referred to belong to one 

 species, because our specimens from the Madras peninsula bear only female flowers, 

 while those from the eastward are all male. We have not, however, been able to 

 find any characters upon which to found a diagnosis between the two. We know 

 from our own Khasia specimens that the degree of branching of the male panicle 

 varies very much, a3 well as the amount of hairiness of the stem, and the pubescence 

 of the under-surfaces of the leaves. The degree of division of the lobes of the corolla 

 is also a very variable character. 



We possess panicles of fruit of another species of Cyclea, collected in the Khasia 

 hills, without leaves, and preserved in spirits. These drupes are quite glabrous, ar- 

 ranged in panicles 3-4 inches long, of which the branches are very short. They 

 resemble very closely the female panicles of Mr. Miers' Cyclea deltoidea from Hong- 

 kong. 



3. C. populifolia (H.f. et T.); foliis cordatis acuminatis haud 

 peltatis. — Menispermea, Griff. Itin. Notes, pp. 114, 165. 



Hab. In dumetis subtropieis Sikkim ! Bhotan, Griffith! Khasia ! 

 (v. v.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice ramorum lactea, ramulorum cinereo-pubescente. 

 Folia late cordata, 7-9-nervia, subtus crebre reticulata, coriacea, firma, supra glabra, 

 subtus pilis rigidiusculis pubescentia, 4-6 poll, longa, 3-6 lata, petiolo 2-4-pollicari 

 pubeecente cyliudrico, basi et apice incrassato. Panicula axillares, tomentosse, ex 

 eadem axilla plures, fceminese plerumque e caulibus crassioribus ; masc. in specimi- 

 nibus vix evolutee, decompositae, rnnltiflorse, calyce campanulato 4-lobo, anthera pel- 

 tata disciforrai 4-loculari ; fcem. 2-6-pollicares, ramosse ; flores in spec, fere omnibus 

 delapsi, sepalis 2, lateralibus, carnosulis, glabris, subcucullatis. Drupa glabrae. 



Tribus III. Pachygone^e, Miers. 



Ovaria 3 vel plura. Drupte ovales vel hippocrepiformes, styli cica- 

 trice fere basilari. Putamen haud tuberculatum. Semen uncinatum, 

 exalbuminosum. Embryo seniini conformis, eotyledonibus seinicylindri- 

 cis carnosis amygdalinis. 



13. PACHYGONE, Miers. 



Sepala 6, biserialia, exteriora minora. Petala 6, auriculata, sepalis £ 

 breviora, stamina amplectentia. Mas. Stamina 6 ; m fif amenta cylindrica, 



