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tate : putamen valde osseum, subglobosum, paulo compressum, 
peripheriam versus utrinque radiatim sulcatum, carima peri- 
pherica levi, 1-loculare, loculo lunato circa condylum gyrato ; 
condylum excentricum, intus septulo imtegro 2-cameratum, 
utrinque meatu lineari parvo extus perforatum ; semen loculo 
conforme, dorso angulatum, ventre subplanum ; integumenta 
tenuia, medio raphes ventralis prominentis linearis condylo 
affixa; embryo intra albumen simplex copiosum carnosum 
fere annulosum tenuiter elongatus, omnino teres, cotyledonibus 
accumbentibus, ad hilum tensis, radicule supere ad stylum 
spectanti equalibus, vel subbrevioribus. 
Frutices scandentes Asie tropice et insularum indigene ; folia 
elliptica, sepius glaberrima, 8-nervia, breviter petiolata ; racemi 
axillares, petiolum equantes, vel duplo longiores. 
The following species are enumerated in my ‘ Contributions 
to Botany,’ vol. i. :— 
1. Hypserpa cuspidata, nob. ;—Cocculus cuspidatus, Wall. ;— 
Limacia cuspidata, Hook. & Th.—Penins. Ind. et Ceylon 
(Wall. Cat. 4960; Gardner, 30; Thwaites, 1051). 
2. —— nitida, nob.;—Limacia cuspidata, Hook. & Th. in part. 
—Hong Kong. 
3. prevaricata, nob.—Pulo Penang ; ins. Philip. (Cuming, 
1252). 
4. funifera, nob.—Africa centralis (Mellor). 
ap heteromera, nob.—Borneo (Motley, 710). 
6. propensa, nob.—Borneo (Motley, 179). 
ie paucifiora, nob.—Ceylon (Walker). 
8. iriflora, nob. ;—Cocculus triflorus, DC. ;—Limacia mi- 
crophylla, Mig.—Sumatra et Java. 
9. —— uniflora, nob.—Ceylon (Walker). 
19. Limacta. 
In describing Hypserpa, I have shown it to be very distinct 
from Limacia, with which it has been confounded by the authors 
of the ‘Flora Indica’ and the ‘Genera Plantarum.’ In habit 
there is a certain degree of resemblance between them; but in 
their floral structure there is a positive want of compatibility. 
In Limacia the male flowers are constantly isomerous, the mner 
row of sepals is three; they are thick, fleshy, pilose on both 
sides, with a decidedly valvate estivation ; the petals are mvari- 
ably six, and embrace as many stamens standing opposite to 
them ; there is, however, a distinct group in which only three 
stamens are present, but the flowers are still isomerous : rudi- 
ments of three or six ovaries are found in the centre of the 
