Corchorus.] xxvui. TILIACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 399 



much shorter than the petiole. Peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-3-flowered. Capsule 

 1-14 in. Wight and Arnott describe the septa between the seeds as nearly obsolete, 

 but they are frequently well marked. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



C. PUMILUS, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6310 (a plant cultivated in the Calcu'ta Garden), 

 is too imperfect to be determined. It is probably a depauperated form of some common 

 species. 



11. FLAGIOFTERON, Griff. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves opposite and alternate, pubescent, entire. 

 Flowers numerous, in peduncled panicles. Sepal* 5. Petals o, reilexed. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments clavate ; anthers ^-celled, cells divergent at 

 the base. Ovary 3-celled ; styles consolidated, subulate ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell, collateral Fruit subturbinate, woody, 3-celled, 3-winged at the 

 summit. DISTRIB. A solitary species. 



1. P. fragrans, Griff, in Gale. Jou.ru. Nat. Hist. iv. 244, t. 13. 



TENASSERIM, at MERGUI, Griffith. 



Stellate-pubescent. Leaves 4 by 2 in., ovate-oblong, cuspidate ; petiole in. 

 Flowers small, fragrant. Petals 3-4 times longer than the sepals. Stamens louger 

 th;m the petals, filaments capillary. Ovary pilose. Fruit 1| in. diam. Griffith, 

 who describes this plant from specimens growing in the Calcutta Garden, says that it 

 is supposed to come from Silhet ; but I find specimens in his own Herbarium gathered 

 by himself in Mergui, probably at a subsequent date. 



12. ECHINOCARPUS, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves simple, arch-veined. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, soli- 

 tary or tufted. Sepals 4, imbricate. Petals 4, gashed. Stamens numerous, 

 free, springing from a thick disk ; anthers linear, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Ovary 3-4-celled ; cells many-ovuled ; style subulate. Capsule coriaceous or 

 woody, prickly or setose, 3-4- or by abortion, 1-celled. Seeds solitary few 

 or many, pendulous, ovoid, testa bony shining, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. DISTRIB. One species is Australian, another Javari, the re- 

 mainder are Indian. 



1, E. Blur ex, Benth. in Proc. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. p. 71; leaves 

 oblong or sublanceolate acuminate glabrous on both surfaces, spines of the 

 fruit dilated at the base. 



*' KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 3-5000 ft , Hk.f. & T. 



Glabrous except the peduncles. Leaves 3-4 by 1J in. ; petiole 1 in. Peduncle 1 in. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule 1-1 4 in., ovoid, woody, 4-5-valved, valves downy, covered 

 with long straight subulate spines. Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 67), identi- 

 fies E. Murex with Blume's E. Sigun, but in the absence of authentic specimens of the 

 latter I hesitate to adopt his view seeing how far apart the Kha>da Mountains and Java 

 are, and that the species has been found in no intermediate station. Clos, moreover, 

 describes E. Sigun as differing both in the foliage and spines of the capsules. 



2. E. assamicus, Benth. I.e. 72 ; leaves elliptic-oblong abruptly acu- 

 minate, glabrous above thinly pubescent beneath, spines of the fruit 

 subulate. 



UPPER ASSAM, Griffith. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves 9 by 4 in. ; petiole 2-3 in. Peduncles puberulous. 

 Ovary ovoid, bristly ; style subulate. Fruit pendulous, 2 iu. diam., globose, studded 

 with long slender spines. 



