578 xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



sepals, linear-oblong, cano-tomentose. Pollen-grains large, 5-6-gonous, compressed. 

 Ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, angular, 2-celled, dissepiment perforate ; style short, gla- 

 brous above. Fruit not seen. 



5. ERYTHROFALUBI, Blume. 



Climbing cirhose shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, palmi- 

 nerved. Tendrils axillary. Pedum-l'-x axillary, dichotomous, ultimate 

 pedicels umbellate, ebracteate. Flowers hermaphrodite (monoecious hi mat 1 ). 

 r< ////; adherent, limb 4-5-parted. Corolla rotate-campanulate, deeply 

 5-lobed, lobes valvate. St<tin<-nx 5, opposite the ] totals, filaments very short ; 

 anthers incurved, actuate, introrse, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise at the sides; 

 connective thick. ,SV,/// ///o-A.s- :>, alternate with the lol.es of the calyx, and 

 springing with the stamens from the throat of the corolla. Omry semi- 

 adherent, obconic, tapering at the apex into a short style, 1 -celled. 

 times (always?) provided with an epixynous disk; stigma minute 3-lolu-d ; 

 ovules 1-3, pendulous iVom the apex or' the ovarian cavity, naked. /'/// /V 

 fleshy, indehiscent, ovoid-oblong or clavate, surmounted by the remains of 

 the calyx, 1-celled ; epicarp (calyx ? ultimately separating from the fruit in 

 3-5 fleshy, reilexed valves. ,S''f/ l, pendulous, allnimen ileshy ; euibryo 

 minute. DISTRIB. The following are the only known species : 



1. E. scandens, hhmn- A'//'-//-. OiM : leaves glaltnuis membranous ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, la^e rabpeltate rounded of acute, llowers 

 less than } \ in. J//</. /'/. ///</. //"/. i. pt. i. 7'-l : Wall. Cat. !jn:j3, without 

 name. Cocculus calophyllns, \ValI. J/.s-x. /// /?,//,. 



KM \*i.v MTs.,alt.2 'J400 ft., //./. cO T. ; PEGU, A"///-.: ; MALACCA, 



.1. 



Branches striated, glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2^ in.. .'! T-iM-rvrd, irlaucoiis 

 Tendrils (abortive peduncles) simple cr bifid, thickened towards tin- apex. 

 axillary, lax, much oranohed, manj-flowered, ]> iluncirs 3-4 in.; brai:<'li<'s di 

 nltimate pedicels umbellate, longer than tin- (lower. ]lrnct,ul<a minute. '"'///.' enp- 



sliaped, obscurely 4- 6- toothed. ('(irallfi deeply ;Vp:irted, lob'-s ovate. Orari/ ov< id, 

 style short. /'///// ;,' 1 in. by .', in., 1-celled, epicarp, (persistent calyx), yellowish, ulti- 

 mately separating i'roni aiiove downwards into 3-4 valves. 



2. E. populifolium, Must. : leaves subcoriaceous ovate or roundish 

 acuminate, base cordate sulipeltate, ilowers exceeding ^ iu. Mackaya 

 populifolia, Arn. in M ; /. Z,,l. Hot. 1838, ii. 531. 



TKAVANCOK, at ('i.urtalluni, }\'i(/Jit. 



(ilabrous. Leave* r> liy {;] in., 3-7 nerve. 1 ; crlaucous beneath; petiole 1 in. 

 l\<lt(udcs axillary, 1 or more together, or on a short thick spur, slender, dicliotomons, 

 Jew-flowered, pedicels longer than tlf (lowers. (..'///.' cnj-^hapei|, o\* uidv 5-t 

 Corolla, rotate, deejily 5 pan <Mong, much longer than the calyx. Onirn 



ovoid, semi-adherent, 1-celled ; btyle .short, subulate ; ovules 3. Fruit $ in., oblong or 

 ellipsoid. 



3. . vagum, Mast.; leaves subcoriaceous ovate-oblong obtuse or acute, 

 base subpeltate cordate, ovary with an epigynous disk. Modeccopsis vaga, 

 <>)}/. Not td. iv. 633; Ic. PL Iwl. Or. 62a ' 



r l'j;oj'iCAL HIMALAYA, from Nipal to Mishrni and Assam ; MALACCA, Griffith. 



Leaves 6 by 4^ in , 5-7-uerved ; petiole 2 in. Peduncle 7-8 in. Calyx-tube obconic, 

 mnrgin obscurely 5-toothed. Corolla deeply 5-lobed ; lobes herbaceous, oblong-ovate, 

 reflexed. Filaments filiform, anthers minute. Ovary ovoid-oblong, I -celled, epigynous 

 dibk large, 5-lol ed, lobes opposite the sepals; style short, subulate, stigma minute 



