596 xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [lodes. 



SECT. 1. Eviodes, Baitton. Pedicels slender, not woody. 



1. I. ovalis, Blume Bijdr. i. 30 ; leaves ovate acute or acuminate, 

 base rounded, male flowers jianicled. Lr. in Benn. PL Jav. M<ir. 243, t. 48 ; 

 Hassk. Cat. Pl.Hort. Bogor. 11 -1 : J//y. /'/. ///,/. Bat. i. 795. I. tomentella, 

 Miq. I.e. 796. Natsiatuin oppositifolium, PlancJion in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Mot. v. 247 (name only). 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines. 



A climbing shrub, rarely Bab-arborescent. HruiH-in* terete, covered with rufoua 

 tomentum. Tendrils axillary or opposite the leaves. Leaves 5 by 4 in., .subeoriaceous, 

 glabrous above, except along the midrib, tomentose beneath, ovate or roundish ; petiole 

 \ in. Cyme (of male plant) much blanched, peduncles 6-8 in., pedicels spreadirg 

 Flower-bud* subglobose, densely rufnus-villous. Calyx ciliate. Corolla much 

 ing the calyx ; lobes lanceolate, indexed at the points, ciliate, connate at the base. 

 /Stamens shorter than the lobes of the corolla, filaments short erect ; anthers oblong- 

 obovate, dehiscing longitudinally. Jindininit ct, cylindrical, or subelavate, 



hispid. FEMALE il. : Cnli/.r tubular, limb as in the male fl. Corolla 4-5-parted, sub- 

 rotate, lobes acute reflex. d glob^o beneath. <>i-n>t/ substipitate, ovoid, coin) 

 densely villose ; stigma thick, orl.icular, civn , ' by .} in., rather 



dry, ov i bin. Miqm-i's /. tonn nt< III (1 . oralis, var. /3 



/'. l!.-.iii. i:i I" . Prodr. xvii. ly in its more dense covering 



of rufous tomentum. Main;.. ia belong to this form. 



SECT! 2. Lasiodes, H<nUnn. 7W/<v h thick, woody. 



2. I. Hookerlana, Baill. in A<lin#>ni,i, x. L'GS, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xvii. 24 ; leaves oblong-ovate or ovate acuminate, base acute or cordate. 



ASSAM, Gririitli; CIIITTAOONO, H.f.& T. 



Branches c'ylindric or sulian-led, si-tose, ultimately glabron- 1 S lyl|-4 



in., opposite or subalternate, cori . brotlfl abort -neath along the 



prominent nerves; petiole ,| in., rugose, articulate at the base, covered with 

 brownish h;iirs. Inflorescence extra-axillary; peduncle rugose, as long as the 

 petiole, diehotomous ; pedicels spreading, thickened at the apex. MAKE fl. in. 

 Calij.i' paterifonn, limb shortly ;Vlobed, lolies deltoid acuminate. Corolla twice the 

 length of the calyx, densely hairy at ih- base externally, deeply 5-parted ; lobes thick, 

 oblong, with indexed points. >S7a//<> . hypogvnous, half the length of 



the petals and concealed within them, filaments glabrous; anthers shorter than the 

 filaments, erect, adnate. base sagittate, lliidnut nt of /,;.-;(!/ conical. J.'nijic the size of a 

 pigeon's egg, acute at tlie aper, yellowish- red, glabrous; stone compressed, woody, some- 

 what rugose, 1-cellcd. ^'n if ovate, compressed. 1 have not examiued the female 

 flowers. In the unopened male bnd I found the pollen shed. 



3. I. Thomsoniana, Baill. in Adaiisonia, x. 270, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xvii. 25 ; leaves oblong-obovate acuminate, base narrowed cordate. 



CHITTAGONG, H. f. & T. 



A climber. Lram-ln* woody, terete, sulcate, grey, deeply scarred, young shoots and 

 petioles densely rat .s- 10 by 3 in., at length glabrous, repaud, basal lobes 



rounded, midrib downy beneath ; petiole \ in. Inflorescence extra-axillary, cymose ; 

 peduncles short, woody, pedicels divaricate. MALE fl. as in I. Ilookeriana, but 

 petals relatively shorter and broader. An imperfectly known species, probably as 

 suggested by Baillon himself a mere form of/. Hooker iana. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



4. I. ? Brandisii, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. ii. 1872, 298 ; leaves ob- 

 long acuminate mucronate, base obtuse, peikle long slender. 



TENASSERIM, Kurz. 



A climbing cirrose shrub. Leaves 6-8 in., membranous, tomentose along the nerves 



