Dischidia.'] xcv. ASCLEPIADE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 51 



Stem and branches stout. Leaves very similar to those of D. hirsuta when dry, 

 but not papillose ; ascidia irregularly compressed, obtuse, fleshy, base gibbous, the 

 cavity filled with rootlets from the adjoining node. Flowers in long. Sepals obtuse. 

 Corolla fleshy, teeth 3-gonous and throat thickened. Follicles 2-3 in. long, curved, 

 ^ in. broad below the middle, tapering thence to both ends, pericarp thin. Seeds i in. 

 linear oblong. Griffith's Mergui plant may be different from the Malacca one, which 

 has longer peduncles and more numerous flowers. I find no difference in the corollas. 



7. D. acutifolia, Maingay mss. ; glabrous, stems slender twining, 

 leaves shortly petioled 3-4 in. long ovate-lanceolate acute coriaceous penni- 

 nerved, peduncles elongate, flowers subsessile, corolla throat hairy. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1122). 



Leaves shining, nerves 5-7 pair, prominent on both surfaces ; petiole |- in. or less. 

 Peduncle 1 in. " Corolla very minute, urceolate, pale yellow with the short 

 limb pink, throat closed with a row of fine horizontal or slightly ascending hairs. 

 Coronal-processes very minute, closely appressed to the anthers," Maingay. Follicles 

 2|- in. long, very slender, terete, slightly curved, narrowed from the base upwards. 



8. D. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; glabrous, twining, leaves 1-1 in. petioled 

 obovate acute very fleshy nerveless, peduncles very short few-fld. D. obovata, 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 61, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 386, A. f. 7. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, on trees, Griffith. 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves 1* in. diam., base cuneate ; petiole 

 :- in. Peduncles perennial, ovoid, obtuse, as thick as the branch. " Flowers few, 

 small, inconspicuous, white. Sepals minute, rounded. Corolla urceolate, 5-toothed, 

 throat closed with hairs. Coronal-processes white, fleshy, angular, base 2-fid. Pollen- 

 masses tumid, obovoid." Griffith. 



9. D. Collyris, Wall. Cat. 4207; glabrous, leaves sessile orbicular 1-1 

 in. diam. fleshy convex papillose with the nerves distinct beneath, corolla 

 glabrous within white. Conchophyllum imbricatum, Blume Bijd. 106| ; Dene, 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 630. Collyris major, Vahl. ; Wight Contrib. 66; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 513. ?D. albiflora, Griff. Notul. iv. 47, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 410, 

 A. f. 8. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1114). SINGAPORE, Walker. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Borneo. 



Stems creeping and rooting, the roots protected by the leaves. Leaves sometimes 

 pruinose beneath, nerves 2-3 pairs, horizontal. Flowers subsessile on the short 

 peduncles. Corolla ~ in. long, globose with erect teeth, " white glabrous within, 

 lobes tipped with lilac," Maingay. 



10. 3D. coccinea, Griff. Notul. iv. 45, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 409 ; gla- 

 brous, leaves sessile orbicular |f in. diam. convex papillose with the nerves 

 distinct beneath, corolla glabrous within scarlet. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 3780). 



More slender and smaller than D. Collyris, of which Maingay considers it a variety. 

 Flowers fascicled on a very short peduncle ^ in. long. Follicles 1 in. long, lanceolate, 

 curved, broadest near the base. 



11. D. complex, Griff. Notul. iv. 50; glabrous, ascidia subreniform com- 

 pressed lamina inflexed at the orifice, peduncle long, corolla white, throat 

 closed with hairs. 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



Twining. Ascidia large ; orifice small, near the petiole, its outer margin inflexed 

 formed into a second pitcher much smaller than the outer one, opening on each side 

 by an oblique aperture, deeply lobed or furrowed on the upper carinate on the lower 

 side ; outer cavity crammed with radicles, inner surfaces of both lurid purple. 



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