128 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Hiptage. 



Calycine gland single, large ; styles 1-2 ; samaras terminated by 1-3 



lanceolate wings 1. Hiptage. 



Calycine glands ; styles 3 ; samaras surrounded by an orbicular or 

 lanceolate wing 2. Aspidopterys. 



1. Hiptage, Gaertn. 



Climbing shrubs or rarely small trees. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous, entire, eglandular, exstipulate. Racemes terminal and 

 axillary ; peduncles bracteate articulated with the 2-bracteate 

 pedicels. Flowers with 4 white, one coloured petal, fragrant. 

 Calyx 5 -partite with one large gland partly on the pedicel. Petals 

 clawed, unequal, silky. Stamens 10, declinate, one much longer 

 than the others ; filaments connate at the base. Ovary 3-lobed ; 

 styles 1-2, at first circinate ; stigma capitate. Fruit of 1-3 

 2-3-winged samaras. Seeds globose, cotyledons unequal. 



Leaves 4-9 in. long ; flowers '7-1 in. across ; wings of samaras about 



1*5 in. long 1. Madablota. 



Leaves about 3 in. long ; flowers *5 in. across ; wings of samaras about 

 1 in. long 2. parvifolia. 



1. HIPTAGE MADABLOTA, Gaertn. ; F. B. I. i. 418 ; W. & A. 107. 

 Gaertnera racemosa, Boxb. Cor. PL i. t. 18. 



N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, chiefly in ravines in hill 

 forests, up to 6,000 ft. 



A large straggling climbing shrub with pretty flowers and 

 rough reddish wood. Vern. Ur. Boromali. 



2. HIPTAGE PARVIFOLIA, W. & A. 107 ; F. B. I. i. 419. 



W. Deccan, from Mysore, Tinnevelly and S. Travancore. 

 A climbing shrub, smaller than H. Madablota. 



2. Aspidopterys, A. Juss. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves entire, eglandular, exstipulate. 

 Flowers panicled or fascicled ; peduncles bracteate ; pedicels 

 slender. Sepals 5, short, eglandular. Petals 5, clawed, entire, white 

 or yellow, inodorous. Stamens 10 ; filaments free or connate at 

 the base ; anthers ovate. Ovary 3-lobed ; styles 3. Fruit of 1-3 

 samaras surrounded by a shield-like membranous wing. Seeds 

 oblong ; cotyledons straight, equal. 



Leaves orbicular, suddenly acuminate, deeply cordate, white tomentose 

 beneath; samara wings oval 1. cordata. 



