272 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Connarus. 



shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovaries 5, densely 

 pubescent, 4 usually imperfect or obsolete, the fifth with a 

 slender style and capitate stigma. Fruit an oblique, stipitate, 

 inflated follicle, the valves glabrous or pubescent within, usually 

 nearly straight on the dorsal, curved on the ventral suture. Seed 

 solitary, girt with a fleshy aril at the base ; testa smooth, shining ; 

 albumen ; cotyledons plano-convex, fleshy ; radicle small. 



Valves of the follicle glabrous within, rather thin : 



Follicle scarlet, turning brown when dry, 1-5-2 in. long, acute at 

 apex, narrowed at base into the pedicel, not striate ; leaflets 

 elliptic, obtusely acuminate at apex, rounded at base, with 3-5 



pairs of main nerves, not prominently reticulate 1. monocarpus. 



Follicle bright red, turning brown when dry, 1 '5 in. long, keeled on 

 the sutures ; acute at apex, narrowed at base into the pedicel, 

 striate ; leaflets elliptic-ovate with 5-6 pairs of main nerves, 



prominently minutely reticulate 2. Wightii. 



Follicle light brown when dry, turgidly inflated, oblong, '75-1 in. 

 long, obtuse at apex, cordate at base on the top of the pedicel, 

 striate ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 with 7-8 pairs of main nerves 3. Ritdiiti. 



Valves of the follicle velvety within : 



Follicle obovoid, woody, obtuse at apex, narrowed at base into the 

 thick pedicel, T5-2 in. long; leaflets coriaceous, coarsely reticulate, 

 elliptic, with aboiit 5 pairs of main nerves, the loAvest pair rib-like 



from the base ; panicles thickly rusty-pubescent 4. sclerocarpus. 



Follicle oblong, obtuse at apex, rounded at base with a short thick 

 pedicel, much inflated, 1-1 '5 in. long, striate ; leaflets elliptic-ovate, 

 acuminate, with 5-6 pairs of rather obscure main nerves ; panicles 

 thinly rusty -pubescent 5. paniculatus. 



1. CONNARUS MONOCARPUS, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 50. C. pin- 

 natus, Lamk. ; W. & A. 143. 



W. Coast, from S. Caiiara to Travaiicore, in open forests 

 and waste places. 



A low straggling shrub. Vern. Tarn. Chettupulukodi ; Mai. 

 Nai kuriel. 



2. CONNARUS WIGHTII, Hook. f. ; F. B. I. ii. 51. 



W. Coast in Travaiicore and W. Grh;\ts to 1,200 ft. (Bour- 



dillon) in evergreen forest. 



A large woody climbing shrub. 



