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upwards, 1-2 in. long, ovate or lanceolate, acute, cuneate or rounded 

 at the base, glabrous above, puberulous on the veins beneath, petiole 

 i-| in. long. Flowers in lateral umbeilifonn or racemose cymes ; 

 peduncles interpetiolar, slender, puberulous, pedicels filiform ; bracts 

 minute, linear-lanceolate. Calyx-segments $ in. long, lanceolate, acute 

 pubescent. Corolla | in. long ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, sometimes 

 fleshy. Pollen-masses subtransverse. Follicles 1^-2 in. long, ovoid- 

 lanceolate, acute, longitudinally striate, glabrous. Seeds in. long-, 

 broadly ovoid, flat. 



Sub-Himalayan tracts of Bohilkhand, N. Oiidh and Gorakhpur. 

 Flowers during April and May. DISTRIB. : Eastwards to the Khasia 

 H ills and southwards through W. and C. India to Ceylon. 



2 T. himalaica, Hook. f. F- B. I. iv, 42. 



A slender glabrous twining undershrub. Stems pale -coloured, finely 

 striated. Leaves petioled. membranous ; blade H-3| in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, petioles in. 

 long. Flowers green or purplish, in distant umbels on a long slender 

 rachis ; bracts minute, linear-lanceolate. Calyx glabrous ; lobes 

 lanceolate, ciliate on the edges. Corolla about 7 mm. across ; lobes 

 thick, ovate-oblong, obtuse, purplish and minutely puberulous inside* 

 Coronal processes gibbous. Follicles 4-5 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate 

 finely striate. Seeds $ in. long, broadly ovate, margined ; coma 1 in. 

 long. 



Sahansradhara in Dehra Dun (Vicary, Falconer) . DISTRIB. Himalaya 

 eastwards to Sikkim up to 3,000 ft., also on the Khasia Hills. 

 3, T.hirsuta, W. $ A in Wight Contrib. 49; F. B. I. iv, 43 ; Collett 



Fl. Siml. 319. T. Jacquemontii, Dene. 



Stems long and twining, densely and softly tomentose. Leaves petioled. 

 blade 2-5 in- long, H-3 in. wide, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, more or less pubescent or 

 softly tomentose on both surfaces ; petioles -1$ in. long. Flowers 

 white or pale green, in distant few-flowered umbellate cymes ; peduncles 

 villous, varying in length, often long and flexuous, pedicels filiform. 

 Calyx-segments lanceolate, hirsute. Corolla $ in. in diameter, puberu- 

 lous inside. Coronal processes subglobose, wholly adnate to the staminal 

 column. Follicles 2-2^ in. long, lanceolate, tapering gradually up- 

 wards, finely striate and glabrous. Seeds $ in. long, narrowly ovate, 

 coma nearly 1 in. long. 



Dehra Dun (P. W. Mackinnon). DISTBIB. : Trop. Himalaya np to 

 5,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards to Kumaon, also in Assam, and 

 extending to Java. 

 4. T. rotundifolia, Buch.-Ham. in Wight Contrib. 50; F. B. I. iv,4S 



Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 163. 



A small shrub with pubescent twining stems. Leaves coriaceous, shortly 

 petioled ; blade l-2 in. long, broadly ovate-oblong or suborbicular, 



