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limbo fere sequilongo. — Khasia^ in herb. Hook. {Hook. ^' Th.), 



sine flore. 



This is probably a distinct species ; but I have placed it here 

 till better evidence is obtained : it differs from all others in the 

 peculiar texture of the leaves and the remarkably shining appear- 

 ance of their under surface ; its branchlets are 1 line in diam., 

 with internodes of 3^ inches, the leaves are 4:^-4^ inches 

 from the bottom of the rounded basal sinus to the apex, or 

 4^-5^ inches from the bottom of the basal lobes, and 3^-3| 

 inches broad, on a petiole 4 inches long. 



7. Tinospora uliginosa, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, glabris, lenti- 

 cellis parvis 4-lobulatis signatis ; foliis remotis, oblongis, cor- 

 datis, marginibus subpandurato-sinuatis, apice acuminatis, 

 subcoriaceis, glaberrimis, 5-nerviis, subtus pallidis, nervis 

 venisque valde reticulatis prominentibus ; petiolo tenui, 

 imo incrassato et tortuoso, limbo subsequilongo vel dimidio 

 breviore; racemis axillaribus, glaberrimis, folio longioribus; 

 rachi tenui, simpliciter pedicellato, pcdicellis 1-fioris, floribus 

 viridibus, pro mole majoribus. — In Java et Borneo, v. s. in 

 herb. Hook. ; S Java (Zollinger, 568) ; ? Barmassing, Borneo 

 (Motley, 716). 



The authors of the ' Flora Indica,^ though evidently with some 

 doubt, have considered this plant as identical with T. crispa : it 

 agrees with it far less in general habit than with many others ; 

 but it differs in its leaves, which are smaller, more oblong, less 

 cordate, more coriaceous, and rigid in texture, and they have a 

 more elongated raceme. The leaves are 2f-3| inches long, 

 l|^-2 inches broad; the petiole 1-2 inches long. Thee? raceme 

 is 4-8 inches long, its flowers larger, its inner sepals being 2 lines 

 long, which is twice the size of those in the typical species. In 

 the Borneo specimen, which I have considered identical, the 

 leaves are smaller, the petiole and raceme shorter : it is described 

 as a climbing plant, growing in marshy places ; the ovaries are 

 supported by a long cylindrical gynsecium. 



8. Tinospora reticulata, nob.; — scandens; ramulis teneribus, 

 teretibus, glabris, remote lenticellatis ; foliis ovatis aut ob- 

 longis, basi truncatis et 2-sinuatis, vix cordatis, circa petiolum 

 attenuatis, apice repente acuminatis, et hinc canaliculato- 

 recurvis, imo 5-nerviis, reticulatis, vix membranaceis, glaber- 

 rimis, utrinque pallidis et subnitidis ; racemo axillari, petiolo 

 4-plo longiore, basi foliifcro. — In ins. Philippinis, v. s. in herb, 

 variis (Cuming. 1286). 



This plant has the peculiarity, seen in all the following species 

 from Africa and Australia, of bearing rudimentary, and often 



