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AIAGNOLIACEiE OF BEITISH INDIA. 



DlSTBIB, -pJava, Sumatra, and probably in the other islands of the Archipelago. 

 Plate 71. Kadsura scandens, Z?£. 

 a/ nitural she. 



flowering stem; 2, stem with nearly ripe fruit: 



2 



feet 



long; 



K. cai'li flora, Bl. Fl Jav. Schizand. 11, t. 2. A stout, woody climber, 30 to 40 

 bark of young shoots dark, smooth; that of the main stem corky, furrowed, 



and rather abruptly acumi- 



leuticollato. Leaves ovate-rotund or broadly ovate, 

 iKite: the base broad and rounded; nerves 5 to 7 



slightly 



pairs, ascending; length of blade 6 



to 7 in., breadth 3*5 to 4*5 in.; petiole 1 to 1*5 in. Floivers usually from the stem 

 below the leaves, solitary or fascicled, on bracteolate peduncles; rarely axillary. Sepals 



and p> als as in 



the last, but larger and more ovate. 



Carpels on pedicels *5 in. 



long. 



Mi'/. Fl. Ind. Bat, i, pt, ii, 19 ; King in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. ii, 376. 



Perak, 



Scortechini and lung's collector. 



This is very near K. scandens, but has corky bark, larger leaves, larger and less 

 orbicular petals, and the flowers are mostly on the old wood, and rarely axillary. 



Plate 72. Kadsura cauliflora, Blumc. 



leafy stem 



7 



stem with flowers 



j 



stem with unripe fruit; 4, a flower; 5, a flower dissected, — all of natural size. 



3. 



;\ abro 

 dry), 



K. RoxBURGin 



Ar 



Jard. Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii 



546 



A stron 



climber, with rugose brown 



bark 



Leaves slightly fleshy (membranous 



woody, 

 when 



ate 



or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate; the base acute- 



nerves 6 to 9 pairs, not prominent; reticulations minute, obscure ; length 3 

 breadth 175 to 2 in.; petiole *6 to *75 in., slender. Flowers *5 in. in diam 



to 5 



m. 



j 



itary, on short, stout, bracteolate pedicels which, when the fruit is ripe 



5 



O 



•axillary, 

 then to 1 



in. or more. Sepals and petals 12, orbicular. Outer filaments short, free above; the inner 



nnate. Ov 



2 



irlubul 



or oblong, 



B 



Fruit 1 to 2 in. in diam., globular 

 shortly beaked. — Hoolc. fil. 



Thorn 



Fl 



'pels succulent, numerous, 



Ind. 83 



Ind. i, 45; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. ii, 376 



Book, fil. Fl 



Kadsura 



Wall. Tent Fl. Nep 



t. 12 



Tropical forests of 



to 5,000 feet 



Uvaria heteroclita, Rnxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 663. 

 base of the Eastern Himalaya ; Assam Hill ranges 



japon 



i 



o WKJ ? 



ascending 



The bark of the older stems 



is 



often 



slightly 



very 



fleshy, but when dry they are thin and membranous 



The leaves when fresh are 



in 



are often serrate-dentate 



Plate 73A. Kadsui 



in old plants almost always entire. 

 Roxburghiana Am. — 1, 



youno* 



o 



they 



at various stages; 5, ripe fruit,— all of natural 



■ 



flowering branch; 2 



to 4 



gynoecium 



4 



K. WlGHTIANA 



A ni 



greyish-brow 



bark 



L 



I, c. ii, 546. A glabr 



slightly 



woody climber 



with 



rugose 



oblique, often denticulate in the upper half ; the base cuneate 



fleshy, broadly ovate, obtuse or acute, sometime 



nerves 7 to 9 



the under surfa 



m 



diam 



pairs; length 



2 to 3 in., breadth 1 to 2 



in. 



on 



stout bracteolate pedicels which 1 



> 



petiole 



pale 



•5 in. Flowers # 5 in. 



orbicular. Petals 9, oval, obtuse 



gthen in 



fruit 



Sepals 3, small 



Fruit 



as 



in K. Roxburghiana, but the 



the inner smaller. Filaments all free 



qual 



Thorns. FL Ind. 84 



Mai aba 



r 



j 



Ceyl 



Book. fil. Fl Br. Ind. 



at elevations of 2,000 to 3,000 feet 



pels truncate and without beaks 



i, 45. 



Ovules 3 or 4 

 Hook. 



