920 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. ACTINOSTEMMA , 
laris rotundatus, '/,-2 cent. latus, 1-1 ‘/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi fili- 
formes, sulcati, apice bifidi, superiores interdum simplices. Paniculæ 
mascule parum ramosæ, multiflorze. Pedunculus communis flexuosus, 
7-15 cent. longus; pedicelli szepius aggregati, 1-5 mill. longi; brac- 
teolæ subulatæ, 1-3 mill. longze. Calycis segmenta longe subulata, 
uninervia, sparsissime pilosa, margine sparse glandulosa, 4-5 mill. 
longa, ad basim */, mill. lata. Petala trinervia, inferiore dilatata, 
superiore longe subulata, basi leviter constricta, vix pilosa et glandu- 
losa, 4-5 mill. longa, 1*/, mill. lata; nervi laterales breves, omnes. 
simplices. Staminum filamenta ad apicem leviter dilatata, */, mill. 
longa; antheræ ovato-oblongæ, ?/, mill. longæ; connectivum crassum, 
dorso papillosum. Flores feminei solitarii vel fasciculati. Pedunculus 
filiformis, breviter villosus, 2 cent. longus. Ovarium dense squamulo- 
verruculosum. Fructus 2 cent. longus, 12-13 mill. crassus, operculo 
magno, conieo, dimidiam longitudinem fruetus occupante. Semina 
cinerea, 13-14 mill. longa, 7-8 mill. lata, 3 mill. crassa, faciebus levi- 
ter rugulosis. 
In Bengalia orientali (Griffith n. 763 in herb. Van H., n. 2523 in 
herb. Brux., Mus. Par., DC., Monac., Vindob., hort. Petrop., Kew.): 
in Assam (Jenkins in herb. Francav.; Masters in herb. Francav., 
Monae., Edin.; Griffith in herb. Kew.); in monte Silhet (Wallich 
n. 6683 in herb. Monac., Lin. Soc., n. 6742 in herb. Lin. Soc., n. 9060 
part. in herb. Kew. ; Hook. f. et Thomson in herb. Kew.); in Dacca 
(Clarke in herb. Kew.); prope Nanking (Leclancher in herb. Mus. 
Par). 
2. A. paniculatum (Maxim. in herb. hort. Petrop.); foliis am- 
bitu ovato-suborbieularibus, basi cordatis, palmato-5-fidis ; cirrhis 
simplicibus; panicula valde diffusa, glabra, pedicellis elongatis; flori- 
bus mediocribus ; fructu oblongo-elliptico, læve, operculo minuto. — 
Mitrosicyos panieulatus Maxim.! Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 113, in not. 
Caulis filiformis, striatus, glaber. Petiolus gracilis, glaber, 1-1 'h 
cent. longus. Folia utrinque læte viridia, glabra, supra tenuiter punt- 
tata, subtus lævia, margine brevissime ciliata, 7-8 cent. longa, g a 
cent. lata; lobi crenulati, laterales ovato-oblongi, acuti, termina 
oblongo-lanceolatus, acuminatus, paulo longior; sinus basilaris S? 
pius angustus, 1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, basi 
striati, simplices vel rarius bifidi. Flores dioici? Paniculæ mascul* 
laxæ, pauciflorze. Pedunculus communis filiformis, 8-10 cent. longus: 
pedicelli capillares, patuli, sæpius solitarii, 8-15 mill. longi; bracte” 
