ZanoniaI\ CllClirbitciCecZ. 26 I 



divided pedately into another lflt. ; fi. very small (male a little 

 larger), very numerous, on slender ped., arranged in peduncled, 

 elongated, pyramidal, lax, spreading, pubescent panicles, in 

 the fern, about as long as 1., in the male often very much 

 longer ; cal.-segm. ovate, acute ; pet. linear-lanceolate, much 

 attenuate-acuminate, spreading ; fruit about \ in., globose, 

 smooth, dull black ; seeds 1-3, in dark green pulp, rather 

 large, |-^ in., globose-trigonous, slightly compressed, furrowed 

 on edge, wrinkled and worted on sides, dark chestnut-brown. 



Montane zone, 3000-6000 ft.; rather common. Abundant at Hakgala. 

 Fl. Feb., Oct.; yellowish-green. 



Also in Assam, Khasia, Sumatra, Java. 



Clarke combines this with G. pedata, Bl., but Cogniaux distinguishes 

 it by its narrower pet. and trifoliolate 1.; but the latter are occasionally 

 pedate in our plant. 



17. ZANONIA, L. 



Perennial, semi-woody, tendrils simple, fi. dioecious, male 

 in panicles, fern, in racemes ; cal.-segm. 3, valvate (no cal.- 

 limb^ ; pet. 5, connate below to form a rotate cor., imbricate; 

 male fl. : — stam. 5, inserted on central disk, distinct, anth. 

 i-celled, opening transversely; fem. fl. : — staminodes 5, short, 

 ov. narrowly turbinate, cylindrical, at first 3-celled (afterwards 

 1 -celled), with 2 pendulous ovules on each cell, styles 3, 

 spreading, bifid; fruit a truncate capsule, opening on summit 

 by 3 valves ; seeds very few (often 6), large, ovoid, much 

 compressed, surrounded by a very wide wing much prolonged 

 at each end, embryo large, with flat fleshy cotyledons. — Sp. 2 ; 

 1 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Z. indica, L. Sp. PI. ii. 1457 (1768). "Wal-rasakinda, S. 

 Moon Cat. 68. Thw. Enum. 124, 442. C. P. 1628. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 634. Wight, 111. t. 103. 



Stems stout, cylindrical, semi - woody, grey, glabrous ; 

 1. large, 3-6 in., deciduous, leaving a very prominent circular 

 scar, broadly oval to lanceolate, rounded or cordate at base, 

 somewhat acuminate, apiculate, quite entire, glabrous, rather 

 thick, reticulate venation rather conspicuous beneath ; fl. 

 rather small (fem. much the larger;, on short ped., male 

 panicles 6-12 in. long, branched chiefly at base, with fl. in 

 small clusters, fem. racemes longer, with fl. solitary, distant; 

 cal.-segm. rotundate, concave, glabrous; pet. ovate, acuminate, 

 obtuse, with incurved points; male fl.: — fil. short, broad, 

 spreading ; fem. fl. : — ov. I in., glabrous, styles rather long ; 



