478 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



leaves 2 to 2-5 in. long by -75 to 1'25 in. broad, elliptic- or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, obtusely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, firmly coriaceous ; 

 pale brown, shining above ; nerves 3 to 4 pairs, very slender, ascending ; 

 follicles horizontal, 6 to 8 in. long by '25 in. broad, slightly curved, 

 cylindric from the base, narrowed at the apex, hard ; seeds '3 to '35 in. 

 long, very slender, narrowed into a filiform process longer than the 

 body, on which the fine pale brown hairs of the coma are placed. 

 Hook f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 659. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1069. 



We can do nothing to throw any further light on this remarkable plant. The 

 structure of the seeds resembles that of those of Kickxia, but otherwise the plant is 

 quite unlike that genus. 



21. Paeameeia, Benth. 



Large climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately whorled. 

 Floiuers small, in broad lax terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx small, 

 5-fid or 5-partite, with many glands at the base within. Corolla hypocra- 

 teriform or subcampanulate ; tube short, broad at the mouth, naked; lobes 

 5, oblique, twisted, overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted at the base 

 of the corolla, included ; filaments short ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 

 acute or apiculate, conniving over and adhering to the stigma; cells 

 spurred at the base. Disk of 5 connate scales. Ovary of 2 distinct 

 carpels, longer than the disk, many-ovuled ; style short, top obconical ; 

 stigma conical, with a minute nearly entire apiculus. Fruit of 2 long, 

 slender, distantly torulose, follicular mericarps. Seeds linear or oblong, 

 compressed, slightly or not contracted at the apex, crowned with short 

 persistent bristles and a long deciduous coma ; testa hairy ; albumen 

 scanty ; cotyledons oblong, leafy ; radicle short or long. — Disteib. 

 India and Malaya, about 4 to 5 species. 



Leaves under 6 in. long ; inflorescence in loose paniculate cymes. 



Leaves few- (5 to 7 pairs) nerved ; inflorescence nearly 



glabrous; follicles 6 to 12 in. long; swellings opposite the 



seeds short ; seeds under "o in. long, pubescent . . . . 1. P. glanduUfei-a. 



Leaves many- (8 to 10 pairs) nerved ; inflorescence very 



tawny-pubescent ; follicles 20 to '2i in. long ; swellings 



opposite the seeds elongate ; seeds 1 in. long, glabrous or 



slightly pubescent . . . . . . . . 2. P. polyneura. 



Leaves over 6 in. long; inflorescence in dense paniculate cymes; 

 follicles 11 to 14 in. long ; swellings opposite the seeds short ; 

 seeds -4 in. long, glabrous . . . . . . . . 3. P densifiora. 



1. Paeameeia glandulipbea, Benth. in Gen. PI. II. 715 (1876). A 

 large climbing shrub ; branchlets stout or slender, brown, smooth. 

 Leaves chartaceous, opposite or sometimes 3-nately whorled, elliptic, 

 oblong or obovate, abruptly acuminate at apex, widely cuneate at base ; 



