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tlie parallel transverse reticulations, often with uiinute tufts of hair in 

 the axils heneath ; petiole -4 to -6 in. long, slender, articulate. Cymes 

 lateral, trichotomous, rusty-puberulous. very many-flowered, reaching 

 6 in. or even more in length and breadth ; main peduncles 1 to 2-5 in. 

 long, slender ; branches many, slender, gradually lessening ; ultimate 

 cymules corymbose ; pedicels filiform, -1 to -2 in. long ; bracts none or 

 very caducous ; bracteoles minute, ovate-acuminate ; buds oblong. Cahjx- 

 lobes ovate acute, with minute glands at the base within, pubescent 

 without. Corolla urceolate, -06 in. long ; lobes short, very slightly 

 twisted to the left. Anthers acuminate, basal spurs rather long. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Peeak : on Lariit Peak at 2000 to 3000 ft., Kincfs Collector 2294, 

 2401. 



23. Chonemorpha, G. Don. 



Stout woody climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, broad, with arching 

 pinnate nerves. Flowers large, white, in lax terminal and pseudo- 

 axillary, bracteolate, paniculate cymes. Calyx tubular, 5-fid or -partite, 

 with a ring of glands at the base inside. Corolla hypocrateriform ; 

 tube cylindric, but slightly expanded both at base and apex, without 

 scales ; lobes 5, broad, overlapping to the right, twisted sharply to the 

 left. Stamens 5, included, inserted on the throat of the corolla ; fila- 

 ments very short, broad, villous ; anthers sagittate, acuminate, connivent 

 over and adhering to the stigma, their cells shortly spurred at the base. 

 Disk thick, annular or cupular, entire or 5-lobed. Ovary of 2 distinct 

 carpels ; ovules many ; style filiform, cleft at the base ; stigma conoid or 

 sub-clavate. Fruit of 2 long, straight, woody, parallel, triquetrous 

 follicular mericarps. Seeds ovoid or oblong, flat, produced in a beak, 

 which is again surmounted by a long silky coma ; albumen thin ; 

 cotyledons flat, thick, oblong ; radicle short. — Distrib. India and 

 Malaya ; 2 to 3 species. 



Chonemorpha macrophylla, G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichl. PI. IV. 76 

 (1838). A large climbing shrub with copious milky juice ; branches stout, 

 warty; branchlets stout, soft, fistular, pubescent, becoming glabrous in age. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; broadly elliptic to elliptic-obovate or suborbicular, 

 blunt, notched or shortly abruptly acuminate at apex, rounded or 

 cordate at base ; both surfaces glabrous or glabrescent when old, the 

 lower pubescent, hirsute or tomentose when young ; margins slightly 

 recurved; 6 to 10 in. long, 3-5 to 6 in. broad; midrib very stout, 

 impressed above, prominently raised beneath ; main nerves spreading, 

 8 to 10 or sometimes 12 pairs, at variable distances and irregular and 

 often branched, prominently raised beneath ; secondary nerves many, 



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