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ovate, acuminate at apex, deeply (often 1 to 1-25 in.) cordate at base, 

 the sinus "5 to "75 in. broad ; glabrous on both surfaces on young leaves 

 only, slightly puberulous on the nerves beneath ; 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 

 6 in. broad ; midrib rather broad with a cluster of small glands at its 

 base ; main nerves 5 to 7 pairs, the lowest 1 to 2 pairs in the basal 

 lobes deflexed, the others curving upwards to anastomose near the 

 margin; reticulations slender, prominent; petiole 1 to 3-5 in. long, 

 terete. Cymes lateral, 4 to 6 in. long, puberulous, spicate or racemose ; 

 rachis fiexuous, somewhat flattened ; flowers in clusters of about 3 to 6 

 on a tubercular base ; bracts small, acute ; pedicels slender, -1 in. long ; 

 buds ovoid. Calyx deeply cleft ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, the 

 margins hyaline ; scales long, subulate. Corolla urceolate, glabrous 

 without and within ; lobes short, mucli thickened, lanceolate. Corona- 

 processes none, or reduced to a rounded film attached to the back of the 

 anthers. Stamens with small spurs to the anthers; appendages long, 

 acuminate, connivent over the style-apex. Style-apex 5-lobed, fiat, with 

 a fusiform tip. Follicles (usually 1 only) lanceolate, 2 in. long, -25 in. 

 broad, recurved, acuminate ; pericarp thinly coriaceous, smooth, 

 glabrous. Seeds ovate, -2 in. long, -1 in. broad, broadly winged ; coma 

 short, white-silky ; testa very thin, pale brown ; cotyledons elliptic, 

 •025 in. long ; radicle as long as cotyledons. Prain Beng. Plants 696. 

 M. tinctoria in part. Herb. Hook. f. and Th. 



Pahang : at Talian river, Ridley 2414. — Disteib. India (Assam, 

 Khasia Hills, j heels of Lower Bengal). 



4. Maesdenia volubilis, T. Cooke, Fl. Bomb. II. 166 (1904). A 

 stout climbing shrub with rough brown corky bark ; branchlets 

 pale brown with occasional lenticels ; innovations whitish-puberulous. 

 Leaves somewhat coriaceous when fresh, membranous when dry; 

 broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate at apex, cordate or truncate or 

 rounded, occasionally slightly cuneate at base ; young leaves minutely 

 tomentose, especially on the under surface, afterwards glabrous, ashy 

 grey when dry ; 2'5 to 6 in. long, 1-75 to 4-5 in. broad ; midrib stout, 

 raised beneath, furnished with a few small glands in a cluster at the 

 base adjoining the petiole ; main nerves also raised beneath, 4 to 6 

 pairs, the lowest 2 pairs from close by the base, spreading and curving 

 upwards ; reticulations prominent, usually raised, larger ones transverse ; 

 petiole '5 to 1-5 in. long, stout or slender. Cymes umbellate, glabrous 

 or mealy-pubescent, many-flowered ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, slender, 

 arising from between the petioles ; bracts ovate-acuminate, sometimes 

 leafy ; pedicels slender, -25 to 1 in. long ; buds globose, depressed ; 

 flowers bright green. Caly x-lohQ^ ovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate, •! in. 

 long ; glandular scales 5, minute, between the lobes. Corolla rotate, 



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