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carriers. Ovarij of 2 carpels ; style-apex pentagonal or 5-lobed, de- 

 pressed, flattened or convex, rarely slightly exceeding the anthers. 

 Fruit of 2 (or by abortion 1) follicular mericarps, smooth, acute or 

 acuminate, sometimes inflated or winged. Seeds comose. — Distkib. 

 About 40 species: widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical 

 regions of the Old World and Australia. 



Leaves and branches and cymes glabrous ; corona-processes 

 globose, without free points above ; calyx glabrous : — 



Flowers rather large, -3 in. broad at least ; leaves usually over 

 2 in. long : — 

 Corona-processes globose, shorter than the anthers ; leaves 

 2*5 to 6 in. long .. .. .. ..1. T. longifolia. 



Corona-processes globose, as long as the anthers ; leaves 



1 to 3 in. long . . . . . . . . 2. T. globijera. 



Flowers very small, •! in. broad ; leaves under 2 in. long .. 3. T. tenuis. 

 Branches and inflorescence more or less pubescent ; calyx 

 pubescent : — 



Corona-processes globose, without free tips above ; follicles 

 where known slender, acuminate : — 



Leaves glabrous ; corolla very small . . . . 4. T. exills. 



Leaves tomentose ; corolla about -3 in. broad . . . . 5. Z'. hirsuta var. 



jjenangensis. 

 Corona-processes with small free points above; follicles broad, 

 ventricose, obtuse : — 

 Leaves 3 to 6 in. long, not or very slightly cordate at base. . 6. T. Wallichil. 

 Leaves 5 to 7 in. long, deeply cordate at base . . . . 7. T. perakensis. 



1. Tylophora longifolia, Wight Contrib. 50 (1834). A slender 

 twiner ; stems pale brown, glabrous, striate when dry. Leaves mem- 

 branous when dry ; ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at 

 apex, rounded or slightly cordate at base ; glabrous on both sui'faces ; 

 2-5 to 6 in. long, -75 to 1'75 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised beneath, 

 with a tuft of minute glands at the base just above the petiole ; main 

 nerves 7 to 8 pairs, the lowest 2 pairs close to the base, the rest sharply 

 curved upwards to and along the margin, all raised beneath ; reticula- 

 tions scanty, transverse ; petiole slender, -5 to "75 in. long, pubescent 

 in the channel on the upper surface. Cymes paniculate, glabrous, 

 lateral between the leaf-petioles, up to 4 in. long ; peduncles slender, 

 1 to 2 in. long ; branches divaricate, slender ; flower-clusters distant, 

 umbellate, 2- to 5-flowered ; pedicels capillary, -2 to -3 in. long; buds 

 ovoid; flowers rather large, up to '4 in. in diam., yellowish-green or 

 -red. Calyx glabrous; lobes lanceolate, "025 in. long; scales minute. 

 Corolla rotate ; tube very short ; lobes oblong-lobtuse, 5- to 7-nerved, 

 membranous, "1 in. long. Coro7ia-processes dilated, globose, shorter 



