; 
3 
rf 
: 
| ak a aati 
St Sc Seal A ae a ee eR GN og 5 
Helinus. } RHAMANCE. 335 
Orissa; Chota Nagpur; W. Bengal. 
A strong climber. Beng. and Uriya Ruktu-pita; Hind. 
itti. 
3848/2. Var. canycunata King. V. maderaspatana F. I. i. 629. 
V. calyculata F. B. I. i. 681; BE. D. V. 48 
Chota Nagpur, Singhbhum 
A strong climber. Santal. ‘Beans -sarjom. 
186. Gouania Linn. 
Shrubs, unarmed, climbing by means of tendrils; leaves alter- 
hate ; inane oblong, deciduous. Flowers polygamous, in axilla 
or terminal spikes, the rachis often cirrhose. Caly« superior, 
d-fid; tube short obconic. Petals 5, inserted below the margin of 
the 5-angled or stellate disk which fills the calyx-tube. Stamens 
5, Opposite and nestling under the petals. Ovary sunk in the 
disk, 8-locular; style 8-cleft, stigmas minute; 
Fruit coriaceous, inferior, tipped the persistent sali haat 
3-winged and 8-celled, the cells separating from the axis as 
8 indehiscent, cocci. Seed obovate ; testa hard, sliatng’ albumen 
scanty; embryo with flattish cotyledons. 
349. Gouanza tuprostacuya DC. ; FYB, I.i. 648. 
Chittagong; E. and N. Bengal; Chota Nagpur. 
A strong climber 
187. Helinus E. Mey. 
Shrubs, unarmed, climbing by tendrils, branches slender angular ; 
leaves alternate, entire ; stipules small, deciduous. Flowers small, 
wnbellate, on long slender peduncles. Calyx superior ; tube broadl 
obeonic. Petals 5, inserted in the margin of the epigynous disk 
which fills the calyx-tube, cucullate. Stamens 5, opposite to and 
48 long as the petals. Ovary inferior, 3-locular; style short, 
8-cleft, stigmas recurved; ovules solitary. Fruit inferior, obovoid- 
globose, 3-celled with cells 1-seeded, coriaceous, tardily dehiscent. 
Seed somewhat compressed; testa leathery, shining; en 
fleshy ; embryo with rather large cotyledons and a minute radicle. 
350. HeLinus tanceonarus Brand i. 
Western Behar ; Chota Nagpur. 
A scandent cirrhose shrub. 
