Miquelia] 



XXXII. K'AI'IXACE.E 



153 



A climbing shrub. L. lanceolate, entire, blade 4-(i, petiole 1 in. lonj;. Fl. 

 dioecious, capitate, male Leads on long slender peduncles. Perianth 4-5-lobed 

 supported by an involucre of -j-5 bracts, which in the male is separated by a 

 long pedicel from the perianth. Stamens alternating with the segments of 

 perianth, filaments short. Stigma nearly sessile, 4-lobed. Drupe J in. lonjr, 

 yellowish, obliquely ovoid, endocarp crustaceous, rugose outside. 



Upper Assam, Khasi hills. Fl. H. S. 2. M. dentata, Bedd., Anamalais. L. ovate. 

 remotely and coarsely toothed, base truncate or cordate. 



Pyrenacantha volubilis, Hook. Tinnevelli, foot of Gliats. Ceylon, dry country. A 

 slender climber with milky juice, young shoots pubescent. L. lanceolate, base narrow 

 truncate, with shallow distant teeth, harsh beneath from short stiff hairs. Sec n. 

 joined by intramarginal veins, conspicuous beneath. PI. minute, dioecious. Calyx 0, 

 perianth deeply 4-5-fid, c? in lax filiform axillary spikes 2 in. long. £ in small heads 

 ou filiform axillary peduncles. Drupe red, stone thin 



Fio. 71. Sarcostigmo Kleinii, W. el A. .>.. 



6. SARCOSTIGMA, \V. et A. : PI. Brit. In, I. i. 594. 



i Species 8 or I. tropical Asia.) 



I. S. Kleinii, \V. el A.: Wigb.1 [c. t. L854. 



A. climbing shrub. L. elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, venation promi- 

 nently reticulate, blade 4-10, petiole \~\ in. Long. PI. minute, di ious, in 



